Games & Gaming

Cambodia plans to put on a show as a first-time host of the Southeast Asian Games in 2023 with 39 sports already on its competition program. Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said that Cambodia displayed its readiness to host next year’s Games during a SEA Games Federation meeting held in Siam Reap. “Cambodia is ready to host …

Head coach Jorge Edson Souza de Brito spotted a major problem in the Philippine women’s volleyball team’s game which they need to work on before heading to the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games next month. The Filipinas threw away 41 points off errors in five sets of play against Superliga A mainstay Sao Caetano in the first of a series of …

The Philippine Sports Commission’s two-month long nationwide search for eight women role models in sports under the Gintong Gawad Awards 2022 will end on April 30 or two weeks before the start of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Awardees from various sectors, including the academe, will be awarded trophies and cash incentives by the PSC. The PSC’s chairperson for …

Filipino boxers Rogen Ladon, Riza Pasuit and Hergie Bacyadan have brought home gold medals after a successful campaign in the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament at Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort Hotel here. Ladon, reigning SEA Games flyweight champion, earned the nod of three judges for a 3-2 split decision upset over defending Asian Games titlist and 2019 AIBA World …

Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi will lead the Filipino swimmers taking part in next month’s Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) named those in the official lineup: Xiandi Chua, Chloe Kennedy Anne Isleta, Desiree Aubrey Mangaoang, Kirsten Chloe Daos, Thanya Angelyn Dela Cruz, Jessica Joy Geriane and Miranda Cristina Renner for the women; Luke Michael Gebbie, Jean-Pierre Sameh …

Kat Tan, a one-armed lady basketball player, was chosen by the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) to become its ambassador and spokesperson in order to inspire more women in sports. “It’s the ability that matters, not the disability,” the WNBL wrote on its official page. “Kat is indeed an inspiration! She is a living proof that nothing is impossible indeed …

After defeating John Wayne Parr in ONE X last month, Eduard Folayang is set to receive a special bonus from Benguet Congressman Eric Go Yap who pledged half a million pesos to Folayang as incentive should he win. Yap reportedly went to one of Folayang’s trainings in Baguio before the match and promised Folayang a P500,000 reward should he win …

Athletes from Russia and Belarus previously accepted to compete in this year’s Boston Marathon who are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to participate, according to the Boston Marathon Association. The exclusion from the world’s oldest annual marathon also extends to athletes previously accepted into the Boston Athletic Association’s (BAA) 5K event. However, it doesn’t affect …

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) executive board has suspended the national sports associations for athletics and tennis and will directly supervise the two federations’ national teams. Suspended for 90 days were the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) and the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta). POC president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino hopes the suspensions will ensure the participations of pole …

The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) cited the lack of due process in the Philippine Olympic Committee’s (POC) decision to suspend it for 90 days. Patafa said it was not given a chance to dispute the charges against it, especially the allegation that it refused to endorse its athlete, EJ Obiena, in the World Athletics Indoor Championship and …