Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:03:46 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena added another feather to his cap by ruling the Taby Stavhoppsgala meet in Taby, Sweden Tuesday. The 26-year-old Tokyo Olympian posted a season-best 5.92 meters on his second attempt to dominate the seven-player field that included 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Thiago Braz of Brazil. His previous season […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:57:11 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Tokyo Games veteran EJ Obiena has once again challenged the youth, especially from the premier city of Manila, to go after their dreams, saying anything is possible. He threw the challenge to Manila youth after being honored as one of the outstanding Manilans on Thursday – a day before city marks its […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:41:04 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA It was not achieved by chance or mere luck. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez yesterday said this as he further put emphasis on hard work, sacrifices and dedication as key components to the country’s success in major sporting events the past three years. “Yung golden year na sinasabi natin sa […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 08:37:08 +0000
The Hangzhou 19th Asian Games in September was postponed because of Covid-19’s omicron variant pandemic situation in China to a still-to-be-determined date, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino on Friday. Tolentino said that the decision to postpone the Games was arrived at after a meeting among officials of the Chinese Olympic […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 06:30:06 +0000
World No. 8 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia came through with big shots in the crunch and pulled off a stunning 22-20, 23-21 win over reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore to book his place in the semifinals of the men’s singles at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 Friday at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:22:00 +0000
KUWAIT (AFP) – The 2022 Asian Games in China is facing the possibility of being postponed, an official told AFP on Thursday, after a rumor that it would be moved to next year. The Olympic-sized event is scheduled to be held in September in Hangzhou near Shanghai, which is grappling with a major coronavirus emergency. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:02:53 +0000
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Venues for the Asian Games have been completed six months before the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou hosts athletes from across the region, organisers said Friday. The competition, the 19th edition of the fiercely contested regional sporting event, is still on despite China battling with its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 20:00:39 +0000
Quizon, the youngest of all nine participants in the core team that survived the tough series of qualifying tournaments, downed FIDE Master Arden Reyes to continue to break away from the chase pack with 28 points after 45 rounds.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:00:03 +0000
Rule, a 23-year-old graduate of University of Texas, clocked 1:00.42 to erase the four-year-old mark of 1:01.00 posted by Jasmine Alkhaldi in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:00:31 +0000
The gaming agency on Tuesday reiterated its all-out support to local sports as shown by the increase in the monthly contribution it is remitting to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
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