MB File Photo Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz and her "HD Team" left Malaysia for Uzbekistan Friday, April 9, ahead of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent next week. Diaz and her team got the needed requirements, including the negative PCR test results for COVID-19. The...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Photo from PHSU's Facebook page) Winter Youth Olympian Julian Macaraeg is hoping to bring more spotlight to speed skating in the Philippines despite being a tropical country. Macaraeg, the first Filipino speed skater to compete in the 2020 Lausanne Winter...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Screenshot from ISU Short Track's Facebook page) Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is eyeing no less than the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, a long-term goal he has been preparing for more than a decade now. "Competing in the Olympics in Beijing...
Alisson Perticheto (Photo from PHSU's Facebook page) Filipino-Swiss figure skater Alisson Perticheto has pulled out of the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden this week due to an injury. "I’m very sad to not participate to Worlds this week due to some bad shin...
Photo from PHSU's Facebook page Filipino bet Alisson Perticheto is set to compete in the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden next week. The Philippine Skating Union (PHSU) announced the development on its Facebook page Sunday, March 14, wishing...
Photo from Philippine Skating Union Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg sustained an injury on his left foot while competing for the final standings of the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands. Per Philippine Skating Union (PHSU), Macaraeg was taken out of...
Melcah Jen Caballero (Photo from Caballero's Facebook account) Melcah Jen Caballero boosted her Olympic qualifying preparations after an impressive finish at the 2021 World Indoor Rowing Championships over the weekend. Caballero, double gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, settled for...
Unheralded April Joy Claros saw her fairytale run end after yielding to Indonesian Laysa Latifah, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the girls 14-under of the FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Monday. The 13-year-old Claros had a chance to level the score after dropping the first of...
April Joy Claros stunned third seed Martyna Starosta of Poland in their “Armageddon” tiebreak game to gatecrash into the quarterfinals of the girls’ Under-14 FIDE World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships Sunday. Seeded only 14th out of the 16 who made it to the knockout phase, the...
Hikaru Nakamura made sure Wesley So will not be spoiling his own birthday party by capturing the finals berth in the 2020 Speed Chess Championships Wednesday. Nakumura bested United States teammate So, 13.5-12.5, on his 33 rd birthday to move a win away from the title. It was a revenge of...
Grandmaster Wesley So overcame a faulty start and demolished Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland, 16-10, to advance to the semifinals of 2020 Speed Chess Championships over the weekend. So, a two-time United States champion, encountered some trouble at the start as he trailed 4-2 behind Duda. But the...
There is a glimmer of hope that someday, Grandmaster Wesley So could represent the Philippines in international competitions. So, who has been playing for the United States since 2014, said he is leaving the door open regarding this scenario. “Who knows? I do love the Filipino people. But who...
