BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Downhill skateboarder Jaime De Lange has more plans beyond winning races and excelling in the sport he loves. He wants to build a community of local skaters. At 24, he made those plans come true by establishing a Sunday Skate School, a venue where everyone who wants to take up […]
BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Equestrian Association of the Philippines (EAP) President Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski said the association does not intend to lobby for the inclusion of the sport in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games after it was scrapped in the initial list of events. Jaworski said they would like to move forward from the […]
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BY KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Sports shared a brief moment of glory in President Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, highlighting the creation of the National Academy of Sports (NAS) and the country’s success in last year’s Southeast Asian Games hosting last year. The President lauded the lawmakers for establishing the […]
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BY NICK GIONGCO Host Vietnam is keeping its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games almost exclusively to the staging of Olympic and Asian Games sports. Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino, who participated in an online discussion with 10 other SEAG member nations on Thursday, stressed that 450 gold medals will be up […]
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The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) found an ally in the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) which called on its member federations to lobby for the inclusion of esports as a medal sport in next year’s Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games. AESF Director General Sebastian Lau on Wednesday wrote National Electronic Sports Federation of the Philippines (NESFP) […]
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By Waylon Galvez The water polo community in the Southeast Asian region will appeal for the inclusion of the aquatic event in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games next year in Vietnam. The Vietnam organizing committee has already named 40 sports on its initial list of disciplines, but water polo, which […]
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