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Published January 15, 2021, 2:54 PM Tokyo Olympics hopefuls (from left) Marjon Planar, Neshty Petecio and Junmilardo Ogayre finally arrived at the Inspire Sports Academy for the bubble training. (Photo from the Philippine Sports Commission) World champion Nesthy Petecio and two fellow boxers were the first athletes to enter the training bubble for the Tokyo Olympics aspirants in three combat sports which formally started on Friday at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.  Petecio, the...

Published January 15, 2021, 4:02 PM The Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. (Photo from Philippine Sports Commission) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) assured that the health and safety protocols will be religiously implemented inside the training bubble for the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls to prevent COVID-19 infection at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.  “It’s going to be a very strict environment,” said Dr. Janis Espino-De Vera, head of the PSC-Medical Scientifi...

Is it better to scrap the Tokyo Olympics for good? If Philippine Sports Commission chairman Butch Ramirez has the final say, he would rather choose to call off the Tokyo Games than risk the health and safety of the Filipino athletes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The PSC chief told  Manila Bulletin Friday that one of the possible options is to totally cancel the Tokyo Games and prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics instead. “Ang akin pananaw, I better scrap the Tokyo Olympics and look at Pari...

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The Gilas Pilipinas Men resumed the training bubble at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba ahead of the final window of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. On

Senior Reporter THE planned return to training of national athletes vying for a spot in the rescheduled Olympic Games at the weekend did not push through and instead was delayed by a week, but the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) reminder on safety stays. In a virtual orientation last week, the PSC reiterated that while the return to training of the athletes is very important with less than 200 days to go before the sporting spectacle to be held in Tokyo and final qualifiers for it jus...

Jamie Lim said she believes the Philippine team still has enough time to prepare for the Olympic qualifying events lined up for early 2021 despite the

January 11, 2021 | 6:24 pm Font Size KARATEKA and Tokyo Olympic hopeful Jamie Lim (right) — ALVIN S. GO HER push to make it to the Olympic Games in Tokyo down to one last shot later this year, national karate team member Jamie Lim said she remains undeterred and looking to make things happen in her quest. Speaking on The Chasedown program on Saturday, Ms. Lim said the road to Summer Games for her has been made difficult by the coronavirus pandemic as training had been limited to vir...

Five teams have already confirmed participation in Premier Volleyball League’s Open Conference which is tentatively set April 10 at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

Published January 10, 2021, 3:25 PM Photo from FIBA The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has approved the start of training for Batch 1 of players in the Gilas Pilipinas program in preparation for Window 3 of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers next month in Clark, Pampanga. The first batch is made up of the core that won two games in Window 2 last November in Bahrain, and together with the coaching staff led by Gilas men’s team Project Director Tab Baldwin. They entered the training facility S...