Jordan Clarkson, top left, with his Gilas Pilipinas teammates during the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (MB File Photo) Filipino basketball fans here and abroad celebrated the achievement of Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson after he was named the 2020-21 NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Samahang Basketbol...
111219_SEAG-CLOSING-PARADE_02_riodeluvio-1024x619 National athletes, coaches and officials bound for the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games are scheduled for vaccination on Friday, May 28, at the Manila Prince Hotel. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino...
"We have to rise above fear and be stronger than that -- be stronger than fear.” PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK/ MANILA BULLETIN It was on March 29 when Filipino-American Vilma Kari was attacked in New York. She was on her way to church when a man approached her and suddenly kicked her multiple times, after...
Eumir Marcial Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Marcial has earned a bye as he moved to the quarterfinal at the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Monday night, May 24 in Dubai. The 25-year-old Marcial, the top seed among the 12 participants in the 75-kilogram middleweight...
Allain Ganapin failed to secure a berth to the Tokyo Paralympics after settling for the bronze medal in the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan over the weekend, in the semifinals. Ganapin, who was competing in the men’s K44 -75kg division, yielded to Mongolia’s Batbayar Shinebayar,...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao has lauded United States President Joseph Biden for signing the Anti-Hate Crimes Act which seeks to counter the increasing incidence of hate crimes and violence against Asian-Americans in the US. Pacquiao is one of the many personalities who condemned the...
Richard Gomez Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said that the sports facilities in their area are available for national athletes with disabilities as they prepare for the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gomez, a former national athlete, said that the Philippine fencing team will have their bubble...
Photo from Jordan Taekwondo Federation Kurt Barbosa became the ninth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after winning in the semifinals of the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday night, May 22. Barbosa, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist,...
Photo from Pauline Lopez's Facebook account Pauline Lopez missed her chance of making it into the Tokyo Olympics after bowing in the quarterfinals at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday, May 22. Lopez succumbed to 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon,...
Photo from Arven Alcantara's Instagram account The Philippine taekwondo team suffered an early blow in the Asian Qualification Tournament to the Tokyo Olympics Friday, May 21, after Arven Alcantara was dealt a first-round defeat in Amman, Jordan. Seeking one of the two berths at stake in the...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
The government's pandemic task force has green-lit the bubble-type training of Filipino athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year. Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games (File photo) In a statement, Presidential...
