Jojo Posadas News Today

BANGKOK—John Cabang Tolentino, a hurdler based in Spain, gave Team Philippines a ray of hope by advancing to the 110-meter final in Day 2 of the 24th Asian Athletics Championships at the Supachalasai National Stadium. The 34-degree heat was a nuisance to all athletes on Thursday morning but Tolentino, a bronze medalist…

Photo from Elma Muros-Posadas' Facebook account A track icon considered the undisputed long jump queen of Philippine athletics is going to be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement honor in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night two weeks from now

THE Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) put up a defiant and stern stand against an imminent suspension from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) stressing on its autonomy as a national federation from the POC and even from government. “We’re not under with anybody because we are autonomous, just…

National athletics coach Jojo Posadas and wife Elma Muros called on the embattled EJ Obiena to remain humble and admit his shortcomings amid the ongoing rift between the elite pole vaulter and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association. EJ Obiena (Photo from EJ Obiena’s Facebook account

THE Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) will set up its bubble training camp at the Athletic Bowl in Baguio City this month in preparation for next year’s Hanoi 31st Southeast Asian Games and Hangzhou 19th Asian Games.“We need this formal training camp because our athletes have not been…