Ex-wushu champ returns to SEA Games after 18 years
BAGUIO CITY – Jearome Calica earned a gold medal in the 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games wushu sanda competition, along with Team Lakay founder Mark Sangiao, but for nearly 18 years, he was practically under the radar until his name popped up as among those competing in this year’s biennial meet. Calica will not be […]
PH to field largest delegation in 30th SEA Games
MANILA — The Philippines will have the biggest delegation in the 30th Southeast Asian Games which the country will host from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 this year. The country will be represented by 1,115 athletes and 753 coaches and officials. Indonesia, the 2011 SEA Games overall champion, has the second biggest delegation with 1,702 […]
Gilas Pilipinas: Tim Cone pinalitan si Jayson Castro para kay Kiefer Ravena, nag-explain kung bakit
MPBL team suspended due to alleged game-fixing
MANILA — The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) has suspended SOCCSKSARGEN Marlins amid allegations that the team is involved in game-fixing activities. Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao, owner of the fledgling league, announced the suspension on Monday night and called on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to make its own investigation on the matter. “This should […]
SEAG athletes and officials now covered by insurance
MANILA — Over 25,000 athletes, team officials, games workforce and volunteers of the 30th Southeast Asian Games will now be covered by insurance following the partnership inked between the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Standard Insurance Company Inc. on Tuesday. PSC Chairman and Team Philippines Chef de Mission William Ramirez signed the memorandum of agreement […]
Filipino fencers eyeing four golds in SEA Games
MANILA — The Philippine fencing team to the 30th SEA Games hosted by the Philippines later this month will not settle for anything less than winning the overall title on home soil. The last time the Philippines hosted the biennial event in 2005, the local fencers were overall champions with five gold, five silver and […]
PH Wushu team in top shape for SEAG after World bid
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine wushu sanda team arrived Monday after a four-medal haul in the World Wushu Championships (WWC) in Shanghai, China last October 19-24 to ready the squad in the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG). Veteran Divine Wally, who delivered a bronze medal in the 48-kilogram division of the combat […]
Citibank supports Paralympian athletes Ancheta, Mangliwan
MANILA — Citibank has expressed its full support for Philippine Paralympians Adeline Ancheta and Jerrold Mangliwan ahead of next year’s 10th Asean Para Games. In a press conference on Monday at Treston International College in Taguig, the bank announced that both Ancheta and Mangliwan are now part of “Team Citi”. Ancheta and Mangliwan are now […]
National coach impressed by SEAG Athletics Stadium
MANILA – With less than a month to go before the 30th Southeast Asian Games unfolds, all eyes are on the newly-built New Clark City (NCC) Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac. The 20,000-seater Athletics Stadium, which was certified as a Class 1 facility by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has a nine-lane main […]
Gilas Pilipinas: Kiefer Ravena pinalitan si Jayson Castro, gagawin lahat para makatulong sa SEAgames
