A FIRST-TIME meet between Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and newly-appointed Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) brass happened Wednesday night to get the pedals circling for the country’s preparations for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. “It was a fellowship and working dinner meeting that delved more on the training of the SEA…
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MANILA - First-time host Cambodia intends to go big time by laying out a 49-sport program with a potentially record number of events at 632 when the 32nd edition of the Southeast Asian Games are held on May 5 to 16 next year. But Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president, Representative Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, told the POC Executive Board during its regular meeting on Monday that the other member countries are contesting the inclusion of dozens of events. "Many events are under sports that don't have international federations [IFs] or most of the SEA Games countries aren't familiar with," said Tolentino during the meeting held at the Knights Templar Hotel in Tagaytay City. "This is the biggest SEA Games in history with 632 events, but we will lessen them because they are so many, particularly in martial arts where most of the countries aren't familiar with," he added. Cambodia organizers bared during the SEA Games Federation meeting in B