Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 22:19:35 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Even for just a short period of time, Noli Eala thanked President Bongbong Marcos for giving him an opportunity to serve the Filipino athletes as chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). In a statement Wednesday, Dec. 28, Eala confirmed that he will be leaving the PSC after only four months into […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:18:58 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Richard Bachmann, son of former basketball Olympian, is now the new chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). He’s the second official with vast Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) experience to be named as head of the government sports agency in four months. The former manager of the now-defunct Alaska Milk in the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 08:33:00 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The last quarter of the year saw a successful showing of the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) mission to fast track sports development both in elite and grassroots level. Under the watchful eye of PSC chairman Noli Eala, who only assumed post last August, Filipino athletes achieved greater heights that include Hidilyn Diaz […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:38:10 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA National boxers, particularly those eyeing berths for the 2024 Paris Olympics, will have a busy year ahead as they gear up for several training camps and competitions abroad. Among the training camps lined up for them are in Muak Lek, Thailand in February, somewhere in China in August right before the 19th Asian […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:03:28 +0000
In another significant development for local sports, the government’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program and allied government agencies on Friday formally launched the 2023 Philippine ROTC Games at the Lapu-Lapu Grandstand inside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Department of Defense Undersecretary and officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. led the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 05:23:23 +0000
Ovan Medallo and three other Filipino kick boxers emerged triumphant in the 2022 Asian Kickboxing Championships over the weekend at the Bangkok Youth Center in Thailand. Medallo of Cebu City captured the country’s first gold medal in the Asian competition by ruling the senior men’s musical forms with weapons with 28.8 points. He beat Taiwanese […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:25:50 +0000
By NIKOLE JAVIER “YESSSSS!!!!” That was the reaction of Filipina tennis ace Alex Eala after earning a slot in the qualifying rounds for next year’s Australian Open in Melbourne. The excitement was understandable as this will mark Eala’s first pro-level match in a Grand Slam event. “YESSSSS!!!! I made the cut for the Qualifying Rounds of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:24:32 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz announced she will be moving up to a heavier weight division when she guns for another Olympic glory in the 2024 Paris Games. “Mahirap, pero kaya. Basta naka-mindset na ako for that,” said Diaz, who arrived in the country Tuesday, Dec. 20, following her successful three-gold-medal haul at […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:12:19 +0000
The RP Blu Boys certainly made heads turn for finishing 10th out of 12 countries in the Softball World Cup that was held recently in Auckland, New Zealand. As a result, the Blu Boys made a significant jump from No. 21 to No. 10 in the world rankings. “We’re very proud of our players,” said coaches […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:11:08 +0000
The world governing body for swimming known by the acronym FINA has withdrawn its recognition of the members of the Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) board and has established a stabilization committee to run the PSI’s day-to-day operations. FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) also empowered the stabilization committee to “conduct the proper and necessary amendments of […]
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