Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 03:54:25 +0000
Korean teener Rho Hyun Ho birdied three consecutive holes from the sixth en route to a two-under-par 70 and a two-stroke lead over Jed Dy in the men’s division at the start of the 2022 National Stroke Play Championship Tuesday at the Manila Southwoods Legends course.The 17-year-old Ho, seeking to atone himself from a disqualification […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:38:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) President Monico Puentevella believes they can win at least two gold medals in the 31st Hanoi Southeast Asian Games slated next month. Puentevella made this assessment Tuesday, saying that their national lifters can also win a maximum of four to five medals in the said biennial edition. With […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 07:48:01 +0000
Lani Velasco has been given a fresh four-year term as Philippine Swimming, Inc. (PSI) chairman and president following a recent election during its congress at the New Coast Hotel in Manila. For Velasco, the goal remains the same for the PSI board of trustees, and that is to have a “healthy participation from all five […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:01:43 +0000
The Philippine national boxing team seeks to fine-tune its game as it goes into the final stage of its rigorous preparations for the 31st Southeast Asian Games as well as the 2022 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships next month. This after a successful campaign in the recently-concluded 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament held at […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:31:30 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Eumir Felix Marcial is set to make a grand comeback as he battles American foe Isiah Hart on April 9 in Las Vegas.Marcial will see action for the first time since winning bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan last August 2021.This also marks the first time the 26-year-old Zamboanga […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:22:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Fil-Am sprinter Kristina Knott posted a season-best clocking in the World Indoor Athletics Championships Friday at the Stark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. The country’s lone competitor in the tournament, the Tokyo Olympian clocked 7.39 seconds in the women’s 60-meter dash to finish seventh in her heat. It was better than her 7.42-sec […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:42:15 +0000
The beach volleyball men’s and women’s squads left for Brisbane Tuesday night while the men’s volleyball team will be off to Qatar on March 20 as part of their preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in May. The women’s team is scheduled to train in Brazil in April. All national teams will train for […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:14:00 +0000
By JONAS TERRADO Former US NCAA player Mai-Loni Henson was named to the 16-player pool of the Gilas Pilipinas for the women’s basketball competitions of the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games. Henson, now playing pro ball in France after a stint with the University of Washington, is among those who will try to get a crack […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:18:50 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Claiming EJ Obiena is a great source of pride being a world class athlete, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) included the controversial pole vault on Team Philippines’ entry by names list that will be submitted to organizers of the Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games. “EJ’s name must be there,” POC president Bambol […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 03:02:38 +0000
By JONAS TERRADO It’s final. PBA players will comprise the Philippine team to the pandemic-delayed Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said the players on coach Chot Reyes’ wish list have agreed to take part in the Gilas Pilipinas pool. Even the league governors, Marcial added, gave their nod […]
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