Nesthy Petecio, right, with her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes (Photo from Nesthy Petecio's Facebook account) World champion boxer Nesthy Petecio believes she got plenty of divine help from her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes, in getting a berth to this year's Tokyo Olympics. Petecio paid...
(MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) The man who bravely led Philippine sports during its darkest hour is among those to be honored by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) when it recognizes the top performers and achievers of 2020 next week. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham...
Nesthy Petecio arrives at the NAIA Terminal 3 after bagging the gold medal at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in Ulan Ude, Russia. (PHOTO BY ALVIN KASIBAN) The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (IOC-BTF) has sent to the Philippine Olympic Committee confirmatory...
Tokyo Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno (Handout photo) The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has shed light on the recent social media clamor of Olympic-bound boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial. ABAP, in a statement Friday, March 19, explained...
MB File Photo Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz leads a short but solid list of sportsmen and entities to be handed out with citations in the SMC-PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Annual Awards Night Saturday next week at the TV5 Media Center. The 30-year-old pride of Zamboanga City...
League also considers holding draft sessions starting next year Creamline Cool Smashers Organizers of the Premier Volleyball League are not requiring players to get vaccinated but still encourage teams to do so once it is available. “It’s better to be vaccinated than not be vaccinated because...
Centro Escolar University vice president for Makati Dr. Olivia M. Limuaco was given the Professional Distinction Award and Professional Excellence Award by the Philippine Federation of Professional Association (PFPA) during its 8th Distinction and Excellence Awarding Ceremony held at the UP Bahay...
Philippine Volleyball League (PVL) President Ricky Palou goes one-on-one in Tuesday’s session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online Forum. Palou, who also heads the organizing Sports Vision Management Group Inc., will discuss the coming Open Conference of the first pro...
Laguna crushed Pasig, 17-4, and Iloilo smashed Negros, 16.5-4.5, to keep their grip of a share of the lead their respective conferences of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference Wednesday night, March 10. Grandmasters Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul...
MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes graces the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online Forum Tuesday straight from Subic Bay where the regional league resumes the remaining playoff games of the Lakan Cup. Duremdes will talk about how the division Finals and subsequently, the best-of-five...
Photo from AFP Even during the most challenging period in Philippine sports history, young golfer Yuka Saso still found a way to stand up and deliver. The 19-year-old Saso was a bundle of hope and inspiration for the more than 100 million Filipinos at a time when local sports took a severe beating...
The Laguna Heroes downed the Rizal Batch Towers and San Juan City Predators to share the Northern Conference lead with Caloocan going into the final stretch of the regular season of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference Wednesday night, March 3....
