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The creation of a new volleyball federation is in the works as the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) scheduled the election of its officials on Jan. 25 at the East Ocean Seafoods Restaurant in Parañaque City.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has requested the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to schedule an election for the country’s volleyball federation.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has appointed Philippine Sports commissioner Mon Fernandez as the country’s Chef De Mission in the 31st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam is hosting late this year.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino urged national sports associations (NSAs) to prioritize athletes participating in Olympic qualifiers and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) should they plan to hold a training bubble.

Filipino athletes who have earned slots in the Tokyo Olympics this year are delighted by the government’s effort to have them vaccinated against COVID-19.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino believes budget will not be an issue in providing free COVID-19 vaccinations for national athletes.

The country’s highest sports officials are confident the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will still push through despite alarming reports that Japan is poised to declare a state of emergency as COVID-19 cases soar in key locations across the country.

The Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) begins 2021 with a bang as it will have no less than Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino as its lone, special guest in Tuesday’s PSA Forum webcast edition.

As the sporting world slowly tries to normalize after being crippled with the pandemic, national athletes are expected to have their hands full this year with a number of elite tournaments lined up.

Amid the slew of cancelled sports spectacles worldwide last year, the sputtering attempts to restart in empty arenas stalled events, and the success of an experimental bubble, the single biggest question for 2021 is “Will the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, initially calendared in mid-2020 at the height of a deadly global pandemic, finally see the light of day this July?”

Euphoria still hasn’t subsided following the country’s overall championship victory at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games when pandemic hit the country early in 2020.

Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero of 1Pacman Partylist urged all sports leaders and major stakeholders to support newly reelected Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino in helping national athletes for a busy year in 2021.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino will focus on the country’s plight to various elite tournaments after getting a fresh four-year term Friday.

Incumbent Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino seeks a fresh four-year mandate when he goes up against archery chief Atty. Clint Aranas for the top post of the country’s highest governing body for sports on Friday's election.

Incumbent Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino is optimistic all national sports associations will participate in the upcoming elections on Friday.

Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino and four other officials from his party will be allowed to run in the election this Friday.

Incumbent Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino has taken a prudent path as he seeks a reelection for a full four-year term on Nov. 27.

The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) unveiled the first volume of the 2019 SEAG Final Report book on Wednesday at the Kalayaan Hall of the SM Aura Office Tower in Taguig City.