National junior bowler Zach Ramin and former World Cup champion Krizziah Tabora-Macatula took the early lead in the men's and women's open divisions qualifying round, respectively, of the Philippine International Open Tenpin Bowling Championships last Monday, May 15. A member of the PH squad that...
Fresh from its successful campaign in the Cambodia SEA Games, the Philippine Taekwondo Association (PTA) stages the 2023 SMART/MVP Sports Foundation New Face of the Year Taekwondo Championship on May 20-21, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. *A young taekwondo jin connects a roundhouse kick during a...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the Provincial Government of Ifugao formally signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Friday, May 12, at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, on the conduct of PSC’s Laro ng Lahi sa Ifugao scheduled on May 26-28, 2023, in Lagawe, Ifugao. *(From L...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann reiterated the agency’s commitment to support elite athletes as far as resources and policies would allow. Bachmann, who has been cheering on our athletes fighting in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, praised the national...
Gymnastics star Carlos Edriel Yulo hogged the sports spotlight in March along with Creamline Cool Smashers and the Cignal HD Spikers in volleyball, while world champion Marlon Tapales and the TNT Tropang Giga celebrated the ascension of rookie coach Jojo Lastimosa in securing the PBA...
Ahead of the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) for the 12th ASEAN Para Games (APG) on May 28, Philippine Sports Commission’s Walter Torres, the Team Philippines Chef de Mission, expressed high hopes on the medal chances of national para-athletes set to compete in the Cambodia-hosted event in...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. extended his support to the hosting of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and the Philippine Sports Commission-led Task Force by calling a meeting Wednesday, April 12 at the Malacañang Conference Room in Manila. *Deputy Senior Executive Secretary Hubert...
Fritz Gaston has been appointed commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission. His appointment came Friday, March 24, completing the members of the PSC Board. He joins fellow commissioners Walter Torres, Edward Hayco and Bong Coo, and chairman Richard Bachmann. Gaston is a former PBA player and...
Mathilda Krogg got herself atop the intermediate podium and Team Philippines booked its best finish so far in the penultimate Stage 9 of the 13th Biwase Cup in Vietnam on Thursday, March 16. *Mathilda Krogg represents Team Philippines as the No. 2 squad in Stage 9.* Krogg, a mainstay of the...
MAURA DE LOS REYES (second from left) makes good in Stage 3. Maure de los Reyes shone brightest among the seven Filipinas, competing at the 13 th Biwase Cup road race in Vietnam on Friday, March 10, by ruling one intermediate sprint and one King of the Mountain point. De los Reyes, riding in a...
Members of the PSC Board with Tokyo Olympian weightlifter Elreen Ando. (PSC Images) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has bared plans for a consolidated national sports calendar to bolster a more comprehensive grassroots sports programs to produce world-class athletes. This came after the PSC...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richard Bachmann said he has reached out to EJ Obiena following the pole vaulter’s statements made on social media Wednesday, Feb. 8. PSC chairman Richard Bachmann vows to speed things up regarding the financial concern of pole vaulter EJ Obiena. (PSC...
