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2020 In Philippine Sports
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2020. Events Athletics * August 17 – Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena bagged a silver in his first online tournament, fresh from his historic bronze-medal finish in the 2020 Monaco Diamond League. * August 30 – Kristina Knott, the 2019 Southeast Asian Games champion for 200m, wins the silver medal and broke the longstanding record which was previously held by athletics legend Lydia de Vega, who registered 11.28 seconds during the 1987 SEA Games in Jakarta in historic fashion in the Drake Blue Oval Showcase in Iowa, USA. * September 9 – EJ Obiena has recorded a season-high 5.74 meters to win the 59th Ostrava Golden Spike competition in Czech Republic. Basketball 3x3 Amateur * March 9 – The DENR Warriors claimed the first championship title of the UNTV Cup Season 8 after they won against the AFP Cavaliers in the Game 2 of the Finals series at Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Coronavirus Pandemic In The Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines has resulted in, as of , reported cases, resulting in reported deaths, the fifth-highest in Southeast Asia, behind Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The first case in the Philippines was identified on January 30, 2020, and involved a 38-year-old Chinese woman who was confined at San Lazaro Hospital in Metro Manila. On February 1, 2020, a posthumous test result from a 44-year-old Chinese man turned out positive for the virus, making the Philippines the first country outside China to record a confirmed death from the disease. After over a month without recording any cases, the Philippines confirmed its first local transmission on March 7, 2020. Since then, the virus has spread to the country's 81 provinces. National and local governments have been imposing community quarantines since March 15, 2020, as a measure to limit the spread of the virus. These include the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) that was implem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
