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House panel considering monthly pension for retired Olympians

The House youth and sports committee on Wednesday considered a legislation that would provide retired Filipino olympians with a lifetime monthly pension of at least P15,000 — an amount that a lawmaker said would honor the athletes’ lifetime of “perseverance and sacrifice.”.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Fajardo, Jerusalem lead 38th SAC-SMB major awardees

CEBU CITY, Philippines — This group of elite athletes raised their game to another level, and the Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) made sure that their excellent showings would not go unnoticed. SAC announced the so-called “Elite 19” who will be the major awardees for the highly anticipated 38th SAC-San Miguel Beer (SMB) Cebu Sports.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMay 15th, 2024

Tracksters in hot pursuit of Paris tickets

If plans don’t miscarry, the country will have a couple of more athletes, possibly hurdlers John Cabang Tolentino and Lauren Hoffman, claiming spots to the Paris Olympics this July......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 13th, 2024

Tolentino, Hoffman close in on Olympic athletics berths

If plans don’t miscarry, the country will have a couple of more athletes, possibly hurdlers John Cabang Tolentino and Lauren Hoffman, claiming spots in the Paris Olympics this July......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 13th, 2024

Fil-Ams hope to hit Olympic standards in Philippines athletics championships

Victoria Bossong sang the national anthem with fervor along with a group of Fil-heritage athletes competing in the ICTSI Philippine Athletics Championships when dared during a media briefing at the PhilSports Arena if she could speak Filipino......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 9th, 2024

POC targets 25 for Paris

POC president Mayor Bambol Tolentino said yesterday he expects a delegation of about 25 athletes to represent the country at the coming Paris Olympics with more qualifiers from boxing, golf, judo, cycling, swimming, athletics, skateboarding, gymnastics and weightlifting tipped to bolster the current pool of 12......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 9th, 2024

All Nippon Airways becomes official partner of Smokey Mountain Baseball Project in the Philippines

SMBP is a project that aims to support the young athletes in the local communities, including the Tondo area, through baseball coaching clinics where the coaches are former professional baseball players of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 7th, 2024

CVIRAA delegates treated to “Sinulog-themed” opening ceremony

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The 20 schools divisions and visiting delegates of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) received a warm Cebu welcome in its opening ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at the Festival Grounds of the South Road Properties (SRP). Over 12, 000 delegates comprised of student-athletes, coaches, and Department of Education (DepEd).....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMay 4th, 2024

Bashers and haters, beware

The proliferation of irreverent comments, bashing and hating in social media has led IOC to build a protective wall around 15,000 athletes and 2,000 coaches expected to gather for the coming Paris Olympics with an AI platform called Threat Matrix......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Milo Marathon Manila leg off the wraps

The much-awaited Manila leg of the 2024 National Milo Marathon will welcome families, aspiring runners and professional athletes when it unfolds today at the SM Mall of Asia Grounds in Pasay City......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 28th, 2024

Meet the 87-year-old Malaysian triathlete who joins IRONMAN Lapu-Lapu

Yee Sze Mun, the 87-year-old IRONMAN legend from Malaysia, is among the triathletes joining in this year’s IRONMAN 70.3 in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. To inspire younger athletes, Yee launched his book “The Unexpected Finisher” at the Race Expo in Mactan Newtown. Yee told CDN Digital that age is just a number and that being a.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsApr 20th, 2024

Philippines tracksters draw support from Japanese businessman

Recognizing the potential of Filipino athletic talent to excel given proper support, Tokyo Sports Press president Koji Hiranabe gave much-needed sports gear to national track and field athletes Frederick Ramirez and Harry Diones for their training and competitions......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Laurenn Hoffman, iba pa kakana sa Philippine Athletics Championships

KABILANG si Lauren Hoffman sa mga Fil-foreign athletes na sasabak sa Philippine Athletics Championships. The post Laurenn Hoffman, iba pa kakana sa Philippine Athletics Championships first appeared on Abante......»»

Category: newsSource:  abanteRelated NewsApr 18th, 2024

Olympic slots wide open for athletics

Three months are left for PATAFA hopefuls to hit the entry standard or rack up qualifying points from competitions in claiming tickets to the Paris Olympics with six athletes and a 4x400m men’s relay team in contention to join pole vaulter EJ Obiena in the delegation......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsApr 1st, 2024

Where have all the nurses gone?

I could write about the country’s female tycoons who have grown their fathers’ businesses to dizzying heights, including Tessie Sy-Coson, Helen Yuchengco-Dee, Robina Gokongwei and Josephine Gotianun-Yap; or I could write about the Dumaliang sisters who staunchly defend that piece of paradise known as Masungi Georeserve; or I could write about our Filipina athletes waving the flag around the globe......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 9th, 2024

RLC Residences backing young triathletes

The IRONKIDS, the junior counterpart of the IRONMAN series, gets a significant boost with the backing of RLC Residences with the partnership aiming to promote an active lifestyle among young athletes......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 15th, 2024

RLC Residences backs IRONKIDS race

The IRONKIDS, the junior counterpart of the IRONMAN series, gets a significant boost with the backing of RLC Residences with the partnership aiming to promote an active and purposeful lifestyle among young athletes......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 15th, 2024

Non-profit peace-advocacy swimming training facility up

There is a big peace-advocacy group that had set up in a hinterland town a swimming pool for honing potential young swimmers from the Muslim, Christian and indigenous communities into athletes as a showcase of religious and cultural solidarity in sports......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

Unity League esports grassroots tourney announced

The state-run People’s Television Network (PTV) has launched the Unity League, a grassroots tournament for esports that aims to produce potential national esports athletes under Team Sibol......»»

Category: sportsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 12th, 2024

Paris 2024 medalists to take piece of Eiffel Tower home

‘It's the opportunity for the athletes to bring back a piece of Paris with them,’ organizers say of the Olympic medals forged out of scrap metal from the Eiffel Tower.....»»

Category: newsSource:  rapplerRelated NewsFeb 9th, 2024