Photo from Annie Ramirez's Facebook account With a collection of five gold medals from the 30th Southeast Asian Games, jiu jitsu fighters welcome the inclusion of the sport in the calendar of events in the SEA Games in Vietnam next year. Annie Ramirez, a veteran national team campaigner, said this...
Clarifying reports on the disbursement of the P6 Billion total fund of the 30 th Southeast Asian Games hosting, Philippine Sports Commission Executive Director Atty. Guillermo Iroy, Jr. confirmed that only around 1.4 Billion was released to the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing...
Philippine fencing team head coach Rolando "Amat" Canlas Jr., center, with Korean mentors Kim Seungjun and Park Sang Sun Sang during the 2019 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo courtesy of Amat Canlas) With a heavy heart, the fencing national team parted ways with Korean...
One month training camp at De La Salle Canlubang in Laguna on November Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association chief Philip Ella Juico (MB File Photo) The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) plans to hold a training bubble for select national team members as part of its...
Remolino juggles time helping family rebuild home, training for future races Triathlete Kim Remolino, silver medalist in the 2019 SEA Games, juggles his time helping his family rebuild home after a fire accident and training for future races. (Photo from Kim Remolino's Facebook account) Kim...
De Lange's Sunday Skate School builds 'safe place' for skateboarding community Downhill skateboarder Jaime De Lange, 2019 SEA Games gold medalist, has established Sunday Skate School, a venue where everyone who wants to take up the sport is welcome. (Photo by Steven Francis Kong) Downhill...
‘We regret that it was scrapped but we have to move forward' -- Cojuangco-Jaworski Equestrian Association of the Philippines president Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (Photo from Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski's Instagram account) As much as she loves the sport dearly, Equestrian Association of the...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential Photo) Sports shared a brief spotlight in President Duterte’s 5th State of the Nation Address on Monday, highlighting the creation of the National Academy of Sports (NAS) and the success of the country’s Southeast Asian Games hosting last year. The...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Host Vietnam is keeping its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games limited almost exclusively to the staging of Olympic and Asian Games events. Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino, who...
Filipino-American Natalie Uy shatters the Philippine-record and Southeast Asian Games mark of 4.25 meters after tying her personal best of 4.30 meters and placing sixth at the Acadia Invitational in Greenville, South Carolina. (YouTube screengrab / ESPN) Filipino-American pole vaulter Natalie Uy...
National wrestler Jason Balabal, center, is flanked by world boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas, left, and actor Rocco Nacino. National wrestler Jason Balabal is more than halfway from earning the coveted SEAL badge from the Philippine Navy. Just last week, Balabal, a former Southeast Asian Games...
Three more members of the Philippine water polo team are expected to join the frontline from the Philippine Air Force in the battle against COVID-19. (MB File Photo / Mark Balmores) Three more water polo national team members are expected to join the COVID-19 frontline from the Philippine Air...
