THE country’s impressive medal haul in the 16th Wushu World Championships held recently in Texas cemented the Wushu Federation of the Philippines’ status as perhaps the most successful NSA (national sports association) on the world stage. The Philippine team brought home one gold, four silver and one bronze in the…
■ Ofelia C. Empian Three more Cordilleran athletes contributed to the medal haul of Team Philippines in the 2023 World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from Oct. 20 to 30. Ariel Lampacan and Islay Erika Bomogao’s performance in Muay Thai both garnered them a silver medal apiece while Justin Kobe Macario bagged a bronze
■ Ofelia C. Empian Cordilleran wushu specialists Thornton Sayan and Jones Llabres Inso contributed bronze medals apiece for Team Philippines in the 2023 World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia last week. Sayan, who was the first to win a medal from the national squad, bagged the bronze in the men’s taolunanquan and placed fifth
DARIUS VENERABLE flexed just enough muscles to edge South Korea’s Namhun Lee in the men’s Poomsae individual of taekwondo on Monday for the Philippines’s third gold medal in the World Combat Games at the King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 22-year-old Venerable scored 9.280 points—5.560 technical skills and 3.720 presentation with zero error—to
THE Philippine snatched five of a possible six gold medals in rapid chess to cap a successful campaign in the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou on Saturday and on Sunday, saw a 1-2 finish in Muay Thai at the World Combat Games in Riyadh. The Philippine snatched five out of a possible six gold medals
JUST weeks after bagging the bronze medal at the 19th Asian Games in China, jiu-jitsu fighter Kaila Napolis of the Philippines won a gold medal at the World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, October 26.
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POLE vault star Ernest John “EJ” Obiena carried the cudgels in a “September to remember” for Philippines sports. The world No. 2 Obiena lived up to his lofty billing and produced the country’s first gold medal in Hangzhou with an Asian Games record-breaking mark of 5.90 meters. The feat sparked an early rush of one