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Olympics: PH athletes might fly earlier to Tokyo to meet quarantine requirement

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Posted at Mar 10 06:07 PM

Members of the Philippine Team who will compete in the 2020 Summer Games may have to fly earlier to Tokyo to avoid disqualification by meeting quarantine and health check requirements in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Olympics: Pinoy athletes continue to vie for slots despite possible postponement of Tokyo Games

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 01:51 PM

(UPDATE) The country's preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics continue despite the possibility of the Summer Games being postponed amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 17, 2019

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Updated as of Dec 18 02:25 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Thanksgiving party for SEA Games heroes

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 04:37 PM

Athletes are awarded incentives during a thanksgiving party thrown to recognize the athletes’ efforts in the recently concluded 30th SEA Games by the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committe and the Philippine Olympic Committee on Tuesday. Read more »

PH targets over 100 gold medals in 2019 SEA Games

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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 »

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

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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 »

SEA Games chief planner to be 'replaced': Cayetano

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Updated as of Sep 17 08:35 PM

MANILA - Less than three months before the Philippines' hosting of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the chief operating officer (COO) of the organizing committee became the latest to fall in the country's handling of the regional event.  Read more »

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

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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 »

Football's Araneta picked as country's CDM for 2020 Olympics

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 04:28 PM

Football chief Nonong Araneta has been named as the Philippines chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

PH Olympic Committee welcomes new president

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Posted at Aug 05 10:07 AM

Leadership issues at the Philippine Olympic Committee are now resolved, after the body elected a new president last week. Learn more about Abraham 'Bambol' Tolentino's plans for the POC in this interview. Read more »

Tolentino eyes good start as new POC president

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Posted at Jul 30 05:05 PM

Newly elected Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino is looking for the healing process to begin, as he convenes the POC board for the first time on Friday. 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

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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

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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 »

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 »

POC urged not to sacrifice ‘due process’ in conduct of elections

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Posted at Jul 03 09:17 PM

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has been instructed by two international sports bodies to be conscious of “due process” in conducting elections for its key positions. Read more »