Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:50:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) and pole vaulter EJ Obiena are close to smoking the peace pipe. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez shared this development Tuesday, adding that they are “90 to 95 percent done” with the mediation proceedings that the government sports agency chief spearheaded. “We’re almost […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:23:37 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) won’t be cowered into surrendering and will instead its suspension by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board. The Patafa Board asserted this in Wednesday’s online press briefing where it reiterated they it will still uphold what is in the law and will continue […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:34:42 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Majority of the members of the Philippine track and field pool, including coaches, expressed their support to the officials of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) in light of the group’s 90-day suspension by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Among those who signed the memorandum of support were 2019 Southeast […]
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: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 04:08:15 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The leadership of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) bemoaned the decision of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to suspend the track body for 90 days even without due process. In a lengthy statement posted on social media, Patafa said it has not received any official document on the suspension, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:19:22 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board suspended the national sports associations (NSAs) of athletics and tennis during its special meeting Thursday. POC President Bambol Tolentino said the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) was suspended for its non-compliance with an order from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to amend its charter and hold […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2022 23:47:49 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN EJ Obiena is ranked No. 5 in the world but won’t be seeing action in the World Indoor Championships set March 18 to 20 in Belgrade, Serbia. The pole vaulter announced Saturday, March 12, in a social media post that he can’t compete in the prestigious event due to lack of endorsement […]
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: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:09:54 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Two gold and one silver medals seemed not enough to convince the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) as it excluded pole vault superstar EJ Obiena from the list that it intends to send to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam this May. The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) disclosed this […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:56:23 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena dedicates his latest feat to Ukraine, a country that is fighting off Russia’s invasion. “My heart and thoughts are with you,” Obiena wrote on his Facebook post, accompanying it with an emoji of the Ukrainian flag. “Silence never helped the oppressed or the abused… Stay strong, Ukraine.” Ukraine is very […]
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