Azkals make Fifa work harder
By Percy D. DellaRACIAL abuse occurs at soccer stadiums in Europe with alarming regularity. In contrast, such incidents happen only sporadically in Asia. But they are ugly as sin when they do.
RACIAL abuse occurs at soccer stadiums in Europe with alarming regularity. In contrast, such incidents happen only sporadically in Asia. But they are ugly as sin when they do.
LAST month, Philippine volleyball reached a point where its life expectancy was measured in days. That’s rubbish, you’d say. Of late, the game—especially women’s volleyball—is having a renaissance, not a near-death experience.
BUSINESS tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan has not exactly showered local amateur boxers with an embarrassment of riches.
I HOPE only egos get bruised when amateur boxing’s veterans of foreign wars tangle with fresh recruits during the Philippine National Games now ongoing until June 2.
I TEXTED Manny Pacquiao’s top aide about the bills his boss sponsored and shepherded into law during the 15th Congress.
TO ERASE the perception that they are desperately clinging to power, a number of national sports association (NSA) leaders are calling for elections this month.
(My friend and fellow Inquirer Sports columnist, Recah Trinidad, launches his historical novel, “Tales of the River” at the new Mandaluyong City Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The book retraces Recah’s youth on the Pasig when, like Old Man River, it just kept rolling along.)
“IF THE prize is right, they will come,” gushed my friend Joaquin “Jake” Ayson, a former national golf official, while ticking off the dueling golf Opens that have turned or will turn PH into a tantalizing stop for the world’s touring pros this year.
ATHLETICS chief Go Teng Kok was on world-record pace the other day. He got on the horn a good three minutes after I left him a message by cell phone.
COUNT eight years before the Azkals are bannered by domestic talent, Philippine Football Federation president Mariano Araneta says with a bit of unease.
IT’S as tight as a Scottish Highlands drum. It’s as fine as Shetland wool. It’s the Royal and Ancient Golf Club—one of golf’s oldest and most prestigious—and often referred to as the home of the game.
A new SM Mall on JP Laurel Avenue here attracts droves of people like a magnet. A stone’s throw away, a building is rising while hardly anyone notices.
IT’S bad enough that you don’t intend to show up at a party honoring you and your peers. What’s worse is when you don’t send word you’re not coming at all.
