The Philippine National Taekwondo Team conquered the 2019 Shinhan World Peace Taekwondo Festival in South Korea, bagging a total of 56 golds, 20 silvers, and 11 bronze medals. The team announcement on August 3 reported the 46-strong Philippine delegation won a total of 87 medals in competitions held at the Shinhan University Campus 1 in […]
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Bulacan softbelles place in Top 3 of Little League World Series
The Philippines’ softbelles from Bulacan emerged in the Top 3 at the Little League World Series 2019. The Philippine softball team represented Asia Pacific (ASPAC) as the regional champion in the World Series championships. Little League Philippines via Emilio I. Rana Jr. reported that the Filipina softbelles of Team Philippines from San Miguel, Bulacan National […]
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National women’s football team trounces Macau in FIFA Friendly match
The Philippine Women’s National Football Team displayed its power on the field as it trounced Macau in its first FIFA Friendly match in years. The Filipino athletes won against the visiting team from Macau, 11-0, in the game held on August 3 at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. The national team goals […]
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Filipina amateur golfer Yuka Saso soars to world top 20
Filipina golfer Yuka Saso has soared to the Top 20 spot in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) by the end of July 2019. The 18-year-old Asian Games gold medalist went up 5 notches and registered the biggest leap in the WAGR of July 31. Yuka Saso is the Top 20 golfer in the […]
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Australian champion Martin Nguyen praises Filipino mixed martial arts fans as among world’s most educated
Australian Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champion Martin Nguyen has said he cannot wait to again meet Filipino fans when he returns to Manila for his next championship bout. The ONE Championship card scheduled for August 2 in Manila is stacked with some of the biggest names in mixed martial arts including Filipino MMA heroes Eduard […]
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Pilipinas Ultimate wins gold, defends back-to-back title in Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championships in China
Pilipinas Ultimate Mixed Team successfully defended the country’s Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts Championship (AOUGC) title, winning the gold against Japan in the regional tournament held in China. The Philippines’ flying disc mixed-gender team was declared the back-to-back champion in the Mixed Division of the World Flying Disc Federation 2019 Asia Oceanic Ultimate and Guts […]
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Filipino bowlers reap golds in Hong Kong and Asian tourneys
Filipino bowlers Merwin Tan and Lara Posadas-Wong reaped gold medals for Team Philippines in separate tourneys held in Hong Kong. The Philippine bowling team showed off Pinoy bowling skills and clinched a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals in the two international competitions held in July. Merwin Tan emerged with a […]
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Azkal football players show off skills in Thailand’s top league
Philippine Azkal football players are set to show off their skills as they join Thai League 1 team for the mid-season. The Azkals social media named four of their players who have joined Thai football teams competing for Thai League 1. Even with the Azkals’ upcoming World Cup-Asian Cup qualifier match against Syria on September […]
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Ernest John Obiena is in winning form, bags new pole vault gold in Germany
Filipino pole vault gold medalist Ernest John Obiena once again bagged another gold medal, this time at the 2019 Jump and Fly – Baxter Meeting held in Germany. Obiena competed in Mossingen on July 20, fresh from his successful quest at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy where he plucked a gold medal while setting […]
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Kobe Paras is MVP as UP Fighting Maroons sweep Taiwan basketball tourney
The University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (MBT) finally bagged their first Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA) Cup title last July 21 in Taiwan. The UP Men’s Basketball Team bested Taiwan’s Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology, in a thrilling game that ended with a score of 97-93. The UP […]
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Manny Pacquiao triumphs for Filipinos, bags WBA Welterweight Super Championship
Manny Pacquiao again raised the Filipino flag in international boxing today after winning the unified World Boxing Association (WBA) Welterweight Super Championship title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The 40-year-old Pacquiao reigned supreme as he outscored the younger 30-year-old Keith Thurman who suffered the first loss in his boxing career in […]
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Meggie Ochoa wins first Philippine gold at Asian Jiu Jitsu Championships in Mongolia
Filipina Jiu Jitsu Meggie Ochoa has won the first Philippine gold from the 4th Jiu Jitsu Asian Championships in Mongolia. Meggie Ochoa, who also won the country’s first gold at the 2018 JiuJitsu World Championships, won her four matches in Ulaanbaatar to bag the gold medal in the women’s -45-kilogram division. The Abu Dhabi Grand […]
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