Philippine Sports Commission William "Butch" Ramirez (File photo) MANILA - Philippine Sports Commission William "Butch" Ramirez on Tuesday said the country's overall performance in the just concluded 31st Vietnam Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam was nothing to be ashamed of, a good finish, in fact, considering the challenges Filipino bets had to face in the build-up to the meet. "Our performance in bringing home 52 gold, 70 silver, and 104 bronze medals in placing fourth overall in the medal standings was a good finish despite the various challenges our national athletes had to face amid the Covid-19 pandemic before competing in Vietnam," Ramirez said. "It would have been a very good finish had we converted 50 percent of our silvers (to gold) and bronzes (to silver)," noted the PSC chief, who has been closely monitoring the progress of the country's standard-bearers in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and surrounding provinces. He pointed
MORE than a hundred coaches from the provinces will attend scientific lectures on sports in the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) National Sports Coaching Certification Course (NSCCC) that resumes on Thursday. The Level 2 online lectures will tackle badminton and tennis from Thursday to Saturday. “We want to continue building on…
PSC chairman William Ramirez A first ever Olympic gold medal amidst a global pandemic, a number of world champions, a gold quartet in the Asian Games, and regaining the overall championship of the Southeast Asian Games. In a nutshell, it defines just some of the major accomplishments attained unde
A FIRST-EVER Olympic gold medal amid a global pandemic, several world champions, a golden quartet in the Asian Games and regaining the overall championship of the Southeast Asian Games. In a nutshell, they define a few of the major accomplishments William “Butch” Ramirez achieved as the man at the helm…
Two lawmakers are seeking the passage of a bill that directs the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to create a program that detects the use of performance-enhancing drugs by national team athletes. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Bulacan Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado filed House Bi