Manny Pacquiao Trains Hard for Juan Manuel Marquez
By Eddie G. Alinea Out to give boxing fans and his countrymen the victory they want in his mind, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is embarking on what could be his toughest preparation for his fourth fight with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez starting Monday (Tuesday in Manila) at the Wild Card Gym in Los [...]
Regional Training Center for young athletes in Pangasinan
Gov. Amado Espino Jr. hailed the plan of the national government to put up a Regional Training Center for young athletes in Pangasinan. Governor Espino said this will be incorporated with the Pangasinan Sports Academy which is set to be established by the provincial government next year to be based at the Narciso Ramos Sports [...]
Esperance Sportive de Tunis vs Congo’s T. P Mazembe
Tunisia’s youth and sports ministry has authorized 25,000 spectators to attend the African Champions League semifinal return match for Esperance Sportive de Tunis against Congo’s T. P Mazembe, Mosaique FM reported on Wednesday. The match is due to be played in Rades near Tunis next week. At full capacity, Rades can hold some 60,000 spectators. [...]
Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games
The host province asserted its dominance after scooping up seven gold medals in athletics even as Jamleth Marie Villanueva of Olongapo City added two more victories in the pool Thursday in the Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission Batang Pinoy Games here. Francis Marron of Umingan, Pangasinan followed up his 400-meter dash title with victories in [...]
Africa swimming championships in Nairobi
Giants South Africa and Egypt continued to dominate the ongoing Africa swimming championships being staged in Nairobi. However, individual brilliance by Kenyan Jason Dunford, who has so far clinched five medals — two gold, two silver and bronze, eclipsed the host’s poor show in the event. Kenya is patched on fifth place in the championship [...]
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe beats former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe beat former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets on Sunday to give Germany a 3-2 win over Australia in their Davis Cup playoff and retain its place among the World Group elite. The result keeps Australia, a 28-time winner, in the second-tier Group I for the sixth-straight season. World No.127 Stebe [...]
Philippines toughest adventure race
The country’s toughest adventure race Carrera Habagat finally returns this year on November 21 to 25 in Cebu Province as part of the Habagat’s 25th Years of Adventure celebration. In an interview here with event director Randy Su, president of the organizing Habagat Outdoor Equipment said this will be tougher and more challenging than any [...]
POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 at Marikina Sports Complex
Nine golds in track and field, including what is expected to be the meet’s first gold-medal in 5,000-meter run, will be disputed Tuesday as the POC-PSC Batang Pinoy 2012 gets down to business at the Marikina Sports Complex. City Mayor Del de Guzman and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose “Peping” Cojuangco Jr., opened the [...]
Baguio City Builds Olympic Standard Sports Facility
Baguio City Vice Mayor Daniel Farinas assured on Tuesday that the almost 20-year delay for the development of the wide city athletic oval into Olympic and international standards will soon be over. He revealed that for so long, officials here had lobbied with the Philippines Sports Commission (PSC) for its development since the late 1990s [...]
Update on US Open 2012
London Olympic champions Andy Murray and Serena Williams beat their opponents in the third round of the U.S. Open. Andy Murray, seeded third, stuttered past Spain’s Feliciano Lopez spending four hours and four sets on the court. The 25-year-old Scot had to survive three tie breaks to secure a 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(4) win. In [...]