Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 05:05:37 +0000
KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena captured his first indoor title this season after topping the Perche En Or in Roubaix, France Saturday, Jan. 28 (Sunday in Manila). The world No. 3 Obiena cleared 5.82 meters right on his first attempt to capture the gold medal, beating Yao Jie of China who tallied a personal-best 5.75m. Obiena […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 14:10:54 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA After making quite an impression in the juniors division, it’s now time for Alex Eala to prove her worth in a bigger and more challenging stage as she vies in her first women’s Grand Slam event – the Australian Open. Eala won the US Open Juniors crown last year apart winning two […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2023 08:41:35 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Newly appointed Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richard “Dickie” Bachmann took his oath Wednesday, Jan. 4, in Malacañang to oversee the country’s government sports agency. Bachmann, 54, replaced Noli Eala where he joined Commissioners Bong Coo, Edward Hayco and Walter Torres in mapping out plans for national athletes and coaches under President […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:53:43 +0000
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) looks forward to a similarly responsive and interactive Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) following the abrupt changing of the guard at the government sports agency. “The sudden changing of the guard at the PSC is surprising for us [POC], although we have already built a good partnership with former chairman [Jose […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 05:50:00 +0000
VIGAN, Ilocos Sur ‒ MILO Philippines and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) celebrated the successful return of the annual youth sports program Batang Pinoy Championship. The 6-day championship held from Dec. 17 to 21 gathered thousands of student athletes who took part in different sports competitions and earned their respective medals. The City of Baguio […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:11:43 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA BANTAY, Ilocos Sur — Kristian Yugo Cabana of Lucena City continued his assault, winning his third gold medal, a feat matched by Aubrey Tom of Rizal in Day 2 of swimming competitions Sunday, Dec. 18, in the 2022 Batang Pinoy National Championships at the Quirino Stadium pool here. The 15-year-old Tom, competing […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 06:13:04 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA BANTAY, Ilocos Sur — Lucena City’s Kristian Yugo Cabana made a huge splash in his first Batang Pinoy National Championships appearance after clinching the tournament’s first gold medal at the Quirino Stadium pool here Saturday, Dec. 17. Cabana, a 12-year-old Grade 7 student of International School for Better Beginnings, submitted his personal […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 06:23:21 +0000
Led by gymnastics ace Carlos Edriel Yulo, pint-sized Filipino athletes made the biggest sports headlines in the month of November. The Pinoy pocket dynamo stood out in bagging a silver and bronze medal, respectively, in the men’s vault and parallel bars plus finishing eighth overall in the grueling all-around event in the 51st FIG Artistic […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:15:20 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur — Hostilities in five sports kick off the re-start of the Philippine Sports Commission-Batang Pinoy National Championships in various venues in this province. Preliminaries in archery, badminton, chess, swimming and table tennis start prior to the 3 p.m. open ceremony at the Quirino Stadium here where around 6,000 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:03:59 +0000
F Maria Mae Ballester pocketed two gold medals in arnis while wrestler Alliah Rose Gavales proved her worth by climbing the podium also twice in the 8th Philippine Sports Commission Women’s Martial Arts Festival at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Ballester ruled the senior’s traditional single weapon and double weapon in the forms competition, a […]
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