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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.

PBA chairman Ricky Vargas believes that naturalized players should be given the opportunity to play as locals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ricky Vargas is confident that Filipino boxers can win medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.