Photo from PBA Jayson Castro admitted feeling plenty of nerves playing at his alma mater of Don Honorio Ventura State University in Bacolor, Pampanga for the first time as a PBA player. “First time kong kabahan,” Castro said after helping TNT produce a 96-76 win over Blackwater in the...
Raymund Isaac (Facebook) Celebrity photographer Raymund Isaac has been hospitalized in the US due to COVID-19. Friends and supporters of Raymund have been praying for his recovery. View this post on Instagram On July 24, Raymund wrote on Facebook: "Friends I need all your prayers now. I was rushed...
Jayson Valdez Shooter Jayson Valdez said his maiden Olympic stint has motivated him to aspire for bigger things. Valdez finished 44th out of 47 participants in the men’s 10-meter air rifle to bow out of medal contention in the Tokyo Games. But the 25-year-old said in a recent social media post...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Shooter Jayson Valdez failed to enter for the medal round after finishing 44th in the men’s 10-meter air rifle qualification of the Tokyo Olympics. Valdez compiled 612.6 points after six series which quickly ended his maiden appearance in the Summer...
KRISTINA KNOTT (athletics) Kristina Knott Her participation in the 200-meter race will make Knott the first Filipina sprinter in the Summer Games since Lerma Bulauitan competed in the century dash at Melbourne in 2000. Since representing the Philippines in 2018, Knott, whose mother hails from...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
Hidilyn Diaz and her team More Filipino delegates are entering the Athletes’ Village with less than a week left before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially fires off on July 23. As of Sunday afternoon, weightlifter Elreen Ando, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, shooter Jayson Valdez, their coaches and...
Photo from PBA TNT handed returning coach Chot Reyes a victory in his first game back in the PBA as it fended off Terrafirma, 86-79, for a winning start in the Philippine Cup on Saturday, July 17 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Star guard Jayson Castro spearheaded the Tropang Giga's...
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (left) and IM Paulo Bersamina (Screenshot from PSA Forum) Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna and the other Filipino representatives will have their hands full against big names and higher-rated foes right in the first round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021. Frayna, the...
Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez considers qualifying to the Tokyo Olympics a blessing in disguise after setting aside his plans to join the Philippine Army. Filipino shooter Jayson Valdez (Photo from PSC) Call it a divine intervention of some sort, Valdez said the qualifiers have become a test of...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Coming off a drastic change in lifestyle, shooter Jayson Valdez is optimistic heading to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which will unfold next month. The son of three-time SEA Games 1987 gold medalist Julius Valdez said that he has been hitting 630 and 631 in training--scores...
The latest Filipino athlete to officially qualify in the Tokyo Olympics joins Team Philippines Chef De Mission to the Southeast Asian Games Ramon Fernandez in an interesting discussion Tuesday in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum online edition. Air rifle shooter Jayson Valdez...
