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The Philippines won three bronze medals cour­tesy of Kristel Iso Macrohon recently in the 4th Qatar International Cup and 2016 Asian Cup at the Doha In­tercontinental Hotel in Doha City.

By Jesse C. Ong Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William Ramirez announced recently that they have yet to schedule a meeting with top officials of the City of Manila to tackle the proposed sale of the 82-year-old Rizal Memo­rial Sports Complex (RMSC) and seek the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Zambales will host the 2017 Private Schools Athletic Association (Prisaa), an annual competition featuring athletes from more than 600 colleges and universities nationwide.

After struggling to get his game going in Star’s first two games this season, Paul Lee managed to regain his old, deadly form after leading the Hotshots to back-to-back lopsided wins, earning him the Accel-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week.

AMA coach Mark Herrera ex­pressed his intent on choosing 6-foot-2 wingman Jeron Teng as the first overall pick of the PBA D-League Draft on Dec. 20 at the PBA Cafe in Pasig.

The Philippines went home with 21 medals in the 40th Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships held recently in Bangkok, Thailand.

By Jesse C. Ong The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is looking to gather all school-based leagues in Davao City from January 6 to 8 in an effort to discover more athletes for the national team.

The International Olym­pic Committee (IOC) has granted provisional recog­nition for a period of three years to the international federations of muay thai and cheerleading during the IOC Executive Board Meeting held on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) at the Lausanne Palace Hotel in Switzerland.

Now fully recovered from a foot injury that sidelined him for a great deal late last season JC Intal has flashed his old, deadly form to lead resurgent Phoenix to back-to-back victories recently. Nicknamed “Baby Rock­et”, Intal banged in five of his team-high 22 points in the final 60 seconds to help Phoe­nix complete a shock 92-85 win over defending …

The Philippine U19 national rugby team, proudly spon­sored by First Pacific, will face powerhouse squads from Korea, Singapore and United Arab Emirates in the 2016 U19 Asia Rugby Championships on December 14 and 17 at Interna­tional School-Manila.