Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 04:40:59 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Asa Miller hopes to put his heartbreaking giant slalom performance behind when he competes in the men’s slalom Wednesday in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The first run starts at 10:15 a.m. at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre while the second run is scheduled at 1:45 p.m. with the 21-year-old Fil-Am […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 04:19:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vault star EJ Obiena is slowly getting his rhythm back. Obiena proved this by winning his first title in this year’s indoor season by beating fellow elite athletes in the Orlen Cup 2022 at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland Friday (Saturday in Manila). The 26-year-old Tokyo Olympian cleared a season-best […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:11:47 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vault star EJ Obiena is obviously not yet in great form after last month’s knee surgery. Obiena equaled his 5.70-meter effort in placing fourth in last week’s Berlin meet, but against a powerhouse field, it was not enough. So finished 8th this time in an 11-played fiend in the Beijer Stavhoppsgala […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:10:11 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is slowly getting back to her training groove after contracting COVID-19 almost a month ago.“After two weeks of heavy training, medyo lumakas na. Medyo naka-recover na after COVID (After two weeks of heavy training, I’m slowly getting stronger, slowly getting there since COVID),” said Diaz after being […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:08:05 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) will hold a qualifying tournament on Thursday as part of its selection process for the national team that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. The four-day meet will be held at the PACE building on Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City where […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:50:42 +0000
YANQING, China — Ask Asa Miller to differentiate a fast ball from a curveball or sinker and you will get an exact answer. Miller, now on his second Winter Games appearance, spent some time behind the plate – catcher – for his Lincoln High School, one of the oldest schools in Portland, Oregon. But while […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2022 06:45:59 +0000
It was a no-brainer. For giving joy to the country and providing its proudest sports moment in history, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will be honored as the 2021 Athlete of the Year during the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night on March 14 at the grand ballroom of the Diamond Hotel. Diaz, bless […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 05:30:16 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena put his bitter spat with his former association – the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) – behind and finished fourth in the star-studded ISTAF Indoor Berlin tournament in Germany Friday (early Saturday in Manila). The national and Asian record-holder, who is yet to recover fully well from a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:09:33 +0000
By JONAS TERRADO The historic run of the national women’s football team came to an end after losing to South Korea, 2-0, Thursday, Feb. 3 in the semifinals of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, India. South Korea took the lead four minutes into the contest on Cho […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:55:02 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Pole vaulter EJ Obiena returns to competition Friday amid his unsettled row with the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) by seeing action in the ISTAF Indoor Berlin tournament in Germany. The competition is the first in Obiena’s indoor season calendar as he is also scheduled to compete in four more […]
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