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Regulating amateur sports

By Bill Velasco | August 10, 2020 - 12:00am

How feasible is it to regulate amateur (particularly collegiate) sports in the Philippines?

Sports

Between an amateur and a professional

By Francis J. Kong | April 7, 2018 - 12:00am

From the popular website Farnam Street, this material tells us the difference between an amateur and a professional.

Business

Big field vies in Pro-Am Scramble

October 1, 2015 - 10:00am

The 2015 Pro-Am Scramble Open golf tournament will be held on Oct. 18 at the Veterans Golf Club with a big field expected to see action.

Sports

Professionalizing amateurs (Part 2)

By Bill Velasco | February 2, 2015 - 12:00am

In Saturday’s column, this writer discussed the gray area that amateur boxing finds itself in, and how it seeks a new definition in an age where its old form no longer resonates with a majority of its audience,...

Sports

Professionalizing amateurs (Part 1)

By Bill Velasco | January 31, 2015 - 12:00am

There is much confusion and debate about the blurred lines between amateur and professional athletes. One controversy revolves around national boxers Mark Barriga and Charly Suarez, who have been declared professional...

Sports

Huge asteroid to whip past Earth on Monday

January 22, 2015 - 9:13am

An asteroid up to 1,800 feet (550 meters) across is headed Earth's way. But don't worry: It will miss us by 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers), about three times the distance between Earth and the moon.

World

Erratum

January 4, 2015 - 12:00am

The late Col. Arsenio De Borja, former president of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association, served as executive secretary- treasurer of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation and secretary general of the...

Sports

Bethany Wu tops US Women's Amateur qualifying

August 6, 2014 - 2:23pm

Bethany Wu shot a 2-under 68 on Tuesday in the U.S. Women's Amateur to top the 64 match-play qualifiers.

Sports

Grassroots program for mixed martial arts in Cebu launched

By Lemuel P. Maglinte | June 7, 2014 - 12:00am

Yaw-Yan ArDigma Martial Arts Federation, Inc. takes another major step in Cebu's Mixed Martial Arts scene after launching the first ever amateur MMA tournament in the region dubbed as ‘Cebu Extreme Fight League”...

Freeman Cebu Sports

Support, protection for student-athletes

By Philip Ella Juico | April 9, 2014 - 12:00am

We were able to obtain a copy of Senate Bill (S.B.) No 2133, “An Act Providing for the Magna Carta of Student-Athletes”, introduced by Senator Pia S. Cayetano.

Sports