Philippine defense of overall SEA Games title takes big hit

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/14/2020

Team Philippines’ bid to win a second straight overall title in the Southeast Asian Games took a big, big punch in the gut after Vietnam, the host of the next staging of the biennial event next year,…

PSC personnel, national coaches and athletes to be tested

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/11/2020

Aside from its workforce, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) would rather have all athletes and coaches in the national pool tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before returning to the playground. The agency will jump-start the testing…

Guidelines released as swimmers get back in the pool

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 06/04/2020

Given the green light to return to the pool, Philippine swimming will carefully tread the water and ensure nobody will end up catching the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Swimming chief Lailani Velasco has released a set of…

Gomez plans hosting own virtual pentathlon tilt

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 05/28/2020

Buoyed by its success on the virtual stage, the Philippine Modern Pentathlon Association is toying with the idea of holding an international online laser run event of its own. Modern pentathlon chief Richard Gomez has been exploring…

Sports bodies give back to PSC

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/22/2020

Three national sports associations (NSAs) went out of their way to return the favor to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI), the Skateboarding and Roller Sports…

No report of viral infections among national athletes, coaches

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/02/2020

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) announced on Wednesday that it has not received any report of national athletes exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, three weeks into the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed on Luzon…

Ninoy Aquino Stadium can house mild COVID patients

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/01/2020

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said on Tuesday the Ninoy Aquino Stadium (NAS) inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) in Manila can quarantine COVID-19 patients. But PSC chief of staff and national training director Marc Velasco…

Olympics-bound Yulo wins historic gold for PH in world championships

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/13/2019

  Carlos Edriel Yulo made history after ruling the men’s floor exercise of the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships late Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany. The 19-year-old bundle of energy became a world champion after scoring 15.300…

PH’s top gymnast Carlos Yulo qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/08/2019

MANILA, Philippines— Carlos Edriel Yulo can now book a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The country’s top gymnast qualified in the global Summer Games after advancing to the finals of the men’s all-around event of the…

Russian wrestling standout close to gaining Filipino citizenship

June Navarro - Philippine Daily Inquirer 09/06/2019

The Philippines will soon have a naturalized wrestler in Russian Igor Dimitriev. The Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) has jump-started the naturalization process of Dimitriev, the second-ranked freestyle wrestler in the men’s 62kg category in Russia.…

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