by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Dec 10, 2019 | Good Sport
World boxing champions Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial led the country to its best-ever overall medal standings on Day 9 of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). The host nation of the biennial meet went into the Tuesday events with a gold medal tally of 113...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 20, 2019 | Good Sport
Five world-class Filipino athletes got together this week and pledged to fight for the Philippines at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The champions – Pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, gymnast Carlos “Caloy”...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 14, 2019 | Good Sport
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 Good News Pilipinas Team | May 22, 2018 | Featured, Good Sport
Eumir Felix Marcial, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam scored big wins against their respective opponents to win 3 golds for the Philippines at the recently concluded, Korotkov Memorial Boxing Championships in Khabarovsk, Russia. Marcial and Petecio beat North Korean...
