James de los Santos Online karate sensation James De los Santos moved to the gold medal round following two impressive wins in the first two stages of the e-Karate Games 2020 Monday. The 30-year-old De los Santos edged Jamie Parfitt of the United Kingdom 25.1-20.4 and Tani Hossein of Iran 25.5-24.3...
Former boxing champion turned promoter Gerry Peñalosa said that while he is grateful to the government for allowing the sport to return, he knows it is going to be hard to promote a fight during the coronavirus pandemic. Two-time world boxing champion turned promoter Gerry Peñalosa (MB File...
The Alaska Aces begin their scheduled and batch training amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (PBA) Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra encouraged the Philippine Basketball Association to consider doing a ‘bubble’ here when it resumes with its tournament instead of holding it abroad. Mitra...
In this file photo, Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, left, throws a punch on his Malaysian foe in the 2019 SEA Games. The JAO group has given combat sports professionals to train and compete under strict health guidelines in areas with Modified General Community Quarantine status. (MB File...
The Women’s National Basketball League is more intent on promoting talent rather than looks after gaining professional status from the Games and Amusements Board. The Women’s National Basketball League is more intent on promoting talent rather than looks after gaining professional status from...
The beach is closed. No swimming allowed. Organizers of the 6 th Asian Beach Games have postponed the event to April 2 to 10 next year due to the ongoing pandemic. In a letter to National Olympic Committees across the region, organizing committee deputy secretary general Zhou Jun said the safety...
No competition between NBL, PBA, says chairman Soy Mercado; WNBL becomes 1st women's league to get pro nod The Games and Amusements Board has given the National Basketball League pro status. The National Basketball League on Wednesday was given the status as a professional league by the Games and...
CHED chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera's Facebook page) Officials from the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Group and Commission on Higher Education expect representatives from the University of Santo Tomas and National University in their Sept. 1 meeting involving...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra, second from right, joins officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the distributions of cash and relief assistance to local professional boxers in General Santos City. Also on photo are, from left, DSWD regional...
‘If you want the truth you can ask all my teammates privately,’ tweets Cansino CJ Cansino (UAAP) Looks like the controversy surrounding University of Santo Tomas is far from over. Since the departure of former team captain CJ Cansino from the Tigers’ den last Thursday, the university has...
'I am just wondering why they are practicing when there are no tournaments,' says Mitra Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra said the guidelines included in the Joint Administrative Order for sports activities are very clear – only...
One month training camp at De La Salle Canlubang in Laguna on November Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association chief Philip Ella Juico (MB File Photo) The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) plans to hold a training bubble for select national team members as part of its...
