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Aside from recording a best-ever finish in the Olympics, the Philippines also emerged the best among Southeast Asian countries.

Published July 27, 2021, 11:20 AM Leading mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc (Smart). is bringing an entire world of sports and action straight to the palm of Filipinos 24/7 as an official broadcaster of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, happening from July 23 to August 8, 2021. Tokyo 2020 Smart subscribers can immerse in all things Olympics via gigafest.smart, which offers the most comprehensive online streaming coverage with 10 channels including the Olympics pay-per-view (PPV) channel, pop-up channel, news channel, and seven ready-to-air channels from the Olympic Broadcasting Servic...

Published July 13, 2021, 12:20 PM Ramon S. Ang San Miguel Corp. big boss Ramon S. Ang sweetened the pot for Filipino athletes who will win medals at the Tokyo Olympics by pledging additional cash incentives. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino disclosed Tuesday that the avid sportsman is offering P10 million for every gold medal, P5 million for silver and P2 million for bronze as an added boost for the 19 PH athletes seeing action in the Games slated July 23. The development brings the total cash incentives of P30 million for every gold medal, P15 million for silver ...

Published July 10, 2021, 12:50 PM Tokyo-bound rower Cris Nievarez (left) and air rifle shooter Jayson Valdez Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino vividly remembers the successful partnership with Asics when Team Philippines captured the overall title of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Tolentino believes that stroke of luck with the world-class athletic apparel exclusively distributed by Sonak Corporation will strike again in the approaching Tokyo Olympics. “In the SEA Games, we were overall champions and we were all wearing Asics. There’s some kind of...

Published July 2, 2021, 11:34 AM Luke Gebbie (left) and Remedy Rule Fil-foreign swimmers Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule became the latest qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics scheduled late this month after earning berths through universality places. Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) President Lani Velasco announced this Friday, July 2, after the two emerged as the top-ranked male and female tankers of the national team based from their International Swimming Federation (FINA) points this year. Gebbie has 828 FINA points in the men’s 100-meter freestyle while Rule has 830 FINA points in the women’s...