Like weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, Tokyo-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena and gymnast Carlos Yulo will have their own teams that will help them in their preparation for what could be their biggest battles of their young and promising careers. That’s what the Philippine Sports Commission promised when Obiena paid a courtesy call Tuesday at the PSC […]

Select members of the boxing team won’t be home for Christmas. And even on New Year. The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (Abap) is going to quarter them in Baguio City during the holidays to boost the country’s chances of sending as many qualifiers to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. “We’ve been discussing about […]

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena now has a company. Caloy Yulo became the second Filipino qualifier to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after advancing to the men’s floor exercise and all-around finals of the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Monday (early Tuesday in Manila) in Stuttgart, Germany. Boosted by identical scores of 14.333 in the vault […]

The coming Unigames-Collegiate Grand Slam Volleyball, finals of the National Basketball League (NBL), and the country’s first athlete to qualify in the Tokyo Olympics in pole vaulter EJ Obiena make up Tuesday’s wide-ranging discussion in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum at the Amelie Hotel-Manila. Philippine Super Liga President Ian Laurel and Rommel Sytin are […]

STUTTGART – Carlos Edriel Yulo renewed his quest to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after springing into action on Monday in the men’s all-around preliminaries of the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the impressive Hanns Martin Schleyer Halle here. Arriving here early last week from Tokyo together with Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya to […]