HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Hosts China will look to top the Asian Games swimming medals table for the first time since 2014 with confidence sky-high after the world championships. China's Qin Haiyang (AFP) New breaststroke king Qin Haiyang and two-time Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yufei will spearhead the...
HANGZHOU, China – The Philippines may have produced the region’s first grandmaster in Eugene Torre, but sad to say, the country is no longer as powerful as it used to be. Eugene Torre (Eugene Torre Chess Museum / MANILA BULLETIN) Gone is the “fear factor” from other rival countries. Serving...
Gilas Pilipinas continues its battle with roster woes four days before making its return to the Asian Games happening in China. Gilas Pilipinas (PBA Images) The Nationals were met with the lineup confusion after some members of their supposed Final 12 were deemed excluded from the initial list....
The Philippine women’s national football team blasted Hong Kong in the waning minutes of the second half for its debut win, 3-1, in the 19th Asian Games on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium in China. Filipinas Quinley Quezada lifts the team with a late goal. (PWNFT) The world...
HANGZHOU, China – All 10 members of the Philippine shooting team here were not yet born when Adolfo Feliciano struck a gold in the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games. (From left to right) 2021 Olympian Jason Valdez, National Shooting Assoc.Sec. Gen Iryne Garcia, Asian Games rookie Enrique Enriquez and...
Despite the roster woes, Gilas Pilipinas came through with a 86-81 win over the visiting Korean club team LG Sakers in their tune-up match on Friday, Sept. 22, at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Justin Brownlee leads the way for Gilas in its lone tuneup game ahead of the Asian Games (PBA...
Joanie Delgaco booked a spot to the medal round following her impressive semifinal showing in the rowing competition at the 19 th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Friday, Sept. 22. Joanie Delgaco books a finals berth in the women's singles sculls at the 19th Asian Games. (Philippine Rowing...
HANGZHOU, China – A minimum of four gold medals for Team Philippines. Judging the physical conditions and recent performances of the country’s top representatives in the 19th Asian Games here, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino believes Team PH is...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Flyweight world champion Hasanboy Dusmatov will be one of the favorites for gold when boxing gets under way at the Asian Games on Sunday, Sept. 24, with qualification for the Paris Olympics also up for grabs. Uzbekistan's Hasanboy Dusmatov (AFP) The 30-year-old Uzbek was...
HANGZHOU, China – China has once again flaunted its immense wealth and power with its state-of-the-art venues for the 19th Asian Games here. Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre (Hangzhou 19th Asian Games website) During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world’s second-most populous country with a...
After bringing the highly successful FIBA Basketball World Cup to Filipino fans, mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) will stream the 19th Asian Games via the Smart LiveStream App, its digital destination for live and on-demand sports and entertainment content. Taking...
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Three Indian martial arts athletes from a region claimed by China have been forced to pull out of the Asian Games in Hangzhou after not receiving clearance from the host country, reports said on Friday, Sept. 22. The three women wushu fighters are from the northeastern Indian...
