WHEN the national boxing team arrives in Hanoi for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in May, each of the five men and five women on the squad will have imaginary bullseyes on their backs. “Our boxers will be targets in the SEA Games,” Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines…
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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 Commissionâs (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 just around the corner, such should not be done at the expense of proper health and safety protocols.