Bukod sa darating na 26th Southeast Asian Games sa Indonesia sa Nobyembre, kailangan ring tutukan ng mga National Sports Associations (NSAs) ang Olympic Games sa London sa 2012.
Mopadala og kapin sa 30 ka swimmers ang Cebu Blue Marlins (CBM) Swimming Club alang sa final leg sa PASA G-League Short Course Swimming Championship karong adlawa didto sa Shaw Memorial swimming pool sa Dumaguete City.
The Cebu Blue Marlins Swimming Club will be fielding over 30 swimmers in the final leg of the PASA G-League Short Course Swimming Championships today at the Shaw Memorial swimming pool in Dumaguete City today.
The Philippine Sports Commission has signed a check worth P450,000 representing reimbursements for national tanker Ryan Arabejo’s expenses while training for the Beijing Olympics in the US.
MANILA, Philippines - Pangungunahan ng mga miyembro ng Philippine Team na lumahok sa Beijing Olympics ang 27 atleta at entities na bibigyan ng citation sa San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night sa February 20.
Philippine sports officials, led by Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco and chief of mission Monico Puentevella, remained in this city with a handful of athletes for the closing ceremonies of the 29th Olympic Games.
Gilas Pilipinas is off to the semifinals of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia, despite losing to Georgia, 96-94, Thursday night (Manila time).
Gilas Pilipinas absorbed a hapless 141-45 beating at the hands of the reigning champion and world No. 1 USA to bow out of contention in the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup Wednesday at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul, Turkey.
To say that the entire basketball world was shocked after Gilas Pilipinas stunned World No. 6 Latvia in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga Thursday morning is an understatement.
MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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