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2021 PSA Annual Awards
The 2021 San Miguel Corporation (SMC) - Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards was an annual awarding ceremony honoring the top sports personalities (athletes, coaches - living and deceased, national sports associations & organizations) who made tremendous contribution to Philippine sports in the year 2020 despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the postponement and cancellation of major sports events in the country within the first months of the community quarantine and the resumption of sporting tournaments under the bubble setup. The awards night was held on March 27, 2021. For the first time in the history of the awards and in time of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's edition was staged via hybrid or virtual format, with most of the awardees, including those who reside and train overseas, hooked up online and the awards proper was conducted at the TV5 Media Center in Mandaluyong. The PSA Awards was aired via delayed telecast on One Sports+ Channel, the follow ...
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TV5 Media Center
The TV5 Media Center, also known as Launchpad Center, the headquarters and broadcast complex of TV5 and affiliate companies Cignal TV, Nation Broadcasting Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation and Voyager Innovations, Inc. Construction The construction of TV5 Media Center began in January 2011 in the site where a former PLDT warehouse was located, ten months after TV5 was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, a media conglomerate of PLDT from the consortium led by former PLDT Chairman Antonio "Tony Boy" Cojuangco, Jr. and Malaysia-based broadcaster Media Prima. The media center was the network's effort to update its existing technologies for a seamless transition to digital broadcasting and to acquire clearer broadcast signal; as well as to consolidate business and studio production operations from its original Novaliches broadcast facility, which was used from ABC/TV5's reopening in 1992, Delta Theater in Quezon City, Broadway Centrum in New Manila, Marajo Tower in Bonifacio Globa ...
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2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang. For the first time, the Summer Asian Games were co-hosted by two regions; the Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which was hosting the Games for the first time since 1962 Asian Games, 1962), and Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province. Events were held in and around the two cities, including venues in Bandung Regency, Bandung and the provinces of West Java and Banten. The 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, opening and 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony, closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. The Games were originally awarded to Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam, but withdrew in 2014 due to budgetary concerns and other factors. Several non-Olympic event ...
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the programme at the Atlanta 1996. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively. ...
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Joey Romasanta
Jose A. "Joey" Romasanta (born August 26, 1944) was the 11th president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), the country's highest olympic body. He is also the president of Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the official NSA for Volleyball in the Philippines that is currently recognized by the POC, Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Philippine Karatedo Federation (PKF-NSA), the official NSA for karatedo. Aside from that, he was also appointed as part of the 20-man board of AVC representing the Southeastern Asia area and the current member of the executive committee of the SEA Games Federation. He was also the Chef-De-Mission for the Filipino delegation of athletes in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. Romasanta was president of the Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (ASAP) and the Philippine Karatedo Federation (PKF) (resigned March 2015), team manager of the ...
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Malaya Business Insight
''Malaya'', originally named ''Ang Pahayagang Malaya'' (“The Free Newspaper” in Filipino), is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, headquartered at Intramuros, Manila, and owned by People's Independent Media Inc. The newspaper is known for being one of the publications that fought against the presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ... of Ferdinand Marcos. The newspaper also publishes a business section called the ''Malaya Business Insight'' which is placed before the actual ''Malaya''. History Under Jose Burgos, Jr. The newspaper's name was derived from the Filipino language, Filipino word that means "Political freedom, free". In 1981, Malaya was founded by Jose Burgos, Jr. as a weekly, and later daily written in the Tagalog language. It eventually ...
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DLSU Green Archers
The De La Salle Green Archers (also known simply as the Green Archers) are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University in the Philippines. The women's varsity teams are generally referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's varsity teams participate in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, among others. La Salle is represented in the high school level by De La Salle Zobel, and are known as the Zobel Junior Archers. Athletic history In 1924, De La Salle College (DLSC) became a pre-war founding member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Irish-American Br. Celba John Lynam, FSC organized the first De La Salle sports teams. The Irish colors of Green and White were chosen as the official LaS colors; Green was based on the national color of Ireland, where the original founding fathers of the De La Salle Christian Brothers originated from, while White represented the Philippines as the Pearl of the Orient Seas. The ...
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Northern Cement Basketball Team
The Northern Cement basketball team (popularly known as, the NCC basketball team) refers to the team that represented the national basketball program and training pool for the Philippines men's national basketball team from 1980 to 1986. The team was owned by businessman Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, Jr. through his company, Northern Cement Corporation (NCC). Beginnings In 1980, businessman and ambassador Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, founder and owner of Northern Cement Corporation, was appointed by the Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos to become the project director for basketball in the country. Cojuangco (despite not being an officer or member of the national basketball governing body at that time - the Basketball Association of the Philippines) was tasked to set up, finance, and develop the national basketball team to represent the country internationally. During that time, the best players in the country were playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), th ...
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ...
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Danding Cojuangco
Eduardo "Danding" Murphy Cojuangco Jr. (June 10, 1935 – June 16, 2020) was a Filipino businessman and politician. He was the chairman and CEO of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. He served as a Philippine ambassador and governor of Tarlac. In 2016, his personal wealth was estimated at US$1.16 billion, and it was estimated that at one time, his business empire accounted for 25% of the gross national product of the Philippines. Early life and education Eduardo Murphy Cojuangco Jr. was born on June 10, 1935, the first-born child of Eduardo Chichioco Cojuangco and Josephine B. Murphy. He completed his high school education at De La Salle College. He attended UP Los Baños and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Life during the Marcos administration Cojuangco's close relationship with Philippine president Ferdinand E. Marcos earned him a reputation as one of the late dictat ...
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Golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping with the varied terrains encountered on different courses is a key part of the game. Courses typically have either 18 or 9 ''holes'', regions of terrain that each contain a ''cup'', the hole that receives the ball. Each hole on a course contains a teeing ground to start from, and a putting green containing the cup. There are several standard forms of terrain between the tee and the green, such as the fairway, rough (tall grass), and various ''hazards'' such as water, rocks, or sand-filled ''bunkers''. Each hole on a course is unique in its specific layout. Golf is played for the lowest number of strokes by an individual, known as stroke play, or the lowest score on the most individual holes in a complete round by an individual or team, k ...
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Yuka Saso
is a Philippine-born Japanese professional golfer. She competed for the Philippines through 2021, having won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual and women's team event in Asian Games golf competitions. As of 2022, she is representing Japan. Early life Saso was born on June 20, 2001, to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father, hence her Japanese name. She started training in the sport of golf at the age of eight in 2009. She admired Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy as a role model and watched video clips of him as a teenager, modeling her game after his style. Amateur career At the 2017 PSA Annual Awards, Saso received an award for winning the gold medal at the 2016 World Junior Girls Championship as well as leading the Philippines to victory in the team event. Saso competed at the 2018 Women's Victorian Open as a part of the 2018 Ladies European Tour and finished at 17th position in the women's individual event. With Bianca Pagdanganan ...
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PSA Athlete Of The Year
The PSA Athlete of the Year is given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the best Filipino athletes annually. It is part of the PSA's Annual Awards Night, one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in the Philippines. Notable athletes who were given this award include Rafael Nepomuceno, Bong Coo, Eric Buhain, Lydia de Vega, Efren Reyes, Manny Pacquiao and Hidilyn Diaz. 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 Lancer, tennis *''Lifetime Achievement Award'' **Florencio Campomanes, 2006:chess **1973 Philippines men's national basketball team, 2014: basketball **Eugene Torre, 2017: chess **Bong Coo, 2019: bowling **Paquito Rivas, 2019: cycling **Efren Reyes, 2019: billiards *''Athlete of the Decade'' **Manny Pacquia ...
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