Ana Noelle Reynado Wahleithner has been confirmed as the first Filipina Qualifier to the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in January in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 16-year-old Ana Wahleithner was announced by the Philippine Ski Federation on October 5 as the Philippines’ first-ever Filipina youth Winter Olympian to compete at the 2020 Winter […]
Read more →Category: Good Sport
Good Sport displays excellent skills and sportsmanship of the Filipino athlete
Jamie Lim captures Gold to lead Karate Pilipinas 8-medal haul in Turkey
Jamie Lim captured the gold to lead Karate Pilipinas’ haul of 8 medals at the 2019 Amatör Spor Haftasi Karate Championship in Turkey. Jamie Lim bested Turkey’s bet in a decisive 8-0 scorecard to win the championship title in the Senior Female -68kgs Kumite division of the competitions held on October 13 in Sakarya. Jamie […]
Read more →
WATCH: Neil Etheridge leads Azkals’ stunning draw with football powerhouse China
Philippine Azkals’ goalkeeper Neil Etheridge led the men’s national football team’s stunning stop of Group A leader China Team Dragon to force a draw, 0-0, in the Joint Qualifiers’ game for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup held Tuesday night at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod. Neil Etheridge delivered […]
Read more →
Eumir Marcial bags Silver at AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Russia
Eumir Felix DS Marcial is the Top 2 World Middleweight boxer after bagging the Silver Medal at the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The 23-year-old Eumir Marcial of Zamboanga City is the only boxer from Southeast Asia to win a medal at the event. The Philippine Air Force officer battled Bakshi Gleb […]
Read more →
WATCH: Nesthy Petecio beats Lludmila Vorontsove to capture World Featherweight GOLD in Russia
Nesthy Petecio is the new World Featherweight Champion after besting Russian champion Lludmila Vorontsove to capture the gold at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships on October 13. The Filipina boxer from Davao won in points via split decision, 3:2, given by the five-member judge panel from Ireland, Australia, Korea, Japan, and Argentina. Petecio […]
Read more →
WATCH: Carlos Yulo is 1st Filipino and Southeast Asian to capture World Gymnastics GOLD
The Philippine National Anthem was heard for the first time as Carlos Edriel Yulo won a historic Gold as the first Filipino and Southeast Asian to win in the World Gymnastics Championships on October 12 in Stuttgart, Germany. Carlos Yulo’s excellent performance makes him the reigning World Gymnastics Champion going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics […]
Read more →
Kobe Paras grateful to play for dad Benjie’s UP Fighting Maroons
Kobe Paras is being hailed as a champion of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UP MBT) in the ongoing University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 82 tournament. The claim is solidly supported by the numbers: Kobe is the only active player in the ongoing UAAP tourney scoring with […]
Read more →
Neil Etheridge reunites with Azkals brothers for FIFA World Cup qualifiers
Filipino-British football player Neil Etheridge will be reunited with the Philippine Azkals in a FIFA World Cup Qualifiers game to be held in Negros Occidental this October. The 29 year-old Cardiff City FC will serve as Team Philippines’ goalkeeper in a joint tournament qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian […]
Read more →
Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo somersaults his way to 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel “Caloy” Yulo has successfully secured a berth in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Yulo’s Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya confirmed on his social media the Olympics qualification of the Philippines’ top gymnast. “He (Carlos Yulo) is going to go finals all around and FX (floor exercise). And also we got […]
Read more →
Smash Pilipinas Badminton Team captures Gold in Sydney tourney
The Smash Pilipinas Badminton Team captured the gold at the 2019 Sydney International tourney in Australia. The team won a total of 3 medals – 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze – in competitions held from September 18-22, 2019 at the Sydney Olympic Park. The Philippine delegation emerged in podium finishes winning first place […]
Read more →
MEET: EJ Obiena, Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Philippines medal hope
Meet Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, the 23-year-old medal hope for the Philippines at the 2020 Summer Olympics. EJ Obiena is the first Filipino to qualify for a berth in the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Japan. Obiena met the Olympic Standard of 5.80 meters for men’s pole vault at the Salto Con L’asta […]
Read more →
Team PHL strike Gold at World Paralympic Bowling Championship in Thailand
Team Philippines struck gold at the 2019 Thailand World Para Bowling Championship. Jaime Manginga and Francisco Endaco won their gold medal in the Doubles TPB8 event after scoring a total of 2,078 to beat their Malaysian and Thai competitors. Manginga also picked up a bronze medal in the Individual TPB8 event. Rammelle Martin and Asian […]
Read more →