Pacquiao associate confident ALA closure won’t slow progress of PH boxing

Marc Anthony Reyes 08/20/2020

ALA Boxing, one of the pillars of Philippine boxing, may have crumbled under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, but it need not spell the doom of local prizefighting. What many saw as a knockout could actually…

Hallasgo facing tall odds to qualify

Marc Anthony Reyes 08/17/2020

Christine Hallasgo, the country’s marathon queen, is staring at a 23-minute difference between her personal best time and the Tokyo Olympics. But the 27-year-old Southeast Asian Games and Milo Marathon champion appears undaunted by it. Right now,…

PSC releases athletes pay before closing

Marc Anthony Reyes 08/13/2020

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) scored on some sort of a “buzzer-beater” after signing checks for the salaries of the national athletes a day after it had to close office indefinitely. The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex and…

Hontiveros bats for unifying candidate

Marc Anthony Reyes 07/30/2020

To repair further disharmony brought by a botched proposal to amend its constitution, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) must work toward coming up with just one candidate for its next president in November and unify the factions…

Trekking on Mineski trail, NESFP pushes esports into NCAA, UAAP schools

Marc Anthony Reyes 07/24/2020

Esports, back when it was commonly called gaming, used to be written off as a distraction from learning.  Now, it is just a few steps away from getting uploaded into a school curriculum. With the coronavirus pandemic…

LVPI requests permission for volleyball players’ training resumption

Marc Anthony Reyes 07/10/2020

It’s Philippine volleyball’s turn to seek government approval to allow its stars to resume training amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. (LVPI) submitted a 13-page document to the government outlining its own measures…

Casimero’s bold plan: To unify bantamweight crowns starting with showdown vs Inoue

Marc Anthony Reyes 02/06/2020

Cutting weight has always been a major problem for reigning WBO bantamweight champion Johnriel Casimero. So in between fights, when he’s back in his hometown of Ormoc, Leyte, he depends on his own “squad” to keep him…

Manny Pacquiao has case for Fighter of the Year, Decade

Marc Anthony Reyes 01/02/2020

If there was ever any doubt about his greatness in 2019, Manny Pacquiao let his accomplishments in the ring put that to rest. Tyson Fury, Gervonta Davis and Canelo Alvarez all had a great year. But Pacquiao—with…

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