Philippine Sports Central

MANILA, Philippines – English football club Chelsea is aiming to play a big role in the continued growth and development of football in the Philippines as they formally opened the Chelsea FC Soccer School yesterday at the Mall of Asia Music Hall. Chelsea partnered with Philippine Azkals mainstays Phil and James Younghusband to set up [...]

Marketing World Posted on 06:14 PM, May 17, 2012 BY JEFFREY O. VALISNO, Sub-Editor AMID THE fierce competition in the telecommunications industry, Ayala-led Globe Telecom, Inc. is beefing up its marketing efforts to drum up interest in its products and services. From throwing its support behind the Philippine Volcanoes — the country’s rugby team — [...]

DAVAO CITY, May 18 (PIA) — There is much promise for the development of Rugby as a sport for Filipinos. This according to Philippine Volcanoes coach Expo Mejia during the weekly I-speak press conference held Thursday, May 17 at the SM Davao Annex, current venue of the first Davao Sports Expo. Rugby football is a [...]

Manila, Philippines – A total of 38 sports ­ three more than last year ­ will be competed in the 2012 Philippine National Games (PNG) set May 26 to June 3 in Negros Oriental, Laguna and Metro Manila. Twenty-four sports are scheduled to take place in Negros Oriental ­ most of it in main hub [...]

By Frances MangosingINQUIRER.net Roel Gener. http://www.phlazkals.com photo MANILA, Philippines – Football in the Philippines is no longer just a sport, it has also become a way to bring peace to war-torn Mindanao – thanks to the Philippine Azkals. Azkals team members Roel Gener and Eduard Sacapano will lead a football clinic at the Southern Christian [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine Sports Commission chairman Philip Ella Juico said at the opening of the Philta-Toby’s Juniors Age-Group Tennis Challenge held recently at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Complex that children and youth sports must be influenced by ?the principle that sports for children and youth are organized so that they can play as [...]

By Samuel Rubenfeld A roundup of corruption-related news from Dow Jones and other sources. You can also receive a newsletter version of Corruption Currents here. Bribery: Mike Lucas Corporate America shrugged at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bribery scandal because a 2003 case showed the law has weaker teeth than it seemed. (The New Republic) Griffiths [...]

KIAMBA, Sarangani, May 15 (PIA) — Sarangani is becoming a haven for sports tourism, a tourism official said, with the biggest national cycling stage race kicking off in Sarangani right after the Sarangani Bay Festival. SarBay Fest will be held in Gumasa where Singapore’s leading adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow with two of the Philippine’s finest [...]