Azkals members are in the town of Guimbal, Iloilo Friday for a football clinic and friendly game to be held in Guimbal National High School.
Azkals members Angel Guirado, Chiefy Caligdong, Ian Araneta, and Misagh Bahadoran arrived today from Manila upon the invitation of Aambis-Owa Partylist Rep. Sharon Garin and Guimbal Mayor Kristine Garin who strongly help promote football in the municipality.
The town of Guimbal in the first district of Iloilo province is also gearing to produce the best football players just like Barotac Nuevo, considered as the football capital of the Philippines and where some Azkals members belong.
The football clinic is open to elementary and high school students interested to learn from the best players of the country.
The friendly game, meanwhile, will be held between the 1st District All Stars and Guimbal Football Association with two Azkals members playing on each team.
The friendly match will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday at the Guimbal National High School grounds.
Games Tuesday
2 p.m. – Air Force vs Perpetual
4 p.m. – Ateneo vs SSC
MANILA, Aug. 8 (PNA) — Ateneo and San Sebastian clash Tuesday for the lead in a duel of fancied teams even as Air Force shoots for another win against winless Perpetual Help in the Shakey’s V-League Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan.
The Lady Eagles and the Stags are coming off contrasting stints when they slug it out in the 4 p.m. main game with the former absorbing a stinging 21-25, 24-26, 25-20, 31-29 setback to a resurgent Air Force side last Sunday that snapped a two-game win run. Read more…
Cebu City will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest number of participants in a chess tournament on Nov. 19 at the Cebu City Sports Center.
Krasnoyork City in Russia currently holds the record with 1,214 participants last June 2, 2007.
Cebu City Sports Commission Ed Hayco wants to top that with 30,000 players all over Cebu City.
“This is open to all public schools, private and chess clubs,” said Hayco, who plans to tap the support of the 120 public schools all over Cebu City with a combined population of 160,000 students. Read more…
Substitute Karina Maruyama lashed home an extra-time winner as Japan stunned holders and hosts Germany 1-0 to reach the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup for the first time on Saturday.
Maruyama kept her head to drill home three minutes into the second half of extra time, wrecking Germany’s hopes of a third consecutive title and setting up a meeting Wednesday in the last four with either Australia or Sweden, who play on Sunday.
“The players really dug in, persevered and were absolutely excellent,” said Japan coach Norio Sasaki.
Yao Ming, one of the pivotal figures in the NBA globalization, sent nothing about his retirement to the Houston Rockets and NBA, confirmed by Rockets official on Friday.
“We have not got any news about Yao’s retirement,” said Talung Lin, China’s market manager of the Rockets. “We were surprised by the news spreading around here today.”
According to the reports from Houston Chronicle, Yahoo Sports and ESPN on Friday, 30-year-old Yao, who has a stress fracture in his left ankle early this year, has decided to retire and has informed the Rockets and NBA about his retirement. Read more…
An offer of assistance from San Miguel Corp. helped the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to agree that the coming match between the Philippine Azkals and Sri-Lanka in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) be held at the historic Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Sports commissioner Chito Loyzaga, would not divulge what kind of assistance the giant food and beverage conglomerate has offered, except that Philippine Football Federation (PFF) through its president, Mariano “Nonong” Araneta, advised the PSC of the forthcoming SMC assistance.
“The PFF, in fact, has requested us that its representatives and those of SMC be given permission to make an ocular inspection of the Rizal Stadium, which we granted,” Loyzaga said in Friday’s SCOOP Sa Kamayan weekly session at the Kamayan Restaurant.
“Since they are asking that they be allowed to inspect the venue, I surmised that SMC is willing to shoulder the expenses in making the stadium meet the standard set by FIFA (International Football Federation),” Loyzaga said.
“For us in the PSC, we welcome that because if the field can be converted into an international standard stadium, it would be very good. That really is our target, to improve the standard of the stadium. If that happens, not only football will be benefitted but other sports as well and we will be able to host other events as well,” Loyzaga said.
Bacolod City was also bidding to stage the game at the Panaad Stadium.
PSC chair Richie Garcia, a Bacolodnon, quoting findings by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), even declared the Rizal Stadium, as condemned. Rizal Stadium was built in 1934.
Loyzaga also told his SCOOP audience that the field itself is ready and that what would be needed is to install individual seats in the covered area of the stadium.
The scoreboard should also be repaired in accordance to the standard set by FIFA,” he said.
“And I think SMC would be amenable to install those that are needed,” Loyzaga, himself a former SMC executive before accepting the PSC commissioner post, said.
A meeting with SMC representative Noli Eala and himself is set Monday next week to determine that role the corporation will play.
Loyzaga allayed fears that renovation of the stadium will have an adverse effect on the memorandum of agreement signed between the previous PSC administration and La Salle in regards to the use of the venue where La Salle spent some P8 million to transform the 1934 built track-football stadium to a first class football venue.
“Na-settle na yung issue na yun. We have given La Salle access to the stadium at specific hours of specific days, so I don’t see any problem there,” he said.
“Besides, plans are to also renovate the ULTRA football field for the use of La Salle,” he said.
