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Jarvey Gayoso forgoes last year in Ateneo

MANILA — Jarvey Gayoso of the Ateneo Blue Eagles is turning pro. The Ateneo striker, one of the top young football players right now, announced late Wednesday night that he will forgo what would be his final University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) season as a Blue Eagle. “After much thought and deliberation, and […]

600 athletes from Ilocos Norte gear up for sports meet

LAOAG CITY—Around 600 athletes from the Schools Division of Ilocos Norte (SDOIN) are undergoing intensive training for the upcoming Region 1 Athletic Association Meet in Lingayen, Pangasinan on February 19-26. Eric Aguilar, SDOIN sports coordinator, said Tuesday the month-long training started on January 19 until February 16. “Our athletes are billeted in various schools near […]

PSC defers major sports activities amid nCoV threat

MANILA — The Philippine Sports Commission has decided to postpone two major events that it will hold in the first half of the year to protect athletes and the public against the novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). In a press conference at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum here on Thursday, PSC chairman Butch Ramirez […]

48th non-master chess tourney in Baguio set March 6-7

BAGUIO CITY – The oldest and longest-running chess tournament here will have its 48th staging this March. Baguio Center Mall will be hosting anew the quarterly event that draws non-master chess players not just from Baguio but from Regions, I (Ilocos), II (Cagayan Valley), III (Central Luzon) and even the Southern Tagalog and Metro Manila […]

PSC assures to help NSAs’ grassroots sports programs

MANILA — The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) assured that it is committed to partnering with and give its full support to the grassroots sports programs of various national sports associations (NSAs) for 2020. PSC chairman William Ramirez made this assurance as the government sports agency has started discussing with the different NSAs their sports programs […]