Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 10:02:40 +0000
HANOI — Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Ramon Fernandez boosted the confidence of beach handball and kickboxing athletes in their quest to capture medals in the 31st Southeast Asian Games here. Fernandez, the Team Philippines chef de mission to the Games, visited the billeting areas of these sports and challenged them to compete at the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 09:14:13 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Football and beach handball kick off the country’s campaign in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam as preliminaries start Friday. The beach handball team clashes with 2019 silver medalist Thailand at the Bac Ninh Sports University Gymnasium to jumpstart its bid of eclipsing its bronze-medal finish at the 2019 edition that […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 06:04:09 +0000
HANOI ‒ Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner and 31st Southeast Asian Games Chef de Mission Ramon Fernandez led a courtesy visit to Ambassador Meynardo Montealegre at the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam this Monday, the first full day of Team Philippines after their arrival in Hanoi late night of Sunday. The PSC Commissioner was well-received by […]
Read moreCredit 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 […]
Read moreCredit 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 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:44:08 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Pilipinas Sepak Takraw Federation Inc. (PSTFI) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) condemned the bombing of a bus in Parang, Maguindanao on Sunday that injured several members of a sepak takraw club team. In an official statement dated April 24, PSTFI president Karen Tanchanco Caballero said: “these terrorist acts have no […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:22:00 +0000
KUWAIT (AFP) – The 2022 Asian Games in China is facing the possibility of being postponed, an official told AFP on Thursday, after a rumor that it would be moved to next year. The Olympic-sized event is scheduled to be held in September in Hangzhou near Shanghai, which is grappling with a major coronavirus emergency. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:38:01 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) President Monico Puentevella believes they can win at least two gold medals in the 31st Hanoi Southeast Asian Games slated next month. Puentevella made this assessment Tuesday, saying that their national lifters can also win a maximum of four to five medals in the said biennial edition. With […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 03:59:15 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The national women’s volleyball team leaves for Baureri, Brazil Tuesday for an extensive training in preparation for the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games scheduled next month. The team will train for three weeks where the Nationals are expected to have tune-up matches against local club teams. Members of the team are Iris Tolenada, Kath […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:57:31 +0000
The Smart/MVP Sports Foundation National Poomsae Team is set to compete in the 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships slated April 21-24 in Goyang, South Korea. After a series of hard training and selection processes, team officials approved the participation of the 16 athletes. Heading the delegation are coaches Igor Mella, Dustin Jacob Mella and Rani […]
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