PH sweeps SEA Games 3×3 golds
MANILA — The Philippines 3×3 took home the two gold medals on the line in the Southeast Asian Games 3×3 tournament at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City on Monday. The Gilas Women first took the gold in the distaff side, beating Thailand in the final, 17-13. Afril Bernardino came out firing […]
Men’s Shooting: Indonesia, Thailand share gold medals
ecember 2, 2019 – Indonesia and Thailand reigns supreme on the first day of Shooting events at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City on Monday. Tirano Baja takes the gold medal for Indonesia after accumulating a total score of 734-28x ahead of Celedonio Tayao of the Philippines and Wahyu Aji Putra of Indonesia. Baja and Tayao […]
Men’s Weightlifting: Indonesia earns Gold Medal podium finish for Men’s 61kg category
MANILA, Philippines- Highlights of strength, will, and poise were displayed by Malaysia’s Muhhamad Aznir Bin (Bronze Medal), Vietnam’s Thach Kim Tuan (Silver Medal) and Indonesia’s (Gold Medal) as each bagged their place on the podium on Monday (Dec.2, 2019) for the Men’s 61-kilogram Weightlifting tournament of the 30th South East Asian Games. Senior lifter Eko […]
Diaz bags first SEA Games gold
MANILA — Hidilyn Diaz emerged as the star of the show for Team Philippines on Monday when she finally bagged her first Southeast Asian Games gold with a dominant performance in women’s weightlifting. Diaz, 28, a silver medalist in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, lifted a total of 211kg in topping the women’s 55kg […]
PH capable of hosting ‘bigger-scale’ games: OCA exec
MANILA – Impressed by the opening ceremonies of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, Wei Jizhong, the honorary life vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), on Monday said the Philippines is capable of organizing “bigger-scale” games like the Asian Games. “The opening ceremony, perhaps, is unique at the biggest indoor arena in the world. […]
Arnis bags 8 more SEA Games golds as PH keeps lead
MANILA – Arnis, the country’s national martial arts, pulled out another blistering performance after winning eight more gold medals to push the Philippines ahead in the medal tally of the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games. The arnis team now have a total of 12 gold medals after Jesfer Huquire (male-bantamweight/55kg and less), Elmer Manlapas (M-featherweight/+55kg […]
Cultural, nostalgic production number kicks off 30th SEA Games
MANILA — At least in some aspects, the opening ceremonies of the Southeast Asian Games lived up to the hype of being comparable to the Super Bowl halftime show. In a special production on Saturday night, a good dose of cultural and nostalgic feels entertained a good-sized crowd at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. […]
Search for new sports heroes begins in 30th SEA Games
MANILA — A day after the country celebrated National Heroes Day, the search for new sports heroes of the nation, and the region as well, begins in earnest on Sunday as action in the 30th Philippine SEA Games finally goes full blast. After the pomp and pageantry of the inaugural rites of the SEA Games […]
Triathlete gives PH first gold in 30th SEA Games
SUBIC, Zambales — Rambo Chicano delivered the first gold for the Philippines after he ruled the 30th Southeast Asian Games men’s triathlon on Sunday at Subic Bay Boardwalk here. After a second-place finish to Nikko Huelgas in the 2017 meet in Kuala Lumpur, the Olongapo City native clocked one hour, 53 minutes and 26 seconds […]
PH rakes double 1-2 finish in SEA games triathlon
SUBIC BAY, Zambales — Celebrations and greetings poured forth as the Philippines triathletes scored an impressive double 1-2 finish in the triathlon competition of the 30th Southeast Asian Games here on Sunday. John Leerams Chicano and Kim Mangrobang swept the men’s and women’s triathlon with Chicano winning the gold in 1:53.26 and Mangrobang ruling her […]
