In 2014, Commissioner Akiko Thomson-Guevara of Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) had a talk on women in sports at the elite or national level, discussing important data on the current status of female athletes in the country. Here is a detailed infographic summarizing her report.
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Here is a video of sport management students from De La Salle University who did service learning for sports, in which students applied what they learned into meeting the needs of the community. Targeting the children and club members of Valenzuela, the training used tennis to promote sports and healthy living. Sponsored by SOLINCO, makers of high performance tennis equipment, […]
2 Filipinos Win Silver in the Asian Boxing Championships Light-flyweight Rogen Ladon and welterweight Eumir Felix Marcial end their respective campaigns representing the country in the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships with gallant runner-up performances in Bangkok, Thailand last Thursday. Read more here. Gilas Pilipinas Bags Silver in Jones Cup The Philippine national men’s basketball team Gilas Pilipinas […]
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Play Like A Girl: An Introduction to Sports Camp ‘Girls Got Game’
Girl power is in full swing, as women in various industries are finally making their presence felt, realizing their crucial role in shaping the future of individuals, communities, and the world. In the realm of sports, a small but active pro-girl initiative is hoping to do just that. Girls Got Game (GGG) is a roving […]
By Erick Fabian, Jr. There is this misconception that you need to be a superstar athlete to be sponsored. Another one is that a sports event has to be of a massive scale to attract sponsors. What all athletes and events organizers need to know is that every sponsor, whether a company or an individual, […]
Future Stars Shine in Batang Pinoy Visayas Philippine Star reports: “Romblon – Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia yesterday congratulated the new stars of the just-ended Batang Pinoy Visayas leg which featured athletes from three regions.” Among the sports showcased in the said leg included boxing, athletics, swimming and chess. Read more here. FIBA Asia Women’s Championship […]
Barely 2 months after Typhoon Haiyan struck, Dr. Kong-Ting Yeh, President of the Asian Association of Sport Management (AASM) launched the campaign Sports for Love with the goal of comforting the victims of the disaster through sport. After months of organizing and soliciting, the day finally came in August 2014 for Dr. Yeh and his […]
By Luigi Bercades, Ph.D., Sports Science and Medicine Bodyweight training has been around for ages. Some sources trace it back to calisthenics that German gymnastics educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn promoted in the 1800s. Today, one of the hottest trends in fitness is Body Leverage Training, in which progressive resistance is achieved by adjusting the levers […]
Azkals Boost Lineup in Time for Match Against Uzbekistan The Philippine national football team adds goalkeeper Roland Muller, UFL players Paul Mulders and Jun-Jun Badelic to its lineup ahead of its World Cup qualifying match against Uzbekistan on September 8 at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan. Removed from the squad are Mark Hartmann […]
Part 1 in this link. By Rex Velasquez, Pilipinas Futsal Association It is hard to build a football team, since football is still an unknown sport. There are so many problems encountered in organizing a football team. First, we have to convince more players to join since football is a 11-on-11 game. Then there is the problem […]