In this file photo, national team boxer Carlo Paalam trains in preparation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. (MB File Photo) Even before the boxing national team left for Thailand for a training camp, three of the four Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes were given the scenario of not going home until...
Alaska guard Maverick Ahanmisi drives to the basket against Anthony Semerad of NLEX during the PBA Philippine Cup last year in Pampanga. (Photo from PBA) At least one PBA player is supportive of the idea of holding another bubble in the light of the return to stricter quarantine regulations in most...
PBA chief says resumption of sports activities can help revive economy PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA Images) PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the Executive of the Year award bestowed to him in the virtual Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards Night is a testament to the efforts of...
Ricky Vargas is confident that Filipino boxers can win medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In his acceptance speech at the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held online Saturday, March 28, the boxing chief said earning podium finishes in the upcoming Summer Games would be their...
Talks continue between the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) officials and Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial as far as preparation is concerned for the Tokyo Olympics. ABAP Secretary-General Ed Picson said Sunday that they are still discussing to Marcial the possibility of him...
Photo from PBA The PBA was dealt another setback in its preparation for the 46th season as practices of all teams will be put on hold when Metro Manila and surrounding provinces are placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine regulations on Monday, March 29. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the...
Photo from PBA For successfully leading the PBA to restart its 45th season under a most unconventional way, Commissioner Willie Marcial is going to be honored in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on Saturday. The 10th commissioner of Asia’s...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (Photo from PSA) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino is confident more Filipino athletes will earn berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics following the recent addition of boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam to the...
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...
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...
TNT guard Jayson Castro handles the ball as Nard Pinto of Meralco closes in during their game at Ynares Center in Antipolo City last December 23, 2019. (Photo from PBA) Antipolo City could play host to the PBA’s 46th season which now has a new target date of April 18 as a surge in COVID-19 cases...
The PBA assured that its television deal with TV5 won’t be severely affected after the latter forged an agreement with ABS-CBN to air some of its primetime programs. Questions as to whether the PBA coverage will be bumped off from Manny V. Pangilinan’s flagship channel were raised after TV5...
