THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) suspended the entire crew that officiated the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel-Magnolia match on Sunday night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum for a non-call in the dying seconds. Deputy commissioner Eric Castro, who primarily handles the PBA’s technical committee, said on Monday that chief official Peter…
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
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will establish an exclusive special incentive trust fund for national athletes who win medals in the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games and Olympics. POC President Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino announced on Monday the creation of the fund after the POC awarded checks representing the body's incentives to medalists in last month's Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games. The POC, Tolentino said, will use as seed money the PHP2 million left from a total PHP13 million sourced from the body's principal supporters Manuel V. Pangilinan's MVP Sports Foundation, Ramon S. Ang's San Miguel Corp. and Charlie Gonzales's Ulticon Builders Inc. "This trust fund is another milestone for the POC, it has never been done before and we are establishing the fund to motivate and inspire our athletes when they compete abroad," said Tolentino, who also presided over the POC Executive Board meeting at the Kn
SEASON host College of St. Benilde and Lyceum of the Philippines University square off in a battle of opening-day losers at the resumption on Tuesday of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 97 seniors basketball tournament at the La Salle Green Hills Gym. The Blazers of Charles Tiu bowed to…