FUTURE FIFA PLAYERS, FANS – Influenced by their parents and friends glued to their TV sets watching the developments at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, children imitate moves of popular football players during their school’s sportsfest. (Punchphoto by Butch Uka)
BICYCLE FOR ALL SEASONS — Rain or shine, flooded or dry baywalk, a resident of Lingayen pedals nonchalantly through a flooded parking area in the baywalk, while holding his mobile hand with his left hand in the aftermath of the Typhoon Paeng. Motorists can only watch him go by with envy. (Punchphoto by Cesar…
ALFONSO ‘Jojo’ Bigay, Pangasinan’s best competitive backward runner, is set to claim two Guinness Book of World Record (GBWR) on December 24, this year. This may be Bigay’s final attempt to break two world records, after failing to do so seven years ago: first in July 25 and second on…
FOR PD4 CYCLING GLORY – Cyclists participating in the Professionals category of the 22.8km 2nd PD4 Cup answer the starting gun at the Bikers Den in Inmalog, San Fabian. Millicent Joy Decena (right panel) of Dagupan City raises her arms in victory as she crosses the finish line alone at the Bikers Den to…
SOME 200 bikers and biking enthusiasts participated in the Pennidalan Challenge last Tuesday in Asingan, a feature of the town’s celebration of the World Tourism Month this September. Sponsored by the town’s Team Bangad and the Asingan Municipal Tourism Office, cyclists from Baguio City, Pampanga, Nueva Vizcaya and La Union, were…
THE provincial swimming try-out for the Batang Pinoy National Championship 2022 at the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center swimming pool on September 3 became a challenge to 70 young swimmers (from 12 years old and younger, and 15 years old). Leopoldo Arnaiz, head of the Pangasinan Sports Management and…
UNKNOWN to many, the country has a lady champion kart-racer and she’s from Pangasinan. Bianca Bustamante, the first Filipina racer in the world’s premiere kart racing tournament for women, made this known when she visited her hometown, Mabini, on Tuesday, August 30. Bustamante, a four-time gold medalist in the China…
A PANGASINENSE backward runner is set to break a Guinness World Record as the fastest in the 100-200-meter, male category. Alfonso ‘Jojo’ Bigay, will attempt to beat the fastest 200-meter backward run set by Christian Roberto Lopez Rodriguez of Toledo, Spain with a record speed of 30.99 seconds in 2019…
SISON town’s local government suspended swimming and other form of sports in town due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Mayor Danilo Uy issued Executive Order No. 64 on Monday, August 1, ordering a suspension on all sports activities, including swimming in private resorts, Zumba, and other physical activities until…
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