After the stellar performance of our football players in the international scene. Another team from the Philippines will surely make us proud. It is the Philippine Volcanoes composed of Pinoy Rugby Players.
Last November 3, was a history for our country when Philippine Volcanoes qualifies to the 2013 Rugby World Cup of Seven after defeating the team from South Korea.
Due to the explosive performance of the team this year, the team qualifies for the tournament, first time in the history of the Philippines.
The Rugby World Cup will be held in June of 2013 in Moscow, Russia. Something to look forward in Sports.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
2013 Palarong Pambasa
The next host for Palarong Pambansa will be Negros Oriental. This was signified in a letter last November 9, 2012 addressed to Gov. Ragay Degamo by Secretary of DepEd Armin Luistro after the evaluation made by the Philippine Sports Committee and officials of DepEd.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Champion Motor Racer Maico Buncio dies at 22
Manila, Philippines - The four-time national champion superbike racer Maico Buncio died yesterday.
He was considered as the country's fastest man on two-wheels.
Saturday afternoon, he was brought to UST hospital after the fatal injuries while on a time trial practice at Clark Field, Pampanga. The next day he died, despite the effort of the doctors to save him.
Buncio, the official Philippine representative to the Asian Road Racing Championships (ARRC) started riding his motor bike when he was only 2 years old.
His family is planning to file a suit against the organizers and the owner of Clark Speedway Racing Circuit for being negligent in their race track that apparently has a steel railing which caused the injury.
Source: loqal.ph
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Pacquiao on Steroids? ABS-CBN NEWS
MANILA, Philippines – The camp of pound-for-pound champ Manny Pacquiao belied rumors circulating in the internet about his supposed “steroid use,” adding that the Filipino champion doesn't need drugs to win fights.
His chief of staff, Jake Joson, said Pacquiao, who is also a congressman representing the province of Sarangani, has never touched steroids.
“Sa tinagal-tagal ng panahon na pinagsamahan po namin ni Cong. Pacquiao, ni sigarilyo, ni gamot hindi po gumagamit ‘yan,” Joson told radio dzMM.
He said Pacquiao only uses food supplements, which he takes during training.
“Sa training lang po siya gumagamit ng kanyang vitamins and supplements. ‘Yun lang po ang ginagamit niya at wala na pong iba,” said Joson.
Pacquiao’s camp reacted to rumors spread through Twitter and the web about a supposed Filipino sparring partner who claimed to have injected Pacquiao with steroids.
The “sparring partner” allegedly gave Pacquiao the injections in the locker room of the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles where he trains in the US.
Pacquiao defeated Mosley via a unanimous decision last Saturday (May 7) to retain his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title.
Joson said Pacquiao, the only 8-division boxing champion in the world, has won his fights fair and square.
“Natural lang po lahat ng kanyang lakas na ipinapakita niya sa bawat laban,” he said.
Source: ABSCBNNEWS.com
PALARONG PAMBANSA 2011 (Dapitan City)
Final Tally
Winners:
1st Place = NCR with 572.7 points
2nd place = Region 6 (Western Visayas) with 479.5 points
3rd place = Region 4-A (Calabarzon) with 430.5 points
4th place = Region 7 (Central Visayas) with 333.5 points
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Spirit Sports College (SSC)
The first in the Philippines Spirit Sports College Philippines
This college houses a racing car track, a golf course and indoor and outdoor facilities for basketball, baseball, volleyball, softball, tennis, golf and swimming and others.
Philippine Sports Committee is also part of this project that will truly benefit us in the future, especially now we are losing hope in getting gold in the Olympics.
Paul Monozca (one of the trustees) said “this will really a breakthrough for Philippine education a specialized school with the right infrastructure with the right people and the best minds.”
Friday, April 22, 2011
Mountain Biking in NEGROS (Sports Unlimited)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Pacquiao sparring gets serious on day 1
MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao and his sparring partners were supposed to take it nice and easy as one would on the driver’s seat of a car that just rolled out of the showroom.
But while there was not enough time for Pacquiao and sparmates Shawn Porter and David Rodela to go full throttle , it was a four-round session that had all the trappings of a Pacquiao workout .
“Manny did what he always does,” said Pacquiao’s Canadian adviser Mike Koncz from Baguio City , site of the Filipino’s preparation for the May 7 clash with Shane Mosley.
“It was good considering that it’s just the first day (of sparring),” said Koncz.
“They really went at it.”
Pacquiao will rack up more rounds with sessions set for Thursday and Saturday, just before Team Pacquiao leaves for the US to resume the buildup at the Wild Card in Hollywood.
Porter and Rodela are old hands in Pacquiao’s training camp but always put up their best whenever they share the ring with the pound-for-pound king. Source Manila Bulletin
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Drifting
David Feliciano said that drifting is not all about slipping and sliding, but about power and control.” He is one of the two scholars of Goodyear Philippines to be sent to Second Annual Goodyear Formula Drift in Thailand
He is armed with the “great white” his white 1989 Nissan Silva PS13 and his companion Norman Agojo have Nissan Silva RPS13.
This new sport is still in the process of being known. And only those who have the means can participate in this sport. A well maintain car that has a 350+ horsepower with some good tires to strike gold in the competition.
Both Feliciano and Agojo are scholars of Goodyear Philippines
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Shane Mosley will be the next contender.
Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a professional boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions, and is the former WBA Welterweight Super Champion. And he is considered the most famous among the candidates for the fight that includes Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto, a World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion.
He (Bob Arum) said that his first choice is Floyd Mayweather, Jr. but he shows no sign of interest. He added that he could have waited for him since now he is currently facing a charge for assaulting a security guard and was arrested in the hotel casino in Las Vegas which will begin its trial proceeding early next year.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Walang katapusang pasasalamat
This is a message of pacquiao to all his fans, posted in philboxing.com in his column named combinasyon.
MANILA—Isang magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat lalung-lalo na sa mga tumangkilik ng aking huling laban kontra sa Mehikanong si Antonio Margarito may sampung araw na ang nakakalipas. Sana ay nasiyahan kayo sa resulta ng bakbakan at nakapagbigay ulit ako ng dahilan upang lalo nating mahalin ang ating bayan.
Isang walang katapusang pasasalamat ang nais kong ipahatid sa inyong lahat, dahil sa gitna ng matinding pagsubok at panganib, naniwala kayo na kaya nating talunin ang dambuhalang kalaban na mas malaki, mas malakas at mas matangkad sa atin. Sa tulong ng Panginoong Diyos, hindi tayo lubhang nasugatan o napinsala at nakaligtas tayo sa kapahamakan.
Sa buong buhay ko, ang aking pananalig sa Diyos ang siyang totoong sikreto ng aking pag-angat mula sa paghihikahos. Ang pagiging maralita ay hindi naging hadlang upang ako ay sumuko o gumawa ng masama upang makatawid lamang sa kahirapan. Dahil sa turo na rin ng aking mahal na ina, lalo kong napagtanto ang mga sikreto ng buhay, kasama na diyan ang pagiging isang mandirigma at kawal ng Panginoon.
Marahil ay alam na ninyong lahat na nakamit ulit natin ang isa sa mga pinakabihirang record sa larangan ng boksing at iyan ay ang pagkopo natin sa ikawalong world championship title sa ikawalong magkakaibang weight divisions. Opo, nabura ulit natin ang record na aking naitala noong isang taon nang makuha ko ang pambihirang ikapitong world championship title sa ikapitong weight division. Sa inspirasyon na binibigay ninyo sa akin sa bawat laban, bago man, sa kasalukuyan o matapos ang laban, napapagaan ninyo ang mabigat na bagay na nakatuon sa aking mga balikat.
Sa pamamagitan ng inyong mga pinagdugtong-dugtong na mga panalangin, lumakas at narinig sa itaas ang ating mga hinaing. Kaya naman sana, huwag tayong makakalimot din upang pasalamatan ang Dakilang Lumikha dahil kung wala siya, hindi natin makakamit ang tagumpay na ating natatamasa sa kasalukuyan.
Hindi pa po ako titigil sa pakikipaglaban. Sa itaas man o sa labas ng ring, tuloy ang pag-ikot ng mundo nating lahat. Matapos akong makapag-ikot at makapagpasalamat sa lahat ng tumulong sa akin, hindi pa rin ako titigil sa pagtulong sa aking mga kababayan lalung-lalo na sa aking mga kinatawan sa distrito ng Saranggani kung saan ako Congressman. Dahil sa aking pangako, tutuparin ko ang pagbibigay ng karagdagang puhunan para makaahon sa kahirapan at kamangmangan ang marami sa aking mga kababayan.
Siguro, kaya ako pinagpala ng Panginoon ay dahil mayroon siyang mas malalim na pakay. Kaya naman hanggang sa maaabot ng aking kakayahan at makakaya, sinusubukan kong gampanan ang mga bagay na dapat kong gawin at kahit papaano ay naibabahagi ko sa iba ang ilan sa aking pinaghirapan. Kaya naman, wala pa ring patid ang pagpapasalamat ko sa inyong lahat dahil kayo rin ang dahilan kung bakit ako lumalaban at nananalo.
Hanggang sa muling Kumbinasyon. God Bless Us All.
source: philboxing.com
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
PACQUIAO-MARGARITO TOPS ONE-MILLION BUYS
Amid his many troubles, Floyd Mayweather Jr. probably cracked a smile Tuesday because he remains boxing’s undisputed pay-per-view champion.
Mark Taffet, the senior vice president of sports operations and pay-per-view at HBO, announced that the Nov. 13 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito sold 1.15 million units and generated $64 million in pay-per-view revenue.
The figure made Pacquiao the first boxer in the pay-per-view era to have a bout sell in excess of 1 million in three consecutive years. Pacquiao sold 1.25 million with Oscar De La Hoya in 2008 and 1.2 million with Miguel Cotto in 2009.
However, the number was under the predictions of Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who was expecting no fewer than 1.25 million purchases. HBO Pay-Per-View didn’t release a figure until 10 days after the fight, which is unusually late, in an obvious effort to be able to announce as high a number as possible. Pay-per-view sales often continue to drag in for months, and, in some cases, years, though the final figure normally doesn’t change appreciably. The 2007 Mayweather-De La Hoya fight recently surpassed 2.45 million, Taffet said.
Taffet asserted that the Pacquiao-Margarito fight “performed exceptionally well.” He also said that since Pacquiao’s past five pay-per-view bouts have sold a combined 5.1 million, it is a “true measure of his pay-per-view superstar status.”But Mayweather, who is facing up to 34 years in jail on felony and misdemeanor charges related to a Sept. 9 domestic violence allegation in Las Vegas, continues to sell better than Pacquiao. The Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout on May 2 sold 1.4 million. Mayweather did nearly twice as well with De La Hoya as Pacquiao did, and his 1 million sales for a September 2009 bout with Juan Manuel Marquez were well more than Pacquiao did in two fights against the great Mexican champion.
Arum was expecting bigger numbers for the pay-per-view sales because of the extraordinary media coverage the fight received, pointing to publicity such as the Pacquiao profile that appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes” the Sunday before the fight.
The Pacquiao-Margarito bout attracted 41,734 fans to Cowboys Stadium, which is 9,260 fewer than Pacquiao did for the March 13 fight in the same venue against Joshua Clottey. Arum attributed that decline to the fact that the $35 so-called “party passes,” which afforded fans a standing-room ticket, weren’t sold for the Margarito fight.
Pacquiao’s pair of 2010 fights sold 92,728 tickets, an extraordinary number for boxing. The two bouts in Texas likely generated a combined paid gate of approximately $13 million, given the ticket pricing structure for Pacquiao vs. Margarito. That’s only about $2 million more than the paid gate of $11.03 million for the Mayweather-Mosley fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Texas has not yet released the official gate report from the event. source: www.wavenewspapers.com
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Pacman honored by House today
by: Jess Diaz of PhilStar.com
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives will confer the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao when he returns to his law-making job today.
Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II said yesterday the conferment ceremonies “will be our first order of business” in today’s session.
“This congressional award will be conferred by the Speaker. Then we will allow some time for members to congratulate Manny. After that, we will resume session. A modest victory party will follow in the evening,” he said.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. has ordered An Waray Rep. Florencio Noel, accounts committee chairman, and You Against Corruption and Poverty Rep. Carol Jane Lopez, a Sarangani resident, to prepare for a welcome and victory party for Pacquiao.
“We prepared a hero’s welcome for our people’s champion, a welcome that he deserves,” Noel said.
“It’s the first time that we have a colleague who is an eight-time world boxing champion. This is going to be a simple yet fun-filled and fitting welcome, and everybody’s going to be involved,” he said.
Noel said the celebrations would not entail any cost on the part of the House.
He said Belmonte has asked every member of the House to contribute funds for the victory party.
“Many members, aside from contributing money, promised to bring lechon and other food,” he said.
He added that House personnel would be treated to snacks of sandwiches and drinks.
Lopez said Pacquiao has been “emotionally touched” by the decision of his colleagues to contribute to the victory celebrations.
She said before the session starts at 4 p.m., the boxing champion and Belmonte would most likely meet with media practitioners covering the House.
She said the dinner-party would be exclusive for House members and their wives “as requested by congressmen themselves.
”On the eve of the Pacquiao’s return to his law-making job, Palawan Rep. Antonio Alvarez said the boxing champion should also be honored as the country’s No. 1 taxpayer.
“If the government is running out of awards to give to Manny, then it should think of honoring him for being the reigning champion in the individual income tax payment category,” he said.
A Bureau of Internal Revenue report last April revealed that Pacquiao paid P125 million in taxes for 2008, besting Forbes-listed billionaires whose assets dwarf his prize winnings.
“He’s not only the world’s pound-for-pound boxing king, but he’s also the country’s peso-for-peso tax payments title holder,” Alvarez, a member of the Commission on Appointments, said.
He said honoring Pacquiao as the country’s top individual taxpayer “would spur others more moneyed than him to knock him out of the BIR listing.
”BIR’s list of top taxpayers included some entertainers and prominent businessmen.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Will Mayweather be next for Pacquiao?
By Keith Idec
The Record (Hakensack N. J.)ARLINGTON, Texas — Manny Pacquiao left the Dallas area Sunday afternoon knowing three things about his hectic-as-usual schedule.
The boxing superstar/congressman/singer will perform Tuesday at Harrah’s in Lake Tahoe, Nev., for a crowd of high-rollers. The tentative plan thereafter includes a similar performance Wednesday in San Jose, Calif.
Then he’ll head back to the Philippines, where the national icon has pressing public business to address when Congress there goes back into session. He has little idea who he’ll fight next, though.
Ideally, Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet in a May 7 showdown, probably in Las Vegas, to finally settle the pound-for-pound debate that has raged since their first round of negotiations began nearly a year ago.
Those negotiations ceased in early January because Mayweather demanded random drug testing for a March 13 fight. They didn’t fight Saturday night, either, because the enigmatic Mayweather simply decided he didn’t want to fight again in 2010 after defeating Shane Mosley very easily May 1 in Las Vegas.
Now that Pacquiao thoroughly thrashed Antonio Margarito early Sunday, HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg and virtually every boxing fan alive hopes a third round of negotiations commences soon. That depends largely on Mayweather, who might opt against fighting again until his legal situation, stemming from September domestic-violence charges, is settled in Las Vegas, where Mayweather lives.
Pacquiao prefers to discuss anything but his long-awaited showdown with the gifted fighter widely viewed as the only threat to Pacquiao’s pound-for-pound supremacy. The impossibly polite, perpetually happy eight-division champion got as close as he gets to agitated early Sunday when he was asked repeatedly about meeting Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs) during the post-fight press conference.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, was more than willing to discuss what could become the most lucrative event in boxing history.
“After this great performance (by Pacquiao), Mayweather needs to put up or shut up, or move out of the country,” Roach said. “Face it, Manny’s way above him at this point. I remember when (Mayweather) was ducking Margarito. If he doesn’t fight Manny, now we know this guy should retire.”
Mayweather, 33, claims he is the best boxer in the history of the sport. The native of Grand Rapids, Mich., usually uses his unblemished record as evidence that he is better than the likes of “Sugar” Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and “Sugar” Ray Leonard.
His legacy would be weaker, however, if he doesn’t oppose Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) at a time when they’re generally regarded as the top two boxers in the world, free to meet at a reasonable, contracted weight. Pacquiao, 31, gave away 5 inches and 17 pounds to Mexico’s Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC), yet still systematically battered and embarrassed the besmirched former welterweight champion throughout a 12-round fight that drew a crowd of 41,734 to Cowboys Stadium.
No other fight means more to Pacquiao, either, at least financially. He is expected to walk away from the Margarito match with more than $20 million, once pay-per-view numbers are compiled.
Pacquiao and Mayweather likely would make in excess of $40 million apiece if they fought.
“The Mayweather fight is obviously the fight that everyone wants to see,” said Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter. “If Mayweather won’t do it, there’s (a third fight against) Juan Manuel Marquez, there’s Mosley. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
BRIEF: Margarito will have surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured orbital bone around his right eye.
Margarito suffered the injury as he absorbed a brutal beating from Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s punches opened a nasty gash underneath Margarito’s the eye in the fourth round, and it nearly was swollen shut by the end of the 12-round fight. source: staradvertiser.com
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Manny Pacquiao endorses US Senator Harry Reid
Morning Run in Dallas.
11/9/10, Dallas, Texas -- Superstar Manny Pacquiao runs early in the morning Tuesday after arriving in Dallas late Monday night. Pacquiao takes on three-time world champion Antonio Margarito on November 13, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,Texas. Pacquiao vs Margarito is promoted by Top Rank in association with MP Promotions and Cowboys Stadium. The Pacquiao vs Margarito telecast will be available live on HBO Pay Per View. -- Photo Credit: Chris Farina - Top Rank.
Source: Philboxing.com
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito – Who Will Win?
Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito – November 13, 2010I know a lot of boxing fans are not to happy that this fight is taking place.
Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2 38 KO)
Antonio Margarito (38-6 27 KO)
I’m picking Manny for the win (surprised). Margarito didn’t look so good in his last 2 fights especially against his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley and now he is facing a extremely better fighter Pacquiao. I do not see this fight going the distance.
The only way I see Margarito winning is if gets Pacquiao in the corner or against the ropes and unloads on Pacquiao. But I believe Manny is to smart and quick to allow Margarito to that. Speed and mobility will be Pacquiao’s greatest advantage and if Manny keeps the fight in the middle of the ring he will win easily.One other thing to consider is if Manny’s chin and body capable of taking big shots against these bigger guys like Margarito. The great thing about boxing is it only takes one big shot to change the outcome of this fight.This fight will be taking place in the Dallas Cowboy Stadium (Texas). by blogesaurus.com.
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