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2025 PSA Annual Awards
The 2025 San Miguel Corporation (SMC)-Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards, Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony giving honor and spotlight to the individuals (athletes, officials) teams, National Sports Associations and organizations that made success and giving pride and honor to the Philippine sports in the year 2024, specifically in the recent campaign of the Filipino athletes in the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics led by gold medalist Carlos Yulo. Details The awarding ceremony was held on January 27, 2025, at the Centennial Hall of the Manila Hotel in Manila. A total of 117 athletes from the past Filipino olympians to present sports achievers, coaches, officials, sports organizations and entities led by 2024's PSA Athlete of the Year Carlos Yulo were being honored and given recognition in the biggest PSA Awards to date with the theme "Golden Year, Golden Centenary" in line with the 100th year anniv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Hotel
The Manila Hotel is a 550-room, historic five-star hotel located along Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines."Manila Hotel" Arkitektura.ph. Retrieved on September 27, 2013. The hotel is the oldest premiere hotel in the Philippines built in 1909 to rival Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines. It was opened on the commemoration of American Independence on July 4, 1912. The hotel complex was built on a Land reclamation, reclaimed area of at the northwestern end of Rizal Park along Bonifacio Drive in Ermita. Its penthouse served as the residence of Douglas MacArthur, General Douglas MacArthur during his tenure as the Military Advisor of the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935 to 1941. The hotel used to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bachmann
Richard "Dickie" Bachmann (born January 11, 1968) is a Filipino sports executive and former basketball player who serves as the chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Education Bachmann attended De La Salle University from 1986 to 1991 graduating with a degree in commerce. Career Playing career Bachmann also played for the Green Archers, the De La Salle University's varsity team when he was in college. He was also part of the Alaska Milkmen of the Philippine Basketball Association. He joined the team in the 1993 PBA Draft at age of 25. Coaching career Bachmann served as an assistant for the Milkmen with Jun Reyes in 1998 to 1999 as playing assistants. In 2000, they became full-time assistants. Bachmann served as an assistant until 2012. Executive career He was the general manager of the defunct PBA team Alaska Aces from 2012, and concurrently Team Governor since 2014 until the team folded. Sports administration Bachmann was the basketball commissioner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidilyn Diaz
Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She holds two Olympic records in weightlifting for her performance at the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In her early weightlifting years, she was a bronze medalist in the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand and achieved 10th place at the 2006 Asian Games in the 53-kilogram class. While she was a student and representing Universidad de Zamboanga, she won two golds and one silver in the Asian Youth/Junior Weightlifting Championship held in Jeonju, South Korea.Hidilyn Diaz nbcolympics.com She competed in the , where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur Boxing
Amateur boxing is the variant of boxing practiced in clubs and associations around the world, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as at the varsity sports, collegiate level. Amateur boxing bouts comprise three rounds of three minutes for men, and four rounds of two minutes for women, each with a one-minute interval between rounds. Men's senior bouts changed in format from four two-minute rounds to three three-minute rounds on January 1, 2009. Amateur boxing rewards point-scoring blows, based on the number of clean punches landed, rather than physical power. Also, the amateur format allows tournaments to feature several bouts over several days, unlike professional boxing, where fighters typically rest several months between bouts. A referee (boxing), referee monitors the fight to ensure that competitors use only legal blows; a belt worn over the torso represents the lower limit of punches – any boxer repeatedly landing "low blows" is disqualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aira Villegas
Aira Cordero Villegas (born August 1, 1995) is a Filipino amateur boxer. She won a bronze medal in the inaugural women's Light Flyweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career Villegas is a Southpaw hailing from Tacloban. She has competed in at least two editions of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in the -52kg division. For the 2022 edition in Turkey, she was forced to move to the -50kg division after her previous class was scrapped. In 2021, the Philippine Olympic Committee named Villegas as a beneficiary of the Olympics Solidarity Scholarship Grant by the International Olympic Committee. She has also competed at the 2022 Asian Games which was held in September 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Villegas is also a Southeast Asian Games medalist, having won a bronze in the 2019 edition organized in the Philippines. Villegas would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, by winning the quota bouts round, of the women's flyweight division, at the 2024 World Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesthy Petecio
Nesthy Alcayde Petecio (born April 11, 1992) is a Filipino amateur boxer. She won a silver medal in the inaugural Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Women's featherweight, women's featherweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Filipino woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing, and won a bronze medal in the Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 kg, women's flyweight event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, 2014 World Championships and gold at the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, 2019 edition. With two Olympic medals, Petecio is the first Filipino boxer to win multiple medals in the Olympic Games. Early life and education Petecio was born in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur to parents Teodoro Petecio and Prescilla Alcayde. Petecio came from a poor family; her father was a farmer while her mother is a housewife. At a young age, Petecio and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidilyn Diaz With Her Gold Medal 2021 (1-44 Screenshot)
Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino weightlifter and airwoman. She holds two Olympic records in weightlifting for her performance at the women's 55 kg category for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In her early weightlifting years, she was a bronze medalist in the 2007 SEA Games in Thailand and achieved 10th place at the 2006 Asian Games in the 53-kilogram class. While she was a student and representing Universidad de Zamboanga, she won two golds and one silver in the Asian Youth/Junior Weightlifting Championship held in Jeonju, South Korea.Hidilyn Diaz nbcolympics.com She competed in the , where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and Abdomen, abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG); for women, the events include floor (gymnastics), floor, vault (gymnastics), vault, uneven bars, and balance beam; for men, besides floor and vault, it includes still rings, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for competition in gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSA Athlete Of The Year
The PSA Athlete of the Year is an annual award given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the best Filipino athletes for their sporting contributions and achievement. It is part of the PSA's Annual Awards Night, one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in the Philippines. Notable athletes who have been given this award include Rafael Nepomuceno, Bong Coo, Eric Buhain, Lydia de Vega, Efren Reyes, Manny Pacquiao, Hidilyn Diaz and Carlos Yulo. Winners Per year Multiple-time winners Special awards *''Hall of Fame'' **Paeng Nepomuceno, 1997: bowling **Bong Coo, 2004: bowling **Eugene Torre, 2006: chess **Manny Pacquiao, 2008: professional boxing **Efren Reyes, 2010: billiards **Florencio Campomanes, 2010: chess **Mitsubishi Motors Philippines, 2015: tennis ** Lydia de Vega, 2022: athletics **Hidilyn Diaz, 2024: weightlifting *''Lifetime Achievement Award'' **Florencio Campomanes, 2006: chess **1973 Philippines men's national basketball team, 2014: ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Sports
One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sporting events in the Philippines and the world for free-to-air TV channels TV5, RPTV, One Sports channel, Cignal-exclusive channels One Sports+, PBA Rush, NBA TV Philippines and UAAP Varsity Channel, and online sports streaming platform Pilipinas Live. Its flagship program is the Philippine Basketball Association, the world's second oldest professional basketball league, since it acquired the television rights from 2004 to 2008 and since 2011. History ABC Sports The network's sports division, then known as ABC Sports, was established in 2004 as a result of ABC-5's acquisition of broadcast rights to the Philippine Basketball Association. The telecasts were known as the ''PBA on ABC'', after the disbandment of the broadcasting con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzbekistan
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2024 Asian Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2024 Asian Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were the 11th edition of the Asian Gymnastics Championships, Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 16 to 19 May 2024. The event served as a Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification, qualification event for the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympics Games in Paris. Participating countries * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table Overall Senior Junior Senior results Individual all-around Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Junior results Individual all-around Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
