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Pencak silat athlete delivers first gold for PH; all set for SEAG opening

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 05:55:43 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA A combination of technology and Vietnam’s traditional arts will be showcased in Thursday’s opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games even as Mary Francine Padios delivered the country’s first gold medal in her pencak silat event at the Bac Tu Liem Gymnasium in Vietnam. According to the Games website, state-of-the-art technology such […]

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Team PH bags 1 silver, 2 bronzes in Hanoi SEA Games

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 03:26:05 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine kurash team delivered the country’s first medals in the 31st Southeast Asian Games after bagging one silver and two bronzes late Tuesday at the Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Vietnam. Helen Aclopen Talongen, Charmea Quelino Kingay and George Angelo Baclagan were defeated by their respective Vietnamese opponents. Talongen settled for silver after […]

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Main bulk of Team PH set to leave for Hanoi SEA Games

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 09:08:50 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Filipino athletes from billiards, athletics and jiujitsu are leaving for Hanoi, Vietnam Wednesday in time for the opening ceremony of the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Thursday. Former world champions Efren “Bata” Reyes and Rubilen Amit, reigning US 8-ball Open titlist Carlo Biado and perennial SEA Games gold-medal contender Chezka Centeno are checking […]

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Sure bronze for Pinoy kickboxer in SEA Games

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 07:56:12 +0000

By CARLO ANOLIN Reigning gold medalist Jean Claude Saclag barged into the semifinal round while three other Filipino kickboxers fell to their respective opponents Sunday in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games at the Multi-Purpose Hall Gymnasium in Bac Ninh, Vietnam.Saclag bested Latxasak Souliyavon of Laos with a 3-0 sweep in the men’s low kick -63.5 […]

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PH football blanks Timor Leste, men’s beach handball also wins in SEAG

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 23:34:08 +0000

A fearless attacking display powered the Philippines to a 4-0 triumph over Timor Leste at the start of men’s football at the 31st Southeast Asian Games at the Viet Tri Stadium in Phu Tho, Vietnam, on Friday.  Over at Tuan Chau Island in Quang Nihn Province, the men’s handball team also opened its campaign on […]

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Hangzhou Asian Games postponed due to Covid

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Credit 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 […]

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Kiefer Ravena seeks 6th SEA Games gold medal in Hanoi

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 08:57:33 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Kiefer Ravena will vie for an unprecedented sixth gold medal after being included in the 12-man roster of Gilas Pilipinas for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ravena was able to make it to coach Chot Reyes’ final lineup for the biennial meet which formally starts next week despite not […]

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POC thanks ITF, ATF for allowing PH netters to play in SEAG

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 12:17:06 +0000

THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) thanked the world and continental governing bodies for tennis for allowing Filipino athletes to compete in the Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games despite the suspension of the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta). “The POC is extending its gratitude to the ITF [International Tennis Federation] and ATF [Asian Tennis Federation] for allowing our […]

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Pinoy rowers to borrow boats for SEAG competition

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 05:49:03 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The national rowing team is optimistic of delivering deliver podium finishes in the 31st Southeast Asian Games despite having to resort to borrowing boats for the competition. Philippine Rowing Association Ppresident Pato Gregorio said they decided to seek help with their Vietnamese counterparts to provide them with boats due to logistics complexity of […]

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Despite presence of Petecio, Marcial, ABAP won’t make SEAG predictions

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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 05:08:55 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Officials of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) won’t make any predictions on their medal chances in the 31st Southeast Asian Games despite fielding a formidable lineup in Hanoi. ABAP President Ed Picson said important factors such as the draw and the other countries’ lineups have restricted them from making […]

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