Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:06:32 +0000
By REYNALD MAGALLON Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes is planning with caution when it comes to the formation of the national team for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September. The veteran mentor said that nothing’s cast in stone when it comes to the composition of Gilas for the continental meet even […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 20:59:57 +0000
By REYNALD MAGALLON The PBA is extending its help to Gilas Pilipinas even after the FIBA 2023 World Cup. The Board of Governors has already approved an October opening for the league’s 48th Season to allow national team head coach Chot Reyes to continue to utilize PBA players for the 19th Asian Games set in […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:45:26 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo will skip the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China due to a conflict of schedule with one of the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) President Cynthia Carrion said Yulo will focus on competing in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:39:15 +0000
Filipino athletes will be busy competing in over 57 days of action in five major international competitions — four regional and one world—this year. And so are the chiefs of mission—baseball’s Chito Loyzaga, fencing and pentathlon’s Rep. Richard Gomez, surfing’s Dr. Jose Raul “George” Canlas, wrestling’s Alvin Aguilar and karate’s Ricky Lim. “That’s how busy […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:28:27 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is all geared up for what it considered as the “busiest year in PH sports” with several major international competitions, as well as tournament hosting responsibilities lined up this year. POC President Bambol Tolentino said they are hands-on with the preparations of these competitions starting with the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:55:45 +0000
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Saudi Arabia was chosen on Tuesday to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex. “The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,” the Olympic Council […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 05:36:47 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA New Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Noli Eala vowed to continue the programs started by his predecessor, Butch Ramirez, that saw the Filipino athletes produce breakthrough wins, including winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal. “I am a firm believer of continuity of programs particularly of those that have been gainful and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:32:45 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Sports Commission has proposed a total budget of over P546 million to the Department of Budget and Management for five of the nine major sporting events that national athletes would be taking part next year. The bulk of the proposed budget, amounting to P250 million, will be allotted for the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:31:50 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Sports icon Lydia de Vega-Mercado was laid to rest Wednesday in Meycauayan, Bulacan a week after she succumbed to breast cancer. Family and friends attended the funeral of two-time Asian sprint queen from St. Francis of Assisi Parish also in Meycauayan before being brought to Meycauayan Memorial Park (Pandayan). De Vega-Mercado battled […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 04:14:28 +0000
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will immortalize the late Asian Sprint Queen Lydia de Vega at the soon-to-rise POC Museum at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac. POC President and Tagaytay Mayor Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino made the promise to De Vega’s daughter, Stephanie Mercado-Koenigswarter, and mother Mary when he visited De Vega’s wake at […]
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