Go For Gold Philippines is a sports foundation and sponsorship program of the Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp., supporting Filipino

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s and

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s competing in various

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s. It organizes the

Go for Gold Philippines Go For Gold Philippines is a sports foundation and sponsorship program of the Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp., supporting Filipino athletes and teams competing in various sports. It organizes the Go for Gold Philippines UCI Continental ...

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. Go For Gold Philippines has supported athletes in other sports such as

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, sepak takraw, dragonboat, and

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. Go For Gold Philippines began with cycling. In 2016, Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp. decided to form a cycling team under the Go For Gold name. Since then, Go For Gold has branched out to support other sports. In 2019,

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made a promotional partnership agreement with Go For Gold to promote the

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, which was hosted in China, and in the Philippines.

Teams

Notes
:1. Covers the period when the team is sponsored by Go for Gold, if the team was not formed by Go For Gold itself.

References

{{reflist 2016 establishments in the Philippines Sports organizations of Asia Sports in the Philippines

Teams

See also

References