Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:45:26 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo will skip the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China due to a conflict of schedule with one of the qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) President Cynthia Carrion said Yulo will focus on competing in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:32:49 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has signed a memorandum of agreement with officials from the City of Metz in France in connection with the preparations of the Filipino athletes who would qualify to the 2024 Paris Olympics. POC President Bambol Tolentino and La Moselle President Patrick Weiten sealed the partnership in a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 05:18:20 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena opened his indoor season campaign on a bright note after clinching the silver medal in the International Jump Meeting Cottbus at the Lausitz-Arena in Germany Wednesday, Jan. 25 (early Thursday in Manila). The 2020 Tokyo Olympian cleared 5.77 meters on his first try which proved enough to finish second in […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:56:46 +0000
With their intensive training, the Filipinas (Philippine national women’s football team) are considered as gold medal favorites in the 32nd Cambodia Southeast Asian Games in May, according to football general secretary Atty. Ed Gastanes.“There’s a very real chance right now for our women’s team [to win the gold medal in the SEA Games]. Anything is […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:16:02 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Aaron Jude Bado and Flint Jara scored contrasting victories Monday, Jan. 23, to barge into the gold-medal round of their respective weight categories in the ASBC Asian U22 Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. A 2019 Palarong Pambansa standout from Mindanao, Bado displayed his aggressive stance to dominate Qaiyum Ariffin of Malaysia, 5-0, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:40:19 +0000
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann has committed to enhance facilities for national athletes as well as the offices of the government’s sports agency. Over the weekend, the sports chief visited the PSC’s training camp in Baguio City and met national athletes from boxing, muaythai, and athletics. “I can say that there are a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:34:40 +0000
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) leadership will continue to move forward under newly-appointed Chairman Richard Bachmann. In a simple turnover ceremony held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila today, former PSC chief Jose Emmanuel “Noli” Eala formally passed on the PSC Chairmanship to Bachmann with the latter fully accepted the challenge as the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:47:54 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Richard Bachmann’s first order of business as the newly appointed Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman was for the continues financial support to the athletes “There will be no delays on the financial support that PSC provides to the athletes,” Bachmann said during his first flag raising ceremony as the government sports agency’s […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:31:56 +0000
By NIKOLE JAVIER Alex Eala displayed some flashes of brilliance before yielding to Japanese veteran Misaki Doi, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3, in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open Monday, Jan. 9, in Melbourne. The match was Eala’s first foray in the women’s Grand Slam event and she took the loss positively, claiming she […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2023 06:18:16 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala started the year with a bang after a straight set victory in the first qualifying round of the W60 Canberra International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Australia Sunday, Jan. 1. The 17-year-old junior tennis sensation survived a shaky second set for a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win over Mexico’s Marcela Zacarias […]
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