K-pop superstars BTS’ recent feat of topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart will generate an economic effect of 1.7 trillion won (about $1.43 billion or P69.7 billion), according to the Korean government. View this post on Instagram Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the...
In a statement, the UAAP said it will help with the crafting of the guidelines for the resumption of training of collegiate athletes. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) The UAAP welcomes the decision of the Commission on Higher Education to create a technical working group that will craft the...
Training for collegiate leagues like the NCAA and the UAAP is on standby as CHED forms a technical working group to craft guidelines before allowing student-athletes to resume practice. (MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Collegiate athletes like the ones in the NCAA and UAAP would have to wait a...
CHED to issue show cause orders to UST, NU amid training controversies Former UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo, who resigned amid controversies surrounding the 'Sorsogon bubble.' (UAAP) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) will issue show cause orders to University of Santo Tomas and National...
PSC eyes to send last batch by third week of September World champion boxer Nesthy Petecio shares her ID and discount booklet in a Facebook post. More than 1,000 national athletes and coaches can now avail 20 percent discounts after the Philippine Sports Commission released the second of the three...
After successful return to practice, Marcial hopes favorable response from JAO Group for scrimmages PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (PBA Images) PBA commissioner Willie Marcial is taking the next big step to restarting the stalled Philippine Cup two weeks after the pro league got the green light...
From left, Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) Philippines’ chief of mission to the Tokyo Games Nonong Araneta believes the present batch of Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls have the strongest chance of...
In this file photo, Marty Elorde’s boxers get ready for dinner inside their quarters at the Elorde Sports Complex in Parañaque. (Photo by Marty Elorde) Local pro boxing promoters may have to join hands to produce fights in these hard times. Manila-based Elorde Boxing Promotions and Cebu’s...
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...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports Development has promised to help Tokyo Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls after the Philippine Sports Commission sought financial help in funding their training. In a meeting led by Committee Head Representative...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez National athletes and coaches can soon avail of discounts as mandated by law after the Philippine Sports Commission announced it is in the process of distributing IDs and booklets. The discount documents will afford them 20 percent discount in goods, medicines,...
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...
