A champion 's purse of P100,000 out of the total cash pot of P870,000 await the winner of the Baguio-Tagaytay PhilCycling Classic—the longest road race ever in the country at 292 kms—which flags off Monday, June 23, from Camp John Hay and finishes along Crisanto de los Reyes Avenue right...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has thrown its support behind the Tour of Luzon which returns after years of hiatus starting on Thursday, April 24, in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. “The revival of this very popular cycling event in the country can foster sports...
Local bets get a taste of foreign opposition as the highly anticipated Tour of Luzon hits the road next month, giving riders the summertime challenge that will only get more exciting with a mountaintop finish at the Camp John Hay. PSC chairman Richard Bachmann, from left, MPTC regulatory officer...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board is giving a $5,000 (around P290,000) cash incentive to each member of the national men’s curling team that won the historic gold medal in the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China recently. Members of the Philippine curling team that won...
The goal of winning a Winter Olympics medal is now solidly cast in stone following the Philippine men’s curling team’s gold medal performance at the Ninth Asian Games in Harbin on Friday morning, Feb. 14. “This is too good to be true,” said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino flies to Harbin on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to lead a 20-athlete delegation that will see action in the Ninth Asian Winter Games. “I believe our winter sport athletes can deliver, not in terms of medals, but in terms of the...
Ricky Vargas was named chef de mission to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Al Panlilio will handle the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games as the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) made key appointments during its first General Assembly for the year on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the East Ocean Seafood...
The man who sparked the renaissance of Philippine sports today gets a piece of the spotlight in the January 27 staging of the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night at the grand ballroom of the Manila Hotel. POC chief Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino...
From Harbin in February to Chengdu in August and Bahrain in October before finally in Thailand in December and 2025 will be a busy year for Filipino athletes, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. “It’s a busy year marked with major...
Newly-reelected president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino will call to order the new set of members of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board on Jan. 9 and after that the first General Assembly of the new year will only be a week later on Jan. 15. POC president Abraham “Bambol”...
Ricky Vargas stressed his solid support for the reelection of Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). And Vargas, Tolentino’s predecessor at the top POC post, couldn’t help but describe politics in the POC as “painful.” “I’m solidly for the...
Members of the electoral commission (elecom) tasked to oversee the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) polls on Nov. 29 are confident they can get a unanimous agreement on the cases raised during the clarificatory meeting on all involved parties held last Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Century Park Hotel....
