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National fencing coach Amat Canlas sees a busy 2021 campaign for the Filipinos fencers with two important international tournaments already lined up in the calendar of events.

With a heavy heart, the fencing national team parted ways with Korean mentors Kim Seungjun and Park Sang Sun, their contracts allowed to expire without renewal last month.

The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) plans to hold a training bubble for select national team members as part of its preparations for Olympic qualifying tournaments and the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.

Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski said her federation will not lobby for the inclusion of the sport in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games after it was scrapped in the initial list of events.

Host Vietnam is keeping its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games limited almost exclusively to the staging of Olympic and Asian Games events.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) found an ally in the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) which called on its member federations to lobby for the inclusion of esports as a medal sport in next year’s Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games.

The water polo community in the Southeast Asian region will appeal for the inclusion of the aquatic event in the 31st SEA Games next year in Vietnam.

The country will appeal for the inclusion of arnis, triathlon and obstacle course in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games after they were scrapped in the proposed sports lineup.