Games & Gaming

ASIAN Games gold medalists Margarita ‘Meggie’ Ochoa and Annie Ramirez, along with Asian champion Carlos Yulo will be among the recipients of Major Awards in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on January 29. Ochoa and Ramirez accounted for half of the gold tally of Team Philippines in the 19th edition of the Asiad in Hangzhou, China …

TWO of the country’s top businessmen and sports patron stand side by side in the coming San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night. San Miguel CEO and President Ramon S. Ang along with First Pacific Company Chairman and CEO Manny V. Pangilinan will be honored as Executives of the Year for working closely together to restore dignity and …

A NEW breed of warrior from the highlands of the mountain province in the Philippines has joined the growing family of Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions, Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and TGB Promotions.  Undefeated Carl Jammes Martin has formally signed up with the MP Promotions to finally take his boxing talent to a higher world level that would fit him with …

Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann reasserted his unwavering faith and dedication to the Batang Pinoy, highlighting its crucial role in unearthing potential members of the country’s future elite athletes.  “I am hoping that many of our young athletes participating in Batang Pinoy will be identified and discovered by our National Sports Associations (NSAs). I am delighted to witness numerous …

By Robert Andaya Nueva Ecija Capitals continued to live up to their high  billing in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) President’s Cup basketball tournament. The Capitals added the CV Siniloan Daruma Dragons to the list of victims, posting an impressive 100-85 win  before another big crowd  at the Paco Arena in Manila. The win—the sixth in as many matches —enabled …

Many overlapping inequalities exist today, and it is crucial to ensure that people of colour, background, race, and impairments all have equal access to opportunities in the gaming and esports landscape. To that end, MOONTON Games has championed several causes in education, diversity, and equity throughout 2023 under its corporate social responsibility arm, MOONTON Cares. These include the integration of …

TWO-TIME Southeast Asian Games silver medallist Arianne Isabel Brito made the country proud anew in the  Karate 1 Youth League held Dec. 7-10 in Venice, Italy. Brito, the pride and joy of Dagupan City, fought her way to fifth place overall in the  female 21 years old and under kumite 68+ kg in the prestigious four-day competition in the beautiful …

MIKA De Guzman broke through with her first international women’s singles title after conquest of India’s Arundhati Nagaraja Muddu in the final of the APACS Kazakhstan International Series 2023 last weekend at the Almatau Resort in Shymkent. The tournament is part of the BWF International Series — a grade 3, level 2 series, which awards 2500 points to the winner. …

The 2023 Batang Pinoy (BP) and Philippine National Games (PNG) are set to kick off on Sunday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, with an ensemble of legendary Filipino sports icons headlining the opening ceremonies, promising a captivating and inspiring start to these prestigious games. The gathering of Pinoy sports legends will include 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz and …

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is making an unprecedented collaboration with esteemed private partners to further boost the simultaneous staging of the 2023 Batang Pinoy (BP) and Philippine National Games (PNG), which opens on December 17. In a groundbreaking move, the PSC has joined forces with staple partners Milo Philippines and Otsuka Solar-Pocari Sweat, together with the Philippine Basketball Association …