Did you know that Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte has a long running annual taekwondo tournament? (Photo from www.pulongduterte.com) Apparently, the sport also had a lot to do with molding the character of the 47-year-old, second-term congressman. The Pulong Taekwondo...
PHUKET, Thailand -- Rogen Ladon and Ian Clark Bautista punched their way to the gold medal round of their weight classes in the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament on Friday at the sprawling Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel here. Rogen Ladon (left) slugs it out against Thanarat...
Olympians Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will use the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament as a springboard to a heavier task in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Olympic boxing medalists Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Nesthy Petecio (Photo from Eumir Marcial’s...
Yuka Saso of Japan plays her shot from the sixth tee during the final round of the 2022 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on January 23, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (AFP) Yuka Saso limped home with a closing one-over-par 73 to finish sixth in the...
Yuka Saso carded a third-round four-under-par 68 to remain within striking distance from solo leader Nelly Korda in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida Saturday. The reigning US Women’s Open champion improved to a 206 aggregate following early rounds of 68 and...
Yuka Saso of Japan plays her shot from the 18th tee during the second round of the 2022 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on January 21, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. (AFP) Yuka Saso shot a 2-under-par 70 to drop for a share of seventh place after two...
20 Years of Harry Potter SKY is bringing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to subscribers nationwide in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" via the commemorative quiz show "Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses" streaming on HBO GO and the...
Thanya Dela Cruz Thanya Dela Cruz eclipsed the national record in the women’s 50-meter breaststroke at the start of the 2021 Philippine Swimming Inc.’s National Selection Tournament at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac Friday. The 18-year-old Dela Cruz clocked 32.89 seconds to...
After a successful Tokyo Olympic stint, the Philippines is on target for another triumphant sports victory as a team of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the General Santos City Jail battles Mongolia for the right to be declared as champion of the 1st Intercontinental Online Chess Tournament...
Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii celebrates her gold medal win in the Karate 1 Premier League in Cairo, Egypt last Sunday. (Photo from Junna Tsukii Facebook) Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal winner Junna Tsukii bagged her second gold medal in the Karate 1 Premier League after ruling the Cairo...
Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan, right, and national fencing team head coach Amat Canlas at the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament last April in Uzbekistan. (Photo courtesy of Amat Canlas) Finally, after a year of waiting, the Tokyo Olympics is set to formally on Friday, July 23. Filipino...
Gilas Pilipinas (FIBA photo) The Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team goes high gear with its buildup for the FIBA Asia Cup after confirming its participation in the 2021 King Abdullah Cup in Jordan scheduled from July 25 to August 3 The event organized by the Jordan Basketball Federation has so...
