PBA commissioner Willie Marcial The PBA is looking at its usual stomping grounds as venue for the planned resumption of the season-ending Governors’ Cup in the first week of February. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said he’s still in talks with operators of the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Ynares...
Photo from PBA The PBA Board of Governors approved plans to resume the season-ending Governors’ Cup in the first week of February after it was put on hold due to the COVID-19 surge. A statement released on its official website said the PBA’s top brass agreed on the timetable, citing that daily...
The PBA’s top brass hopes to make a decision on how it can start the halted Governors’ Cup in a board meeting slated Monday, Jan. 24. PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA) PBA commissioner Willie Marcial and the Board of Governors will tackle the situation surrounding the season-ending...
Olympic bronze medalist Eumir Felix Marcial (left) is reunited with MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons in the boxer’s Los Angeles apartment Monday night (Tuesday morning, Manila time). (Photo courtesy of Eumir Felix Marcial) The road to boxing greatness continues for Eumir Felix Marcial as he...
Screenshot from PSA Forum The PBA has scheduled a board meeting next week to decide the fate of the season-ending Governors’ Cup which is currently on hold due to the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the meeting which was called by chairman Ricky Vargas will...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial The PBA said it was invited to hold several games this month in the United Arab Emirates as part of the Dubai Expo 2020. A story on the league’s website disclosed that the PBA had to decline the offer of Expo organizers, especially after games of the Governors’...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial The PBA said it will wait for the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases to subside before action in the season-ending Governors’ Cup can resume. Members of the league’s Board of Governors approved the decision of the PBA Commissioner’s Office to extend the earlier...
Filipino boxer Eumir Felix Marcial has thrown his support to fellow Olympian EJ Obiena amid the elite pole vaulter's ongoing rift with the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA). Tokyo Olympians Eumir Marcial and EJ Obiena (AFP) In a Facebook post Wednesday, Jan. 5, Marcial said...
The PBA is slated to return this week with plenty of question marks after the government placed back stricter measures amid the sudden rise of COVID-19 cases in the aftermath of the holiday season. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA) Games in the Governors’ Cup prior to the break saw the...
The future for the Philippine boxing scene remains bright despite the retirement of legendary fighter Manny Pacquiao , who at 42 years old had a swan song to remember against former Olympian Yordenis Ugas last Aug. 21. Nonito Donaire, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Magsayo (AFP and PBC) Though a defeat...
Decades of frustration, threat of COVID couldn't stop the athletes from winning Olympic medalists, from left, Carlo Paalam, Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio, and Eumir Felix Marcial (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz's Facebook page) In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, four national athletes shed a...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said he was surprised with the turnout of the first playdate held before a live crowd since the pandemic even as the league prepares for any eventualities following the first recorded cases of the Omicron variant in the country....
