Go For Gold is a sport sponsorship program of the Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp. supporting Filipino athletes and teams competing in various sports. It organizes the

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. It has supported athletes in other sports such as

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and

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. The Go For Gold program began with cycling. In 2016, Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp. decided to form a cycling team under the Go For Gold name. Since then Poweball has branched out to supporting other sports. In 2019, FIBA made a promotional partnership agreement with Go For Gold to promote the

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, which was hosted in China, 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