Tag: #Ricky Vargas
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PBA Board to decide fate of postponed Govs' Cup
The PBA has scheduled a board meeting next week to decide the fate of the season-ending Governors’ Cup which is currently on hold due to the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases.
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Blatche, Douthit should be given chance to play in PBA — Vargas
PBA chairman Ricky Vargas believes that naturalized players should be given the opportunity to play as locals.
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PBA suspends games amid rising COVID cases
The PBA said it will wait for the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases to subside before action in the season-ending Governors’ Cup can resume.
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Strongest PBA teams to represent PH in EASL
The PBA is keen to sending the best teams possible for its foray in the East Asia Super League’s regional tournament which could start in Oct. 2022.
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Picson elected as new boxing chief; Vargas assumes chairmanship
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has voted longtime executive director and secretary-general Ed Picson as its new president during Thursday’s online elections.
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Nesthy Petecio, boxers get incentives
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City.
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MVPSF releases P40.5 million to Olympic athletes and coaches
As promised, the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) has provided cash incentives totaling to P40.5 million to athletes and coaches that took part in the just concluded Tokyo Olympics.
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PBA not keen on buyout option for Kiefer's case
The PBA is lukewarm to the idea of possibly allowing Japanese club Shiga Lakestars to buy out Kiefer Ravena’s live contract with the NLEX Road Warriors.
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PH boxers await US visas for Colorado Springs training
Officials of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) are still waiting for the US visas of three Tokyo Olympics-bound boxers training in Thailand while it has given a go for another Olympian in Eumir Marcial to travel from Dubai to Colorado Springs in the US.
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Officials encourage Marcial to focus on Olympics prep
With less than 10 weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, top officials from amateur boxing have urged Eumir Marcial to focus on his training in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Pangilinan backs PBA-China exhibition series
Manny V. Pangilinan is backing a proposal which will pit a PBA selection against the Chinese national team in an exhibition aimed to start the league’s 46th season on a high note.
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Vargas confident PH boxers can win medals in Tokyo Olympics
Ricky Vargas is confident that Filipino boxers can win medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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ABAP clears air over social media clamor of Tokyo-bound boxers
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.
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PBA to draft new policies after Parks, Slaughter cases
The PBA is forming a study group aimed at implementing new policies to deal with situations like the one involving Ray Parks Jr. and TNT Tropang Giga.
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PBA to stage two conferences for Season 46
The PBA hopes for a longer season than the previous one with plans to stage two conferences during a 10-month period under a semi-bubble format starting April 11.
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Vargas to discuss Parks issue with PBA board
PBA chairman and TNT Tropang Giga governor Ricky Vargas said Sunday that he plans to discuss the issue concerning controversial player Ray Parks Jr. during the two-day planning session of the league in preparation for the 46th Season tentatively set next month.
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Scribes fete 2019 and 2020 PBA top performers
The top performers of the 2019 PBA season and the 2020 bubble campaign get their well-deserved recognition on Sunday during the PBA Press Corps virtual Awards Night at the TV5 Media Center.
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Vargas confident of Marcial’s Olympic bid
Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) President Ricky Vargas has no doubt on the capabilities of boxer Eumir Marcial to win a medal in this year’s Tokyo Olympics.