World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo will skip the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China due to a conflict of schedule with one of the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Carlos Yulo will skip the 19th Asian Games as its schedule runs smack with the World Championships. (File Photo) Gymnastics...
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) has released a 19-player list for the men’s team that will see action in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May. The PH men's volleyball team hopes to avenge its fifth-place finish at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam last...
BANGKOK (AFP) -- Thailand will boycott a kickboxing event at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, officials confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 24, in a bitter row with the hosts over what to call the sport: Muay Thai or Kun Khmer. MB File Photo Thai officials are angry at plans by Cambodia to refer...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino is optimistic the country can maintain or surpass its previous performance in the Asian Games when the 19th edition fires off in September in Hangzhou, China. POC president Bambol Tolentino remains positive the country can maintain or...
The Philippine basketball team could send its biggest arsenal – its naturalized players – in its bid to regain lost glory in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia this May. Justin Brownlee, whose naturalization process is in the final stages, might suit up for the Philippine team to the...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is looking at sending 814 athletes to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in May next year. The development came after two consultative meetings with national sports associations (NSAs) Monday, Oct. 10, where POC president Bambol Tolentino...
Southeast Asian Games medalist Janry Ubas posted his season-best performance in men’s long jump at the recent Athletics Challenge Cup at the Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata, Japan. Janry Ubas (right) poses with his certificate at the Athletics Challenge Cup in Niigita, Japan. (Photo from Janry...
Around P3.3 million worth of unspent funds for the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games in 2019 are now in the Philippine Olympic Committee's (POC) trust fund for athletes. POC president Bambol Tolentino disclosed this Friday, Sept. 30, saying that the Philippine Southeast Asian...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino said the country’s back is against the wall to retain its fourth-place overall finish at the Southeast Asian Games following the latest rule that host Cambodia would impose in the 32nd edition of the biennial meet next year. POC...
Senator Sonny Angara said he is willing to spearhead the filing of bills that would pursue the naturalization of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) imports Justin Brownlee and Cameron Oliver in order to improve Gilas Pilipinas’ standing in the world hoops stage. TNT Commissioner's Cup import...
The Philippine Sports Commission proposed a total budget of over P546 million to the Department of Budget and Management for five of the nine major sporting events that national athletes would participate next year. The bulk of the proposed budget, amounting to P250 million, will be allotted for...
Some member countries that participate in the Southeast Asian Games are contesting the inclusion of dozens of events when first-time host Cambodia lays down a 49-sport program with a record number of 632 events in the biennial meet slated next year. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President...
