(Editor’s Note: In reaction to the recent report on Filipino boxers that was aired recently on national television, Filpress organizer Jaime Pimentel wrote the following opinion piece. Mr. Pimentel, at his ripe age of 79, still does some weekend sparring in an undisclosed boxing ring somewhere in Sydney.) The allegations have put a sour dimension […]
Category: Sports
Pacquiao mauls Barangay Captain
It was reported by Jerry Adlaw in Manila Times that the people’s boxing champion may have turned into a “chump.”
‘Hand-of-Stone’ retains title by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
CAMPBELLTOWN-based Filipino, Roberto ‘Hand of Stone’ Lerio, retained the Australian bantamweight championship belt with a third-round knockout of Australian Brad Hore at the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, on Saturday, April 20, 2013.
Silver lining at Police Games by Jaime K. Pimentel
Pinoz-led Australian Customs men’s basketball squad took silver at the 2013 NSW Police Games last week, going down, 42-34, to the combined Hills Council-Hills Police in the final at the Stanhope Gardens stadium.
Taking rugby league to Filipino youth by Erick Elefante
AFTER his retirement in March 2013, Philippine National Rugby League (PNRL) board member Tom Simpson didn’t take long to move his family and start development of rugby league in the province of Zambales, north of Manila.
A sizzling new Fil-Aussie Ring Girl
A typical Mixed Martial Arts fight is scheduled for three rounds. Some title fights are extended to five rounds. With Christine Hallauer, you probably wish every fight went maybe twenty rounds. The 24-year old from Perth, Australia is set to turn heads at ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) Kings and Champions this April 5 in […]
Rain or shine, the Tamaraws plowed away by Benjie de Ubago
Come sleet, wind and high waters, nothing was going to stop the PAL Tamaraws from getting into the field at Cabramatta last Saturday, 2 February 2013 for the Cabramatta International 9s.
Sports History: The Ateneo-La Salle NCAA Championship Game in 1958
I remember it well because I was in the bleachers with the Ateneo Brass Band playing my favourite instrument — the alto saxophone. There must have been around 10,000 people at the old Rizal Memorial Coliseum along Vito Cruz, Manila.
45 Filipinos selected for International 9s Rugby League
Australia, Sydney, NSW – 27/01/2013. The Philippine National Rugby League (PNRL) has selected 45 Filipino-heritage players to represent 3 Philippine teams at the Cabramatta International 9s. The event will be held on 2 February 2013.
Filipino Boxer Donaire KO’s Arce of Mexico
Houston, Texas. Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire knocked out Mexican Jorge Arce in the third round to successfully defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamweight title in Houston, Texas.
Manny Pacquiao fans fear for his health? by Nomer Obnamia
Fans have short memory. They glorify the hero when [he’s] on top of the game and will drop him like a villain when the career is waning. Manny made an indelible mark in boxing. He brought pride in Filipinos. I was in Costa Rica two years ago and the proprietor of a restaurant told me […]
Full-strength and legit RP hoop teams coming by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
A TRULY representative Philippine national basketball team is coming to Sydney for game series early next year, possibly in the first quarter of 2013.