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Manny Pacquiao was ranked ninth place in Ring Magazine top 100 boxers of all time list – enshrining the presidential hopeful as one of the greatest boxers of all time, capturing 14 world titles in eight weight classes including three Ring Magazine championships. Pacquiao held the Ring’s featherweight title from 2003 to 2005, the junior lightweight championship in 2008, and …

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has approved the city of Solo, Indonesia to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games scheduled on July 23 to 30. This was announced during the Board of Governors meeting attended virtually by 10 member nations, replacing Hanoi, Vietnam after it withdrew from hosting last year due to pandemic concerns. This would be the second …

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said it was “chilling” to see how distraught Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was treated by her coach after falling several times in the Beijing Olympics final. Bach said he was “very disturbed” to see 15-year-old Valieva’s performance, having been controversially cleared to compete despite failing a drugs test in December. “I was …

EJ Obiena ruled the Orlen Cup in Poland February 12, 2022 by clearing 5.81 meters on his first try to win the tournament after coming off an eighth-place finish two days ago at the Beijer Stavhoppsgala Uppsala in Sweden. Brazil’s Thiago Braz, former Olympic champion, and home bet Piotr Lisek finished second and third, respectively with similar 5.71m clearance. Obiena, 26-year-old, …

Yuka Saso, US Women’s Open champion at 19, achieved a new milestone — a spot in the roster of sport’s greats in the USGA Golf Museum’s Hall of Champions. “A new star in the women’s game” was how Saso was described during the announcement rites at the US Golf Association Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History in New …

Cagayan Valley’s Jan Clifford Labog defeated Central Visayas’ Jave Mareck Pateros to win the Boy’s Division of the Manuel V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation Secondary Online Rapid Chess championships. This is the first title of Labog, a 10th grade student at Solano High School.  “Dream come true to para sa akin,” shared the youngster after his feat. He finished with a …

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The International Testing Agency (ITA)—on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)—said it would fight a decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to allow the 15-year-old Valieva to skate. The Russian …

Members of the Philippine surfing team are slowly picking up the pieces after Typhoon Odette devastated their homes and training camp in the country’s surfing capital in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. “The team is coping up slowly. They (athletes) just resumed training. Training in the gym and surf training are ongoing, slowly picking up momentum, “said Gino Canlas, secretary …

Chinese President Xi Jinping officially opened the Beijing Winter Games, amidst a burst of fireworks marking the start of an Olympics whose preparations were beset by the COVID-19 pandemic and criticism over human rights abuses. The opening ceremony February 4 at the Bird’s Nest stadium – venue of Beijing’s 2008 Summer Games – was filled with imagery of ice and …

Lone Philippine representative to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Asa Miller thanked Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz for inspiring her before participating in the Chinese capital. “It really means a lot to me,” Miller related Diaz’s message of motivation and patience. “She’s really an amazing athlete. I am really super motivated after watching her capture the Olympic gold medal …