May 04, 2024
Saturday
OF the 56 sports included in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, only 48 national sports associations (NSA) had beat the August 1 deadline set by the chef de mission to submit the athletes’ accreditations. Chef de mission Butch Ramirez, who is also chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), told the NSAs to submit the […]
KAI Sotto shoutouts, tweets and posts flooded social media early this week after the 7-foot-2, 16-year-old son of a former PBA journeyman announced his plan to skip playing collegiate basketball here in the Philippines and pursue a dream of reaching the National Basketball Association. There are encouraging ones like ‘‘S-KAI is the limit.” There are […]
TALAGANG mahirap ang gumalaw at mag-organisa ng isang multi-sport at multi-nation event kapag maliit lamang ang badyet. At lalong mas mahirap kung ang inaasahan mong badyet ay hindi pa nga dumarating ay binawasan pa. Iyan ang hugot ni Allan Peter Cayetano, ang chairman ng Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) na siyang inatasang mag-organisa […]
PHILIPPINE Volleyball Federation (PVF) president Edgardo ‘Boy’ Cantada was in his usual self Thursday morning at the weekly ‘‘Usapang Sports” forum organized by the Tabloid Organization in Philippine Sports (TOPS) at the National Press Club (NPC) in Intramuros, Manila. He came not only with fully loaded guns but with intention to shoot at detractors that […]
WHEN sports enthusiasts speak of NSAs (national sports associations) it is either because it has produced champion athletes or there’s dispute in leadership and control. Last Wednesday, sports scribes were gathered by two disgruntled sports leaders who wanted to air their side: Edgardo “Boy” Cantada of the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) in Manila at noon […]
KAMAKAILAN lang ay pumasa sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa sa Senado ang panukala para sa pagtatag ng Philippine Boxing and Combat Sports Commission. Layunin umano ng Senate Bill No. 1306 o ang Philippine Boxing and Combat Sports Commission Act of 2018 na masiguro ang kaligtasan at kapakanan ng mga Pilipino sa larangan ng professional boxing […]
MAY kasabihan tayong mga Pilipino na ang kabataan ang pag-asa at kinabukasan ng ating bayan. Naisabuhay ito ng tatlong batang Pinoy na kumatawan sa bansa sa Allianz Junior Football Camp (AJFC) 2018 na ginanap kamakailan sa Munich, Germany. Ang tinutukoy ko ay sina Juan Miguel Basmayor ng Parañaque, Catherine Angelica Bradborn ng Pampanga at Ivy […]
KASAMA ng kasalukuyang Philippine minimumweight champion na si Pedro Taduran (ika-2 mula kaliwa) sina Jackie Lou Cacho, assistant chief ng GAB boxing & other contact sports division, trainer niyang si Tacy Macalos at GAB chairman Baham Mitra. ISANG professional Pinoy boxer ang magtatangka na mawasak ang malinis na 50-0 win-loss record ng kalaban. […]
ISA sa tinamaan ng matindi nang ipatupad ang Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion o Train Law ay ang industriya ng horse racing sa bansa. Actually, ilang taon na ring bumababa ang benta sa karera at nang isabatas nga ang Train ay nadagdagan pa ang pasanin ng industriya. Dahil dumoble — from 10% to 20% […]
HINDI lahat ng ahensiya ng gobyerno ay walang silbi at feeling mo, hindi ginagawa ang kanilang tungkulin at trabaho. Minsan, depende rin ‘yan sa kung sino ang namumuno sa naturang ahensiya. Tingnan na lang natin itong Games and Amusement Board (GAB). Kahit hindi gaanong nailalathala sa pahayagan ang kanilang ginagawa ay patuloy pa rin sila […]
NOONG mga panahong butas-butas pa ang luma kong maong at nangangarap pa lang akong maging sportswriter ay masigasig nang tagasuporta ng Philippine sports ang Tanduay. Isa sa mga original members ng Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) ang Tanduay mula 1975 hanggang sa ibinenta nito ang PBA franchise sa Purefoods noong 1987. Nagbalik sa basketball scene ang […]