Games & Gaming

Filipino para chessers paced  three divisions in both individual and team standings Wednesday, inching closer in delivering  the  country another potential golden windfall in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games chess tournament  at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan Chess Hall here. FIDE Master Sander Severino, Atty. Cheyzer Crystal Mendoza and Menandro Redor showed the way after the fifth round of the standard …

Veteran para swimmer Ernie Gawilan achieved the coveted golden breakthrough for Team Philippines last  Tuesday night, retaining the men’s 400-meter freestyle S7 crown in runaway fashion at the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming championships here.  Relegated to the bronze medal in the men’s 200-meter individual medley race the previous day, Gawilan made certain that the gold would not slip …

Size doesn’t matter for Renz Louie Puyong. Fighting an opponent bigger than his 5-foot-4 frame, Puyong used speed and power to subdue Luzon leg champion Ric Baron via decision and moved to the semifinals of the boxing competition in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Games National Finals on Tuesday at the Dacudao gymnasium inside the historic Rizal Memorial Sports …

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will honor the triumph of the country’s medal winners in the 19th Asian Games, in an elaborative ceremony at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Wednesday afternoon. Dubbed “Gabi ng Parangal at Pasasalamat para sa Bayaning Atletang Pilipino,” the grand heroes’ welcome will feature video presentations and production numbers to highlight the stories and great …

Kent Francis Jardin took the spotlight in the opening day of the 2023 ROTC Games National Championships after copping two gold medals in athletics at the Philsports Track Oval in Pasig City on Monday, Oct. 23. Jardin, a 19-year-old student from Adamson University who represents the Navy, torched the field by winning the tournament’s first gold medal – the men’s …

The national para chess team opened their campaign in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games on a promising note Monday as  the men’s and women’s PI (physically impaired) chessers won all of their three matches in the first round of the standard events.  Competing at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan Chess Hall, FIDE Master Sander Severino led the way in beating Mongolia’s …

National para swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino produced a pair of third-place finishes last Monday night for the country’s first medals at the start of the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming championships at the Hangzhou Olympic Center Aquatic Arena.  Aiming to defend the first of three titles he won in the 2018 edition in Jakarta, Indonesia, the legless …

Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas, a leading force in Philippine 3×3 basketball, announces the departure of Mac Tallo, a talented and dedicated athlete who has made a remarkable impact on the world of 3×3 basketball. While his heart is with 5-on-5 basketball, Tallo’s journey in 3×3 basketball has been nothing short of extraordinary. Vice President of Chooks Inc. Mel Macasaquit expressed the organization’s …

A casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic was one-armed taekwondo jin Alain Ganapin, whose bid to compete in the  Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021 was derailed  after he was struck down by the virus just a few days before he was to go and see action in the Japanese capital.  That painful what-might-have-been experience was etched  in the memory of the …

With the exception of one judoka who was left at home due to illness, all 72 national para athletes who will see action in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games are present accounted for, according to Philippine chef de mission Ral Rosario. “We had one judoka who got sick and was unable to make it here, but other than that …