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Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveil final budget of $12.6 billion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 12:13 PM

TOKYO - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are expected to cost some 1.35 trillion yen ($12.6 billion), organizers said Friday, unveiling a final budget showing increased revenue balancing out extra costs including countermeasures against heat. Read more »

Why host countries dominate SEA Games, falter in next

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 05:19 PM

But the Philippines is not likely to duplicate this feat 2 years from now, sports officials concede, when the events shift to Vietnam, which will enjoy the advantages on display in the ongoing edition. Read more »

PH targets over 100 gold medals in 2019 SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 03:29 PM

Philippine sports officials are banking on the country's home-court advantage to turn things around in this year's SEA Games. Read more »

Can PH win 100 golds in SEA Games? POC president thinks so

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 12:42 PM

Even as controversies about the Philippines' hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games pile up, the leader of the country's Olympic committee is keeping his focus on the performance of the Filipino athletes. Read more »

Group organizing 30th SEA Games lacks experience, former POC chief says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 11:16 PM

After a former official of the Philippine Olympic Committee observed that the organizers are simply out of their depth. Read more »

POC chief: Early SEA Games problems ‘just glitches,’ can't be avoided

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 05:30 PM

POC president Abraham Tolentino said the public must focus on the athletes, not on the problems besetting the Games because such issues were to be expected. Read more »

Official: POC can’t intervene when athletes removed from SEA Games rosters

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 03:05 PM

Each federation governing a sport's national affairs works as an independent entity, and the POC's hands are tied, says its president, Abraham Tolentino. Read more »

IOC plans boxing qualifiers with the help of suspended AIBA

Karolos Grohmann, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 11:35 AM

The International Olympic Committee has been cooperating with boxing's suspended international federation AIBA as the Olympic body plans the sport's qualifiers and tournament at next year's Tokyo 2020 Games. Read more »

SEA Games: PSC ready to release funds for equipment purchase

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 05:51 PM

The Philippine Sports Commission is ready to release funds for the purchase of competition equipment for the 30th Southeast Asian Games hosting of the country. Read more »

PH sports officials vow to be on the same page in lead-up to SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 08:00 PM

The heads of the POC, the PSC, and the Phisgoc on Wednesday signed an agreement clarifying their roles with the hope of avoiding discord as the SEA Games approach. Read more »

PH handang-handa na sa pag-host ng 2019 SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 10:00 PM

Tiniyak ng bagong pinuno ng Philippine Olympic Committee na walang patid ang paghahanda para sa SEA Games.   Read more »

Tolentino hopes typhoons won't hamper SEA Games preparations

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 08:22 PM

POC President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino admitted they have some catching up to do in the preparations for the 2019 SEA Games, which is just 3 months away. Read more »

Juico accepts defeat, offers to help Tolentino in POC

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 07:11 PM

Track and field chief Philip Ella Juico had no complaints after losing a close race for the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) presidency on Sunday afternoon at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. Read more »

'Trabaho na 'to': Tolentino shifts focus to SEA Games after winning POC presidency

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:16 PM

Newly elected Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino declared his readiness to get to work after winning the post in a special election on Sunday at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. Read more »

Bambol Tolentino wins POC presidency

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 03:43 PM

(UPDATED) PhilCycling chief Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino was elected president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on Sunday.  Read more »

Bambol Tolentino, Philip Ella Juico to contest PH Olympic body presidency

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 06:23 PM

The election for the POC presidency will be between Tolentino, head of cycling's national governing body, and Juico, Tolentino's counterpart in track and field. Read more »

POC distances itself from PHISGOC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 04:25 PM

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) on Wednesday reiterated that it had nothing to do with the embattled Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee Foundation, Inc. Read more »

Malacañang: Cayetano innocent despite PHISGOC corruption allegations

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 06:20 PM

Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, who was recently endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte for House Speaker, is the chairman of PHISGOC. Read more »

Bambol Tolentino to follow IOC order, exclude self from special POC meeting

Mark Escarlote, ABS-CBN Sports
Posted at Jul 05 08:48 PM

Officials who resigned from the Philippine Olympic Committee were ordered not to attend a special meeting on Monday “to avoid further disputes or challenges.” Read more »

PSC to look after athletes' welfare amid POC's leadership row

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 05:21 PM

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez assured the government will take care of the athletes' needs as they prepare for the country's hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Read more »