Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:27:30 +0000
The country’s gold medal winners in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam lead the long list of personalities who will be recognized with citations in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night on March 6 at the Diamond Hotel grand ballroom. Boxing Olympians Eumir Felix Marcial and Rogen Ladon, together with […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:36:42 +0000
Pole vault ace EJ Obiena, one of the brightest stars of 2022, picked up from where he left off and led a bountiful harvest for Team Philippines at the start of the new year. Obiena hit the ground running and vaulted to the silver medal in the season-opening Internationales Springer-Meeting in Cottbus, Germany with his […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 06:21:10 +0000
Alex Eala, the young pretty darling of Philippine tennis today, reached a milestone in 2022 when she captured the 142nd US Open juniors girls’ singles championship under the bright lights of New York City. The 17-year-old southpaw won the finals without dropping a set to highlight her 6-2, 6-4 domination of third seed Czech Lucie […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:34:45 +0000
World Championship medalists Carlos Yulo and EJ Obiena, along with history maker Philippine women’s football team will be the recipient of Major Awards in next month’s San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night at the grand ballroom of the Diamond Hotel. Yulo clinched a silver and bronze in the men’s vault and parallel bars […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 07:28:25 +0000
There’s still plenty of gas left in the tank for Hidilyn Diaz. More than a year since giving the Philippines its first ever gold medal in the Olympics, the Filipina weightlifter hasn’t slowed down yet and reached another milestone in her storied career. Diaz, 31, finally stamped her class in the IWF World Weightlifting Championships […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:47:20 +0000
Philippine sports’ cream of the crop who made 2022 a truly memorable one for the country crowd each other out in a tight race for the Athlete of the Year honor of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA). Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, world-ranked pole vaulter EJ Obiena, two-time world champion Carlos Yulo, and history makers […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 03:52:06 +0000
Proving she is far from over the hill, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz achieved another milestone in her storied career at the 88th IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia in early December. After failing to capture gold in her five previous appearances in the world meet, Diaz, no longer a spring chicken at 31, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 06:23:21 +0000
Led by gymnastics ace Carlos Edriel Yulo, pint-sized Filipino athletes made the biggest sports headlines in the month of November. The Pinoy pocket dynamo stood out in bagging a silver and bronze medal, respectively, in the men’s vault and parallel bars plus finishing eighth overall in the grueling all-around event in the 51st FIG Artistic […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:55:06 +0000
Chess got the right moves as disciples of the game led the achievers for the month of October feted by the Philippine Sportswriters’ Association. Venerable Grandmaster Eugene Torre was formally inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in memorable rites in Missouri, joining the hallowed company of greats like Bobby Fisher, Gary Kasparov and […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 03:50:35 +0000
Two reigning world champions are going to be recognized with the esteemed President’s Award in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night. Gymnast Carlos Yulo and golfer Yuka Saso will be honored by the country’s sportswriting fraternity in the March 14 event for their respective feats of lifting Philippine sports in the […]
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