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Alex Eala starts maiden Asian Games campaign vs Pakistani foe

Photo from Alex Eala’s Facebook HANGZHOU, China – Alex Eala begins her medal bid in the women’s singles event on Monday in the 19th Asian Games here. Eala battles Sarah Ibrahim Khan of Pakistan in one of the featured matches at the city’s Olympic Stadium. She drew an opening-round bye during Saturday’s draw. The 5-foot-9…

Asian Games: Kayla Sanchez makes promising PH debut in women’s relay final

FILE – Kayla Sanchez. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) HANGZHOU, China—Kayla Sanchez showed up at the relay finals on Sunday evening, energizing the Philippine swim team that wound up fifth in the women’s 4x100m freestyle at the 19th Asian Games. Sanchez, the Olympic medalist from Canada who opted to suit up for the nation’s…

Gilas Pilipinas in high-spirits, arrives in China for Asian Games

Gilas Pilipinas huddles after beating Changwon in a tuneup game at PhilSports Arena.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net HANGZHOU, China – Gilas Pilipinas finally arrived for the 19th Asian Games, bearing with it a positive mindset despite facing tremendous adversities prior to its departure. Coach Tim Cone and his 12-man crew checked in at the Hangzhou International Airport Sunday…

Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games

FILE – A volunteer holds up country’s sign for Afghan men’s only team during a welcoming ceremony at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File) HANGZHOU, China — In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in…

LIVE UPDATES: Hangzhou Asian Games September 24

The action in the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 in 2023 officially kicked off in Hangzhou, China starting September 24. The pandemic-delayed continental meet opened on Saturday with the parade of nations at Olympic Sports Center Stadium on Saturday night. The Philippines has 396 athletes from 40 sports in this year’s Asian Games. First gold medal…

Asian Games: PH taekwondo eyes medal windfall like in Doha 2006

FILE–Jocel Ninobla. HANGZHOU, China—Should luck and the judges’ admiration come to their aid, poomsae aces Jocel Lyn Ninobla and King Patrick Perez might well be the first Filipinos on the medal stand of the 19th Asian Games. Both of them Southeast Asian Games champions early this year, Perez is No. 4 in the rankings of…

Alex Eala faces tough road to Asian Games podium

FILE – Alex Eala during the W100 Vitoria-Gasteiz. Photo from Alex Eala’s Facebook HANGZHOU, China—Tennis prodigy Alex Eala secured an opening-round bye in women’s singles during the draw on Saturday before the 19th Asian Games officially got off the ground. The 18-year-old Eala clinched the fourth seeding in the tournament after a series of impressive…

Asian Games: Agatha Wong eyes another podium finish

Southeast Asian Games – Wushu – Chroy Changvar Convention Centre Hall A, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 12, 2023 Philippines’ Agatha Chrystenzen Fernandez Wong celebrates winning gold in the women’s Taijijian during the medal ceremony REUTERS/Cindy Liu HANGZHOU, China—Agatha Wong has adapted to juggling her time between training and medical school. Although both are demanding,…

Gilas’ Asian Games roster woes stay status quo

Gilas Pilipinas huddles after beating Changwon in a tuneup game at PhilSports Arena.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines–Less than 24 hours before Gilas Pilipinas’ flight for the 19th Asian Games in China, interim national coach Tim Cone offered no resolution to the manpower woes hounding the program. “We don’t have anything,” Cone told a pair of reporters…

SCHEDULE: Gilas Pilipinas at Hangzhou Asian Games basketball

Joint practice between the Asian Games-bound Gilas men’s and women’s basketball team. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net The Gilas Pilipinas teams begin their 5×5 basketball campaigns at the Asian Games 2022 in 2023 starting September 26 in several venues in Hangzhou, China. In men’s basketball, 16 teams are divided into four groups of four. The men’s Gilas team,…