Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday lamented how “sports politics” factored in in pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena’s exclusion from the World Indoor Championships. EJ Obiena “EJ Obiena: a case of missed opportunity because of sports politics. Sayang...
EJ Obiena will not compete in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set March 18 to 20 in Belgrade, Serbia, the elite pole vaulter announced Saturday, March 12, in a social media post. EJ Obiena (Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page) Obiena, through a post on his official Facebook post, bared...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has included Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena on the country’s entry by names list that will be submitted to the organizers of the 31st Southeast Asian Games set in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. MB File Photo The development came after Obiena’s ongoing rift with...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Wednesday said she is convinced that the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has lost all moral authority to lead the institution for excluding Ernest John “EJ” Obiena—a reigning pole vaulter—from its master list of athletes for the Southeast...
Reigning pole vault champion EJ Obiena was not included in the list of athletes the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) intends to send to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam this May. EJ Obiena The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) disclosed this Tuesday...
‘’Wow, PATAFA, your actions demonstrate the worst of Philippine sports!’’ This was the unfiltered reaction of Senator Pia Cayetano to the refusal by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) to endorse EJ Obiena in four major international meets this year. ‘’Talagang...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino questioned the motive of Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) after the latter filed a “statement of appeal” with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) regarding its rift with world-class pole vaulter EJ...
Photo from Arniel Ferrera John Albert Mantua secured a slot in the Philippine team bound to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam after surpassing the SEAG standard in men’s shot put during the MILO-PATAFA Performance Trials Wednesday at the Baguio Athletic Bowl. Mantua heaved a...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Weightlifting Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz aired her sentiments in the ongoing rift between fellow Olympian EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) during Monday’s Senate hearing held online. Diaz, who was present to support Obiena,...
Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz on Monday admitted that she had faced same problems regarding training expenses with her national sports association (NSA) too. Diaz disclosed the matter during the Senate Committee on Sports hearing into the current rift between the Philippine Athletics Track and...
Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on Monday told the Senate that all he wanted is to be able to clear his name and be reinstated as a national athlete. “What I really just want is to be reinstated as a national athlete; to be able to represent the Philippines,” Obiena told the Senate Committee on...
Senators on Monday chided top officials of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for burdening the country’s elite athletes with administrative and accounting tasks that the national sports association (NSA) is supposed to be taking care of. During the Senate Sports...
