Ronn Russel Mitra Ronn Russel Mitra delivered the country’s second medal at the Asian Youth Para Games in Bahrain Friday after clinching the silver medal in athletics. Mitra, a 19-year-old student of Aplaya Integrated National High School, timed 54.65 seconds in the 400-meter T20 class for boys...
Photo from PHILSPADA Facebook page Filipino tanker Ariel Alegarbes splashed his way to the country’s first gold medal in the Asian Youth Paralympic Games in Bahrain Friday, Dec. 3. Alegarbes clocked 1 minute and 1.96 seconds to capture the gold in the 100-meter butterfly S14 multiclass for boys...
Indonesia has officially stated its intention to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games after the Board of Governors agreed to open a bid for an alternative host of the said biennial meet. The Games was initially scheduled in Hanoi next month, but host Vietnam decided to withdraw due to the “complicated...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) plans to restart the national team’s bubble trainings by January 10, 2022 in preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Commissioner Mon Fernandez, who is also the country’s chief of mission to the meet, said the government sports agency is...
Filipina tennis prodigy Alex Eala welcomed the idea of playing for the national team come the 2022 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Alex Eala (Alex Eala's Facebook account) "I'm looking forward to it (SEA Games) so much and I think it's everyone's dream to represent their country and I think this...
Host Vietnam announced Friday the new dates for the rescheduled 31st Southeast Asian Games. According to Vietnam’s national Olympic committee website and reports from Channel News Asia, the biennial meet will be held on May 12 to 23, 2022. The multisport regional event was originally scheduled...
The Southeast Asian Games Federation acknowledged the initiative of the ASEAN Sports Ministers on strengthening the sports programs in the region. In the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports held virtually last Thursday, the sports ministers reiterated their recognition on the importance of...
The 11th ASEAN Para Games has been cancelled after host Vietnam decided to focus on staging the rescheduled 31st Southeast Asian Games in May 2022. Vietnamese online newspaper VnExpress disclosed this, adding that the pandemic developments in Vietnam and other participating countries has caused...
Tech entrepreneurs (techpreneurs) of Filipino heritage made waves in the Silicon Slopes Summit held on October 14 to 15, 2021, in Utah. Philippines-based cofounder of Yield Guild Games Gabby Dizon presents the business model in gaming “Play to Earn,” which allows players to convert their time...
Arcane X Twitch Arcane, Riot’s first TV series, will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 7 PM PT on Netflix globally. Arcane is the first Netflix series to debut with co-streaming exclusively on Twitch. Content creators on the platform will be able to broadcast themselves watching and reacting to...
The 6 th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) got its new scheduled date on Nov. 17 to 26, 2023 after its postponement due to the pandemic. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced this Thursday after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) confirmed the new dates....
The 31 st Southeast Asian Games will be held in mid-May 2022, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino disclosed Monday. The development came after officials from 11 member nations convened online on the same day with host Vietnam agreeing to the calendar window. No specific...
