With the historic first gold medal of the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics, the national Paralympic team is inspired to bring honor to the country when a six-man squad competes in the 16th edition of the Paralympic Games on Aug. 24 to Sept. 5 in Tokyo, Japan. Ernie Gawilan, a two-time Games...
Jenelyn Olsim of Team Lakay gained the much-needed confidence booster when she emerged victorious in her ONE Championship debut against Brazilian Maira Mazar last March. Jenelyn Olsim (ONE Championship) Heading into another challenge in the Circle, this time against another experienced fighter Bi...
Team Lakay stalwart Joshua Pacio cannot help but respond to a critic on social media who commented on one of his posts. Joshua Pacio (ONE Championship) The critic seems to question Team Lakay's performance and called out the famed Benguet stable of their live streaming for multiplayer online battle...
Victory remained elusive for Eduard Folayang as the Team Lakay veteran yielded to Chinese opponent and ONE newcomer Zhang Lipeng in ONE: Battleground II at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday night, Aug. 13. Zhang Lipeng of China (left) shouts after scoring a unanimous decision win against Team...
Photo from Execration Execration threw away a strong start in the deciding game as it suffered a 2-1 defeat to Team SMG in their lower bracket second round match in the Beyond The Summit (BTS) Pro Series Season 7-Southeast Asia on Friday, August 13. Behind stand-in mid laner Mark Anthony "Bob"...
Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan expects a tougher second year as a member of the Penn State University fencing team as more competitions are lined up as part of the buildup for the 2022 US NCAA Fencing Championship. Samantha Catantan, right, poses with family, parents Jon and Aileen, and sisters...
Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao called on for the continuous support for Filipino athletes after four Olympians took home medals in the recently concluded 2020 Tokyo Games. Mark Sangiao (in white shirt) shares a light moment with Team Lakay members (Photo from ONE Championship) Sangiao, a former...
Team Lakay veteran Eduard Folayang is keeping himself motivated in his journey back to the top of the lightweight rankings in ONE Championship. Eduard Folayang The two-time lightweight champion, who will face Chinese foe Zhang Lipeng in the main event of ONE: Battleground II on Aug. 13, Friday,...
And worth following in our own journey toward success The Olympics is over. The hype of winning four medals for the Philippines is already waning. This episode, however, has etched itself into our history books, the year we finally took home the gold after 97 years of trying. That it was achieved...
Wednesday, Aug. 11, marked the first day of the distribution of cash assistance to low-income Filipino families in connection with the ongoing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). So how are things going so far in terms of the payout process? These photos shared by the monitoring team over at the...
The rest of the bemedalled Filipino athletes from the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics--all from the boxing team--have arrived home. BEMEDALLED BOXERS--Irish Magno, Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio, Eumir Marcial pose with their medals upon their arrival at NAIA on Aug. 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA...
Photo from Marcus Manalo A sports psychologist who is part of Team Philippines recently shared a chance encounter with NBA players Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier and Nicolas Batum of France. Marcus Manalo of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines posted on social media a picture with...
