HANGZHOU (AFP) -- India's football coach Igor Stimac has had to change his squad list seven times since first announcing it for the Hangzhou Asian Games, with a lack of available players also proving an issue for other nations. India's football coach Igor Stimac (AFP) The multi-sport event is...
HANGZHOU, China – Filipino migrants are teeming with excitement for a chance to see up close and personal members of Gilas Pilipinas competing in the 19th Asian Games here. Gilas Pilipinas (PBA Images) A Filipino working in a government TV station said Filipino communities from nearby provinces,...
HANGZHOU, China –– With all its might and wealth, the host nation made a grand introduction in the sporting world by staging the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (Illustrations by Randrian Panopio) Almost 14 years since that landmark event, Beijing once again made history by holding the 2022 Winter...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- A senior Olympic Council of Asia official said on Friday, Sept. 22, three Indian martial arts athletes from a region claimed by China had been issued visas for the Hangzhou Asian Games, denying they were barred. The women wushu fighters are from the northeastern Indian state of...
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...
Cavite State University’s EJ Orsolino ended the province’s search for its first gold medal, beating Bulacan Agricultural State College’s Lenard Mendoza 2-1 in the men’s Army featherweight arnis finals of the ROTC Games Luzon leg at the CSU International Convention Center in Indang on...
