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 […]
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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 […]
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Pinoys row Gold in 2019 Asian Rowing Coastal Championships in Thailand
Team Philippines rowed towards 1 gold, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze medal finish at the 2019 Asian Rowing Coastal Championships held in Thailand. Women rowers Joanie Delgaco and Melcah Caballero of the Philippine Rowing Association scored Gold in the CW2x Women’s Double Sculls competition held from September 20-22 in Pattaya. Men rowers won silver in […]
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Pinay jin scores gold at World Martial Arts Mastership Games in South Korea
Pinay jin Jenna Kaila Napolis won a Gold Medal at the 2019 World Martial Arts Mastership Games held in Chungju, South Korea. Napolis scored her medal in the Adults Jiu-Jitsu Female -52kg division besting 7 other competitors including runner up medallists Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, and host country Korea. Napolis’ gold is the first medal […]
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Filipino jins snag 6 golds at Asian Taekwondo Championships in Vietnam
Filipino jins successfully raised the country’s flag in Vietnam by winning a total of 13 medals, including 6 golds, from the 2019 Asian Taekwondo Open Championships. The Philippine Taekwondo Team harvested 6 golds, 3 each in kyorugi (free sparring) and poomsae (forms), 1 silver and 6 bronze medals in the international tourney held from August […]
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e-Sports team Liyab joins Philippine pool for Southeast Asian Games
The Philippines’ e-sports national team for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games recently signed up players from Liyab for the country’s training pool. Sibol, the country’s e-sports national team, will now have players from Liyab AoV Team and Liyab SC2’s Enderr in the pool of athletes who will have a chance to be part of the […]
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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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Azkals star James Younghusband mentors SEA Games-bound Philippine Women’s Football team
Philippine Azkals star player James Younghusband is taking a break from playing but will still be seeing action on the field as a mentor for the Philippine Women’s National Football Team. The Filipino-British footballer is set to serve as advisor to the women’s team of Coach Let Dimzon in their quest for glory and gold […]
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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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Ernest John Obiena wins gold, sets new pole vault record at Summer Universiade in Italy
Filipino pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena once again proved his skills in the international arena after winning the gold medal and setting a new record at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Italy. Obiena, who achieved multiple feats at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships held in Qatar, competed on July 12 and won the top spot […]
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Philippines upsets South Korea to bag 3rd in Asia-Oceania Floorball Championships
The Philippine floorball team beat the highly-favored South Korean team in overtime, 6-5, to win the bronze medal in the recently concluded Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup at the Alonte Sports Arena in Manila. The third-place finish was the best performance of any Philippine team in this competition. In 2017, the team ended up in […]
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Jiu-Jitsu Meggie Ochoa snags bronze at world championships in California
Filipina Jiu-Jitsu fighter Margarita “Meggie” Ochoa bagged the bronze medal at the 2019 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship held at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, USA from May 30 to June 2. The first Asian Jui-Jitsu gold medalist aimed to repeat the same gold finish she had in the 2018 JJIF Championships held November […]
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