The beach is closed. No swimming allowed. Organizers of the 6 th Asian Beach Games have postponed the event to April 2 to 10 next year due to the ongoing pandemic. In a letter to National Olympic Committees across the region, organizing committee deputy secretary general Zhou Jun said the safety...
PH athletes, coaches will soon get their full monthly allowance Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) National athletes and coaches will soon get their full monthly allowance after the House of Representatives ratified the bicameral committee report of...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The Philippine Sports Commission hopes it could restore the athletes’ allowances in full by the end of the year once it receives its usual remittances from the government. PSC chairman Butch Ramirez assured athletes they are entitled to back pays after their allowances...
Rep. Bambol Tolentino National athletes and coaches might soon get their allowances in full once the House Bill No. 6953 or “Bayanihan Act 2” becomes a law. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Congressman Bambol Tolentino said he included the said provision into the...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed Tuesday the renewal of the tripartite agreement with the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) granting detailed service for national athletes PSC Acting Executive Director Atty. Guillermo Iroy Jr. said they are...
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (Screengrab / PSA Forum) Mikee Cojuangco Jaworski is expected to meet with fellow International Olympic Committee officials to update them on the Philippine Olympic Committee’s plans for charter change. Jaworski, who was recently elected into the powerful IOC Executive...
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...
From left, Jesus Clint Aranas (Archery), Executive Board Member; Steve Hontiveros (Handball), POC Chairman; Abraham Tolentino (Cycling), POC President; and Cynthia Carrion (Gymnastics), Executive Board Member (MB File Photo) Archery chief Clint Aranas, the recognized leader of a band of officials...
In this file photo taken on November 3, 2017 a detail of the #20 XFINITY Team USA Toyota, driven by Matt Kenseth (not pictured), in the garage area, featuring the Team USA logo and Olympic Rings during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) The International Olympic Committee on Friday deleted a tweet of film from Nazi Germany's 1936 Berlin Games which carried the "stronger together" hashtag and drew...
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski wasn’t exactly thrilled when asked about her proximity to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) throne. New IOC Executive Board member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski (Photo from her Instagram account) Fresh from being elected into the IOC’s Executive Board, a cast of 15...
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...
