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PH targets 38 Olympians for Tokyo 2020
Team Philippines hopes to send a delegation of close to 40 athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as only Carlos Yulo and EJ Obiena have qualified

PH SEA Games team to be honored as Athlete of the Year in PSA Awards
This is the second time the Philippine Sportswriters Association will recognize the entire Team Philippines as its Athlete of the Year awardee
Tokyo 2020: 10 sports to watch in PH Olympic drive
With the Olympics just around the bend, the Philippines turns to 10 sports in its bid for Tokyo 2020 berths

How a simple noche buena project evolved to help rice farmers in Nueva Ecija
Looking back, I can’t help but wonder how a simple noche buena gift-giving project was able to take on a life of its own and evolve into this

Duterte confers Order of Lapulapu to SEA Games athletes
The special presidential recognition is on top of cash incentives for medal-winning Filipino athletes

Experts see bright PH jiu-jitsu future after SEA Games surprise
The Philippine jiu-jitsu team collects 5 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals in the 2019 SEA Games
PH wakeboarding quietly delivers in SEA Games 2019
The Philippine wakeboarding team nets 2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals in the 2019 SEA Games
Gina Iniong's sacrifice pays off with SEA Games kickboxing gold
Gina Iniong postpones her honeymoon to represent the country in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games
Bigger things await PH men’s volleyball after breakthrough run
After the historic SEA Games campaign of the Philippine men’s volleyball team, national federation LVPI vows to plot an even better training program

SEA Games gold haul cements Cordillera's claim as center for PH combat sports
Athletes from the Cordilleras collect 18 gold medals in the SEA Games 2019, mostly from combat sports

POC boosts incentives for SEA Games 2019 medalists
An individual gold won by a Filipino athlete in the 2019 SEA Games is now worth P750,000

IN PHOTOS: Filipinos smash records at SEA Games 2019
The stellar performance of Filipino athletes leads to multiple shattered records in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

Arnis, 3 other sports account for quarter of PH SEA Games gold haul
Filipino athletes put on a dominant SEA Games show in arnis, dancesport, athletics, and boxing

Hidilyn Diaz to Filipinas: 'We can be both strong and beautiful’
'One thing I learned is that I can be beautiful whenever I compete. We are beautiful in our on ways and as Filipinas, we are also strong,' says weightlifting star Hidilyn Diaz

PH surfer awarded Fair Play Athlete of SEA Games 2019
Roger Casogay gets recognized in the 2019 SEA Games closing ceremonies for helping his opponent get back to safety
Kiefer Ravena dedicates 5th SEA Games gold to World Cup team
Extending his record for most gold medals won by a Filipino in SEA Games basketball, Kiefer Ravena doesn't count out the chance of winning another one
Brief encounter: Fighter wins SEA Games gold after underwear row
Filipino arnisador Crisamuel Delfin admits he considered sacrificing his golden bid than be forced to wear underpants

'Worth it': Philippines reclaims SEA Games 2019 overall championship
Host Philippines officially bags the overall championship after amassing an all-time high 149 golds in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games

Carlos Yulo to receive P3.2 million as Duterte gives SEA Games 2019 bonus
(UPDATED) Gymnastics star Carlos Yulo emerges as the Philippines' most bemedalled athlete in the 2019 SEA Games

Aries Toledo retains SEA Games decathlon title
Philippine athletics star Aries Toledo reigns supreme as Southeast Asia's 'strongest man'

Team Lakay’s Iniong, Saclag seize kickboxing golds
Philippine kickboxing wraps up its campaign on a triumphant note as Team Lakay members Gina Iniong and Jean Claude Saclag add two more gold medals

No surprise: Gilas rips Thailand by 34 for 18th SEA Games gold
The Philippines retains its status as the undisputed king of men's basketball in the region
Amit, Centeno blank Indonesian duo for 9-ball doubles gold
After copping a gold each in singles play, Rubilen Amit and Chezka Centeno team up to rule the women’s 9-ball doubles

Gilas Women crush Thailand for historic SEA Games gold
Jack Animam, Janine Pontejos, and Afril Bernardino show the way as the Philippines rules women's basketball for the first time in SEA Games history
PH hurdles king Eric Cray races to 4th straight SEA Games gold
Putting his early flop behind, Philippine athletics star Eric Cray clocks his season-best time in the SEA Games 400m hurdles

LIVE UPDATES: Philippines vs Thailand - SEA Games 2019 basketball finals
The Philippines guns for an 18th SEA Games gold medal in men's basketball against Thailand on Tuesday, December 10, at the Mall of Asia Arena
Olympic hopeful Daniel Caluag grabs BMX racing silver
After a heartbreaking start to his SEA Games campaign, Filipino BMX star Daniel Caluag bounces back and clinches a silver

HIGHLIGHTS: Philippines vs Indonesia – SEA Games 2019 men's volleyball gold medal match
After a miraculous semifinal triumph, the Philippine men's volleyball team shoots for a historic SEA Games gold against Indonesia

Stellar year: UP summa cum laude Jamie Lim relishes SEA Games gold
Karateka Jamie Lim replicates the SEA Games success her father and PBA legend Samboy Lim enjoyed when he won a gold in the 1983 edition
Dennis Orcollo pockets SEA Games 10-ball gold
Filipino pool star Dennis Orcollo breaks his four-year Southeast Asian Games championship drought

Unheralded Bautista, Calano run away with SEA Games athletics golds
Philippine bets Clinton Kingsley Bautista and Melvin Calano deliver golden surprises on Day 4 of athletics action

Valdez takes benching in stride as PH drops SEA Games bronze match
After the Philippine volleyball team's gut-wrenching loss, Alyssa Valdez says 'if it’s not our time, it’s not our time'

Marcial, Suarez bolster PH boxing gold haul
Eumir Marcial stops his opponent in 71 seconds as 5 Filipino boxers wrap up the country’s ring campaign in resounding fashion

Pinay boxers Gabuco, Petecio strike SEA Games golds
Josie Gabuco and Nesthy Petecio enthrall the crowd as the Filipina boxers ace their final assignments

Charmaine Dolar nabs lone PH medal in aerobic gymnastics
Vietnam and Thailand dominate as aerobic gymnast Charmaine Dolor carries the fight for the Philippines

Indonesia deals PH volleyball one last heartbreak in 5-set bronze finish
The Philippines fails to close it out as Indonesia rallies to spoil the Filipina spikers' bid to end their 14-year medal drought

Meggie Ochoa leads PH jiu-jitsu's golden SEA Games 2019 haul
World champion Meggie Ochoa lives up to expectations as she adds a SEA Games gold to her collection

Love wins: Dela Cruz couple hits lone PH archery gold
Husband and wife Paul Marton and Rachelle Anne dela Cruz bag the Philippines' only SEA Games archery gold

Jasmine Alkhaldi nails Olympic cut, sets PH swim records thrice
'This one is a tough race because because all of us were so close, so to get a medal here, I’m very happy,' says Philippine swimming star Jasmine Alkhaldi

'Sarap maging Pinoy': Netizens ecstatic with historic SEA Games PH men's volleyball win
The Philippine men's volleyball team finally gets the attention it deserves and we are all here for it

PH Volcanoes crash back into SEA Games 2019 podium
The Philippine men's rugby team reclaims the title while the women's team settles for silver

LIVE UPDATES: Philippines vs Indonesia - SEA Games 2019 basketball semifinals
Gilas Pilipinas vies for a spot in the gold medal match against an Indonesia side mentored by former Philippine coach Rajko Toroman
HIGHLIGHTS: Philippines vs Indonesia – SEA Games 2019 women's volleyball battle for bronze
The Philippine women's volleyball team needs a win now more than ever as it fights for the bronze against Indonesia

PH dragonboat team paddles to SEA Games double bronze
Thailand and Indonesia lord it over as the Philippines twice settle for 3rd in the traditional boat race

Clutch Bagunas delivers as PH rewrites SEA Games volleyball history
After toppling the kings of Southeast Asian volleyball, Bryan Bagunas and the rest of the Filipino spikers vow to go all out in the gold medal match

Lopez, PH taekwondo team kick way to 3 SEA Games gold
Pauline Lopez, Samuel Morrison, and Dave Cea all deliver gold medals as the Philippine taekwondo team dominates on the second day of competition
After disqualification, Eric Cray leads PH to relay gold
Eric Cray misses the chance to reclaim his title as Southeast Asia's fastest man, but redeems himself with a relay gold

Amit trumps Centeno, cops SEA Games 9-ball gold
Rubilen Amit walks away with the 9-ball gold this time after succumbing to Chezka Centeno in the women's 10-ball finals
Sibling sensation: Altomontes offer double SEA Games gold to mom
National athletes Francesca and Dino Altomonte pay tribute to their parents after winning two SEA Games golds in two sports

Gilas Women dethrone Malaysia, win away from historic SEA Games gold
Led by Afril Bernardino, the Philippines comes from behind to assure itself of a silver-medal finish