First Filipino players in NHL history to combine for a goal.
Jason Robertson and Matt Dumba Make NHL History as First Filipino Players to Combine for a Goal.
Photo/video credits: @dallasstars
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FIRST FILIPINO IN THE LIGA ACB!!!
20-year-old, Aaron Ganal made history as the first Filipino to play in the Liga ACB in Spain. The league is known as the second strongest domestic league in the world next to the NBA.
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What is Disc Golf?
Disc Golf is similar to traditional golf, however, instead of using golf clubs and balls aiming for a hole, disc golf players use disc golf discs and aim for a disc golf basket.
Disc Golf is one of the best lifetime fitness sports. It is easy to learn, a healthy activity, and accessible to people of all ages and fitness levels.
How to play Disc Golf?
1. Each hole begins with a tee throw. Tee throws must be completed within or behind the designated tee area.
2. The lie is the spot where the player’s previous throw has landed. Mark each lie with a mini marker disc or leave the thrown disc on the ground where it landed. The player’s subsequent throw is made from directly behind the marked lie.
3. The player with the least amount of strokes on the previous hole is the first tee-off on the next hole. After all, players have teed off, the player whose disc is the farthest from the hole always throws first.
4. A disc that comes to rest in the disc golf basket or is suspended in the chains constitutes the successful completion of that hole.
Find out more about the up-and-coming sports activity the Nayong Pilipino Foundation offers.
To promote sports tourism and accessible physical wellness activities to the public, the NPF and the Disc Golf Association of the Philippines will launch the first-ever disc golf course in Metro Manila.
An Inaugural Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2023.
Register at https://bit.ly/DGTournamentReg
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Table Tennis Bronze at the 11th ASEAN PARA Games
Congratulations to the duo of Minnie Der Cadag and Pablo Catalan Jr., for winning the bronze medal for Team Philippines in Para Table Tennis Class 10 Mixed Doubles event at the 11th ASEAN PARA Games!
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Did you know that the Philippine Sports Training Center (PSTC) will become the second national sports training center since RMSC?
According to Section 4 of the Republic Act No. 11214, the PSTC will “serve as the official home and primary venue for the development of athletes in the National Team and its corresponding training pools included in the list of sports contemplated therein, through the use of scientific principles and programs, proven training techniques, and modern equipment and facilities that are at par with international standards.”
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Philippines 1st Gold Medal in the 31st SEA Games
Malacañang congratulates Mary Francine Padios for winning the 1st gold medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam.
The Palace congratulates Mary Francine Padios for bringing pride and glory to the country by winning the first gold medal for the Philippines in Pencak Silat Women’s Seni (Artistic) Tunggal single event in Vietnam.
Congratulation. We are proud of you.
Good luck to the rest of our athletes in Team Philippines.
Mabuhay ang Atletang Pinoy sa Hanoi.
Secretary Martin Andanar (Presidential Communications Operation s Office and Acting Presidential Spokesperson)
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Sardinen is like hide-and-seek.
Ever heard of a reverse version of hide-and-seek where only one player hides?
In this game, a kid is chosen to hide while the rest of the kids have to find him. We need to count to 30 while the kid hides.
Whoever finds the kid has to hide with him/her.
Why only one hides?
One after the one, the others join the first kid in hiding and everyone is together likes sardines in a can. But the last one who finds them loses.
That’s why its called “Sardinen” because of “Sardinas”. They look like sardines when hiding.
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8 Filipino Athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympics (as of May 10, 2021)
They are the following:
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Bultung
The traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are not just regular games for them but it’s their way of life. One perfect example is the Ifugao’s bultung or wrestling. Bultung is a traditional way of practice by IPs from Ifugao to settle land boundary disputes.
The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
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Bayu sa Humay
Restoring Heritage, Reliving the Games of the Indigenous Peoples:
Members of an Indigenous group from Davao del Norte participate in bayu sa humay, one of the traditional sports and games. demonstrated during the launching leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program in 2018.
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Basket sa Likod
Indigenous Peoples (IP) from Davao del Norte demonstrates the basket sa likod, one of the traditional sports and games featured during the launching leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program in 2018.
The “basket sa likod” is one of the unique traditional sports and games of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) identified under the program.
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Tiklaw
Restoring Heritage, Reliving the Games of the Indigenous Peoples.
Tiklaw is one of the traditional sports and games demonstrated during the Kapangan, Benguet leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program in 2018.
This game tests the player’s precision and control. It is played by removing one stick from the other piled sticks one by one while trying to avoid movements from the other piled sticks.
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Pahonan
A member of an Indigenous group from Lagawe, Ifugao competes in the pahonan or log race event, one of the traditional sports and games featured in this leg of PSC’s Indigenous Peoples Games program held in 2018.
The activity is in partnership with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
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Labba Relay
In collaboration with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the IP Games program empowers the Indigenous Peoples to showcase not just common traditional sports and games but also unique ones.
This is an effort to achieve the concept of “passing down” from generation to generation.
The photo (above) shows a young IP member demonstrating the Labba relay, a traditional way of the Indigenous Peoples from Cordillera in bringing food from the farm to the community, during the Ifugao leg in 2018.
The activity is in partnership with National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).
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Old Filipino Traditional Games
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Mary Flor Diaz wins 3 Silver Medals
Congratulations Mary Flor Diaz for winning three silver medals in the women’s 45kg class of the 2021 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Raymundo Deyro (Tennis)
Born on March 14, 1928, Raymundo Deyro was a prolific lawn tennis player that made a gallant stand representing the Philippines in prestigious cups in Asia and the world.
At the height of the sport internationally, Philippine tennis emerged as one of the top-caliber teams in the Asian region, including the young Deyro, and tennis legend Felicisimo Ampon.
In the third Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958, Deyro ruled the competition after winning the gold medals in the men’s singles defeating teammate Ampon in the final. In the men’s doubles, the two teamed up to capture another gold medal finish against Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Deyro returned in the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, together with Johnny Jose, Miguel Dungo and Guillermo Hernandez won a silver medal in the men’s team and another silver in the men’s doubles with Jose.
Throughout his career, Raymundo also represented the country in commercial leagues and set the national record of 36 victories in the prestigious David Cup from 1950 to 1971.
Deyro appeared in nine Grand Slam singles tournaments including the French Open in 1950 and 1953, the Wimbledon in 1948, 1951, and 1953, and the U.S. Open in 1946 and 1955.
He was inducted in the second enshrinement of the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Update: Sam Catantan wins Bronze in Uzbekistan
Congratulations Samantha Catantan for winning the bronze medal in the senior women’s foil event of the Asia-Oceanian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Sam Catantan win bronze in the women’s foil
Congratulations Sam Catantan for winning the bronze medal in the women’s foil, and All-American honors in the 2021 US NCAA Fencing Championships at Penn State University, Pennsylvania.
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Kristina Knott wins silver in Texas
Congratulations Kristina Knott for earning a silver medal after clocking in 11.54 seconds in the women’s 100-meter event of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays held in Austin, Texas.
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Junna Tsukii wins gold in Serbia
Congratulations Junna Tsukii for winning the gold medal in the women’s 50 kg category of the 2021 Golden Belt Tournament in Serbia.
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