Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to include Filipino athletes as essential workers so they can be part of the government’s priority list to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Tolentino noted both of the country’s amateur and...
The Philippine kickboxing team (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced there are three local government units (LGUs) offering assistance to national sports associations (NSAs) seeking bubble training for their athletes preparing for the 31 st...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) hopes national athletes could resume training on July 1 amid restrictions brought by the pandemic. PSC Commissioner Mon Fernandez said the new schedule would still allow ample time for athletes to prepare for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam...
Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez hopes national athletes will be vaccinated in the coming months in time for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year. Fernandez said vaccines for athletes are not only beneficial for their physical health but also their mental...
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...
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...
Photo by Steven Francis Kong Downhill skater Jaime de Lange believed that the national team's domination in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games made a huge leap for the skateboarding scene. De Lange, who ruled the downhill event, recalled that he saw an instant impact for the sport after the Philippines...
Photo from Jenelyn Olsim's Facebook account If the 2021 Southeast Asian Games coincides with a mixed martial arts bout in ONE Championship, Jenelyn Olsim would choose to participate in the latter. Olsim, a muay thai silver medalist in the 2019 edition of the biennial meet, clarified that the...
(MB File Photo) Roy Cañete and Tani Gomez, veteran members of the Philippine water polo team, are still optimistic about the inclusion of the sport in this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam. The two helped the national team to a silver medal finish in the SEA Games two years ago...
Sports officials are working to get clearance from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the resumption of training of other athletes competing in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games set late November. Philippine Sports Commission's National Training Director Marc Velasco said this is the first crucial step...
Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor--the "last man standing" among the close allies of the previous Speaker--gave Alan Peter Cayetano his just desserts for helping stage the successful hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in the Philippines on its first year anniversary. Defensor...
National fencing coach Amat Canlas sees a busy 2021 campaign for the Filipinos fencers with two important international tournaments already lined up in the calendar of events. First is the Asian Fencing Championship in April in South Korea where the Philippines will have six athletes, while the...
