Archive for the ‘Other Sports’ Category

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Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani representative Manny Pacquiao promised to help the victims of Tropical Storm “Sendong,” which lashed Southern Philippines over the weekend and left over 900 people dead. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Ederic Eder | ph.news.yahoo.com

Tropical storm Sendong (international name: Washi) brought landslides and floods that took the lives of more than 900 people in Mindanao. It hit the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan the most. Below are ways to help the victims. We will continue to update this page. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Nick Giongco | mb.com.ph

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has filed a graft case with the Ombudsman against its former chairman Harry Angping, who labeled the lawsuit as “pure harassment.” Read the rest of this entry »

source: June Navarro | inquirer.net

Until a new training center is built, the national athletes will have to make do with the old training facility in Baguio City being maintained by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Read the rest of this entry »

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GUANGZHOU, China—The Philippine Memory team completed a successful campaign at the conclusion of 20th World Memory Championship (WMC) here at the Mount River Resort Hotel in Guangzhou, China on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Marc Anthony Reyes | inquirer.net

The Philippine Olympic Committee plans to further dissect the country’s flop in the recent Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia after less than half of the National Sports Association showed up for an assessment meeting, an official from the ruling sports body said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

source: June Navarro | inquirer.net

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will sponsor a bill seeking to abolish the Philippine Sports Commission and replace the sports-funding agency with a cabinet-level government office answerable only to the Office of the President. Read the rest of this entry »

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Team Philippines, headed by the University of the Philippines (UP) Pep Squad, made a splash in the 6th Cheerleading World Championships in Hong Kong, placing third in the Cheer Mixed category. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Abac Cordero | philstar.com

It’s not only the NSAs (National Sports Associations) that failed to deliver and produce the medals in the recent SEA Games that will suffer but the athletes themselves. Read the rest of this entry »

source: Aidan Jones | Agence France-Presse

JAKARTA – Two people were killed and a young boy was left in a coma, reports said, in a terrifying stampede when thousands of fans jammed Jakarta’s biggest stadium for the Southeast Asian Games football final. Read the rest of this entry »