8 tracksters to train in US for Asiad
By June NavarroEight Filipino tracksters who figured prominently in the last Southeast Asian Games may be sent to the United States for training as part of their preparation for the 17th Asian Games.
Eight Filipino tracksters who figured prominently in the last Southeast Asian Games may be sent to the United States for training as part of their preparation for the 17th Asian Games.
Left without a medal in the previous edition, the Philippine Olympic Committee hopes to field 20 athletes in 13 of 28 sports in the coming Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
Marestella Torres, Southeast Asia’s long jump queen, is making a comeback late this month.
Swimmer would rather get out of the national pool and forfeit their allowances from the Philippine Sports Commission than sacrifice educational scholarships offered them by schools overseas.
Medal-rich swimming and weightlifting lost their elite status under the Philippine Sports Commission’s priority program for lack of a development plan and failure to show its worth in international competitions last year.
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will form a panel to find out whether national track and field coaches Joseph Sy and Roselyn Hamero indeed violated rules which PSC Commissioner Jolly Gomez had cited in removing them from the PSC payroll.
Hoping to strengthen the bond between the United States and the Philippines, the US Embassy is reaching out to the Filipinos through sports.
Rain or Shine was sporting enough to accept the hefty fine of P2 million slapped on the Elasto Painters Friday for staging a partial walkout in Game 6 of the PLDT MyDSL PBA Philippine Cup Finals which the San Mig Coffee Mixers won last Wednesday.
Blackwater Sports, a perennial title contender in the PBA D-League owned by cosmetics magnate Dioceldo Sy, has been asked to submit a letter of intent to support its bid to become the 11th ballclub in the Philippine Basketball Association next season.
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes Friday added five more players to the 12 members of the national team who secured a slot for the country in the 2014 Fiba World Cup in Spain.
Watching legendary coach Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan get the traditional victory ride 24 years ago ripped the heart of Tim Cone.
For walking out in Game 6 of their championship duel with the San Mig Coffee Mixers Wednesday, coach Yeng Guiao and the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters could end up paying the biggest single fine in Philippine Basketball Association history.
Playing bit roles in the past, Mark Barroca came out huge in the biggest game of his life thus far.
