Cojuangco wants local training for nat’l athletes
By June Navarro
Filipino athletes will be training more at home this time than go overseas to prepare for international events.
Filipino athletes will be training more at home this time than go overseas to prepare for international events.
A COMPANY that provides health supplement for Malaysia’s Olympic team has offered to give Filipino athletes a helping hand.
THANKS to the minimal cost of sending a lean delegation to the Olympics, the Philippine Sports Commission can upgrade the dormitories and facilities used by the national athletes.
Saudi sportswomen, who have been given the go-ahead to compete in the Olympics for the first time in London later this month, must respect the ultra-conservative kingdom’s rules, its sports chief said in remarks published Monday.
Chris Bosh scored 29 points, LeBron James survived two scary falls and the Miami Heat used a 17-0 fourth-quarter run to erase a 10-point deficit to beat Phoenix 99-95 on Tuesday night for their 14th straight home victory.
Andrew Bynum had 37 points and 16 rebounds and Kobe Bryant scored 22 of his 34 points after halftime as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-111 in double overtime on Tuesday night.
The PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association), the country’s oldest print media organization, celebrates its annual PSA Awards Night on March 3 at the historic Manila Hotel, with boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. and billiards hero Dennis Orcollo sharing co-Athletes of the Year honors for the year 2011.
Andy Murray moved smoothly into the Australian Open’s last four with an entertaining win over Japan’s Kei Nishikori Wednesday, as Petra Kvitova and Maria Sharapova also reached the semis.
Roger Federer pulled out of the Qatar Open with a sore back two weeks ago. On Wednesday, he got a free pass into the third round of the Australian Open when his scheduled opponent withdrew from Melbourne Park with a similar ailment.
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova Saturday withdrew from January’s Brisbane International due to an ankle injury, but said she expected to be ready for the Australian Open later that month.
Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe qualified for the final in the 100-meter individual medley at a World Cup event in Singapore in his first competitive race in five years.
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s Southeast Asian Games delegation has swelled to 534 after the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) accredited 110 private-funded athletes to the Nov. 11 to 22 competition in Indonesia. Philippine co-chief of mission Romeo Magat said the additional athletes from 14 sports would join the 424-strong contingent earlier approved by the Philippine [...]
Novak Djokovic survived a scare before easing through to the semis, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s US Open preparations hit a snag at the ATP Cincinnati Masters on Friday.
