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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.

By Jesse C. Ong  In a bid to lure more basketball fans to the league, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Chairman Michael “Mikee” Romero proposed recently that the games be brought to schools. 

Rookie forward Mac Belo underscored his readiness in the pro level after leading Blackwater to a franchise-best 2-0 start in the season-opening PBA Philippine Cup. 

The Football For A Better Life (FFABL), the 10-leg nationwide grassroots football development and talent identification program sponsored by Pru Life UK, will partner with Gawad Kalinga in the culminating leg of the series with the Gawad Kalinga Cup slated on December 3 at the ULTRA Football Field in Pasig City. 

Karen Andrea Manayon of Cebu province won the gold medal in the girls 13-15 category of the triathlon competition in the ongoing 2016 Batang Pinoy National Finals at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex (DNSTC) in Barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. 

Philippine light flyweight champion, Lester “Lighting Strike” Abutan, will challenge reigning Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) light flyweight champion, Ken Shiro of Japan, on Dec. 8 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. 

Last year, they won through countback and this time, it was by a single stroke.