Penitente Apolinar (right) of the Omega Boxing Promotions, against Jetro Pabustan from Cagayan de Oro in the 10-round featherweight fight last Wednesday in Mandaue City, Cebu. Cebu-based boxing outfit Omega Sports Promotion has set another event next month as a follow-up to its successful staging...
Marlon Tapales Former WBO bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales makes his much-awaited comeback as he highlights the five-bout fight card of the Sanman Boxing Promotions on Nov. 21 at the Sanman Gym in General Santos City. This is the first fight for 28-year-old Tapales in more than 10 months after...
The boxers of Quibors Boxing Stable, from left, are Alphoe Dagayloan, Romer Pinili, Jerald Into, Jericho Gatchalian, Reynold Vargas, Weljon Mondoro, Jerome Baloro, Ariston Aton and Ar-Ar Andales. (Photo courtesy of Quibors Boxing Stable) Quibors Boxing Stable manager and promoter Gerry Balmes said...
National fencing coach Amat Canlas sees a busy 2021 campaign for the Filipinos fencers with two important international tournaments already lined up in the calendar of events. First is the Asian Fencing Championship in April in South Korea where the Philippines will have six athletes, while the...
IN the absence of collegiate leagues due to the pandemic, the Games and Amusements Board has offered “special guest licenses” for student-athletes who may be allowed to have brief stints in professional leagues. Chairman Abraham Mitra of GAB cited the case involving the Northern Consolidated...
The Premier Volleyball League will discuss to the league members the details of the joint resolution between the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) which sets the parameters of identifying the professional and amateur ranks. Sports Vision president Ricky...
Photo courtesy of Crossfit Games Shattering nearly every major record in the sport, Mat Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey staked their claims as the fittest athletes in CrossFit history with dominant first-place victories in the 2020 Reebok CrossFit Games on Monday. Blasting through a three-day final...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra has called on the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) officials to explain how a PBA game official became a "suspect case" for COVID-19 despite the strict measures being implemented inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. The league...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez In an effort to define the professional players from amateur athletes, officials of Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issued the guidelines that will give a clearer picture on the matter through a Joint Resolution No. 2020-01. “This...
Photo from Annie Ramirez's Facebook account With a collection of five gold medals from the 30th Southeast Asian Games, jiu jitsu fighters welcome the inclusion of the sport in the calendar of events in the SEA Games in Vietnam next year. Annie Ramirez, a veteran national team campaigner, said this...
PBA Images ANGELES CITY--Phoenix interim head coach Topex Robinson considers the decision of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) to reinstate the license of Calvin Abueva as a victory for the team. "It's a big step for us, a big win for us," Robinson told the Manila Bulletin after the Fuel...
POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Rep. Bambol Tolentino sought an additional P510 million budget for the elite sports as the country seeks the elusive first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Tolentino said the...