Photo from AFC The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) lauded the historic performance of the national women’s football team which booked a first-ever berth in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. POC president Bambol Tolentino congratulated the team for making world football history, saying that...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino is expecting a significant improvement from Alpine skier Asa Miller when he competes in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics next month. Winter Olympian skier Asa Miller (Asa Miller's Instagram) The 21-year-old Miller will be competing in the...
Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) president Philip Juico claimed the ratification of the Executive Board resolution declaring him persona non grata in the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has no due process. In a statement Wednesday, Juico said “the process was...
Philip Juico, left, and Bambol Tolentino The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) General Assembly on Wednesday ratified the Executive Board's resolution declaring Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) president Philip Juico as persona non grata in light of the ongoing dispute...
Cristina Ramos-Jalasco, former president of the Philippine Olympic Committee, believes that the ongoing rift between pole vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association is an internal issue and must be allowed to be resolved within the national sports association. EJ...
The Philippine Olympic Committee opted to reset its first General Assembly (GA) from Jan. 12 to Jan. 26 following the surge of the COVID-19 infections and the threat of Omicron variant in the country. POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB File) POC president Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino made the...
Monico Puentevella (MB File Photo) Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) President Monico Puentevella will be a making a motion that will set aside the ratification of the declaration of Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) chief Philip Juico as persona non grata to the...
MB File Photo The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) has pledged 500 booster shots of the Moderna vaccines for national team members bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino disclosed this Thursday...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday said he is considering filing a resolution calling for a Senate inquiry into the issues hounding pole vaulter and Tokyo Olympian Ernest John "EJ" Obiena should the appropriate sports officials and organizations fail to solve the issues hounding the...
Ej Obiena, left, and POC president Bambol Tolentino The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will make sure that Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena can compete in all major competitions including the 31st Southeast Asian Games and the 19th Asian Games this year despite Philippine Athletics Track and...
POC president Bambol Tolentino Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Bambol Tolentino defended the Ethics Committee’s recommendation to declare Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) president Philip Juico as persona non grata following the national sports association’s...
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) rejected Philippine Olympic Committee’s (POC) declaration of association president Philip Juico as persona non grata in light of his current feud with Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena. In a position paper distributed to the media...