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MANILA, Philippines — When Aleah Finnegan failed to advance to the United States Olympic trials three years ago and eventually kissed her Tokyo Games chances goodbye, the Fil-Am artistic gymnast from Missouri thought her Olympic dream was over.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Janry Ubas boosted his Paris Olympics bid after he topped the men’s long jump of the Singapore Open Track and Field Championships.
MANILA, Philippines – Olympic aspirant Lauren Hoffman has made a habit of rearranging national records lately.
SINGAPORE – Joseph Schooling, who famously beat his idol Michael Phelps in Rio to become Singapore's first and only Olympic champion, said Tuesday he was retiring from competitive swimming.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine women’s national football team will end the year the same way it started — continuing its meteoric rise in the global scene.
MANILA, Philippines – With the success of the NBA 2K League Asia-Pacific Invitational the past weekend, the league's Head of Business Development, Lindsey Ullman, said Filipino fans should tune in for more as this is just the beginning for the game.
PSC chairman Richard (Dicky) Bachmann’s personal history is imbedded in sports. His late father Kurt was a major influence in basketball, having played on championship teams in the NCAA and MICAA with stints in the 1959 FIBA World Cup, 1960 Olympics and 1962 Asian Games during a checkered career. It was destined that Bachmann would follow in his father’s footsteps. Bachmann saw action on two UAAP title squads and as Alaska’s first-round pick in the 1993 PBA draft, played on eight pro championship teams with the Aces. When his playing career ended, Bachmann became an Alaska assistant coach and added four more PBA crowns to his collection. And when his coaching career came to a close, Bachmann was elevated to the position of team manager and later, Alaska sports director with a focus on building a grassroots foundation for basketball, football and volleyball.
Despite volleyball’s increasing popularity across the archipelago, there is no doubt that basketball remains the country’s No. 1 sport. And with Gilas’ recent feats, fan interest has billowed to impact growing audiences in hoop leagues from pros to minnows. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial, who served as the Golden Gilas’ deputy team manager at the Hangzhou Asian Games, said how the national team fares in international competitions has a direct consequence in either dropping or raising engrossment in the sport.
HANGZHOU, China – With just three days to go before 4th Hangzhou Asian Games, the country’s national para athletes “are ready to do battle and give it our best,” according to the Team Philippines Chef de Mission Ral Rosario on Friday.