Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:42:11 +0000
YANQING, China — Asa Miller will carry the country’s colors for the second time in a row in the parade of nations that highlights Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. “I’m extremely excited the first time, it was one of the best moments of my life,” Miller said on Thursday after another […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:25:43 +0000
YANQING, China — Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino met face-to-face with alpine skier Asa Miller on Wednesday and encouraged the country’s lone representative in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to give it his best shot. Despite a world-class field, Tolentino is hoping the 21-year-old Miller could pull off the improbable task […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 06:21:58 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) is mulling to send the men’s and women’s indoor teams abroad in the coming months in preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. The men’s training pool is expected to undergo training camp in Qatar next month while its women’s counterpart in […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:32:44 +0000
The most memorable period in Philippine sports history will be relived and honored next month when the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) teamed up anew to hold its traditional Annual Awards Night. The festivity is booked at the ballroom of the Diamond Hotel Manila and could either be held face-to-face or […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 12:39:41 +0000
International Cycling Federation of the Philippines’ Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino was voted POC president over Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association’s Philip Ella Juico during a special election at the Century Park Hotel. #POC
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 18:00:41 +0000
Convening in an extraordinary general assembly at the Manila Golf and Country Club in Makati, POC members gave authority to Kalaw, Calvo and Estrella to oversee the election to be held at the Century Park Hotel in Manila.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 16:00:04 +0000
In a correspondence to the POC on July 4 and signed by James MacLeod, the IOC Director of Olympic Solidarity and NOC Relations, and Hussin Al-Musalam of the Olympic Council of Asia, the POC was ordered to proceed with a special board meeting on Monday without the four officials who stepped down.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:00:02 +0000
Ada Milby and Stephen Fernandez, both active officers and former athletes of rugby and taekwondo respectively, were named Deputy Chefs De Mission of Team Philippines for the coming SEA Games. #SEAGames2019
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 16:00:21 +0000
Tolentino heads cycling and is the POC chairman but who has opted to honor his word of stepping down to pave the way for the resolution of the lingering leadership dispute in the POC brought about by the sudden resignation of Ricky Vargas last June 17.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:00:48 +0000
Tolentino pointed out that since Ricky Vargas stepped down as POC president on June 18, the vacancy should be filled within 30 days and that “the latest we can have an election is July 18.”
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