Members of the Gilas Pilipinas national basketball team hold a training session inside the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. (Photo from Inspire Sports Academy) Group workouts of pro teams and training of national athletes will remain prohibited even if Metro Manila and provinces inside...
Rizal Memorial Coliseum (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is waiting for a directive from the Office of the President if it could lock down its facilities in Manila and Pasig City due to the rising COVID-19 cases of its employees. Sources said the government sports...
Jersey Marticio Chess wunderkind Jersey Marticio swept all her seven matches to capture the elite girls 18-under division of the 2021 Mayor Atty. Rolen C Paulino National Age Group Online Chess Championships North Luzon Leg held online over the weekend. The 13-year-old Marticio, a Grade 8...
After the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant in January of 2020, his memorabilia surged in price. In fact, over 65,000 items—such as cards, jerseys, photographs, shoes, balls, among others—signed by the Black Mamba flooded eBay and had their values skyrocket from several thousands to...
Chess never stops with or without lockdown. The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will give Filipino chess players something to look forward to amid the pandemic as it lined up a series of online tournaments this year. The first one launched was the Southern Luzon Leg of the...
Photo from AFP Golfer Yuka Saso kept it short and simple, while Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino encouraged everyone to “live the moment” during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) advised national athletes and coaches in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal to temporarily suspend their training this week. The formal advisory came on Sunday, March 28, in line with the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) that the government...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The country’s top government sports official serves as the special guest of honor in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on Saturday at the TV5 Media Center. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is requesting the Armed Forces of the Philippines for a renewal of detailed service to military athletes and coaches serving at the frontlines during the pandemic. In a letter to AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana (PA) dated March 22, PSC...
Commissioner Ramon Fernandez of the Philippine Sports Commission said that skipping the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam is a possibility due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. Fernandez said he is concerned about the latest development as more Filipinos are getting infected, with...
Tokyo Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno (Handout photo) The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has shed light on the recent social media clamor of Olympic-bound boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial. ABAP, in a statement Friday, March 19, explained...
In this file photo, athletes of the Philippine delegation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games wave their mini-flags before being crowned as the overall champions. (MB File Photo) The Philippine Sports Commission has approved the lineup for the 2021 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as training...
