By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE 16-day 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games ended last Sunday, August 8, and the accomplishments of our Philippine delegation this year was impressive and laudable. Ever since our national athletes started participating in the quadrennial meet in 1924 Paris, our 19-athletes delegation hauled a record four…
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER long four weeks of respite, my fingers pushed me anew to start pressing the keyboard of my computer notebook to do my piece every week as usual. I’m sorry to you, my dearest readers here and abroad (via internet) who missed my sports chronicles…
Sports’ historical feats this year
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk of our country these days is the political word war between world-boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and our president Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Pacman’s bashers said the fighting lawmaker is not suited to run our troubled country, he does not have the education…
Pacman as politician; NBA finals
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE talk of the sporting world during these days are the games of the two NBA conferences’ finals, this year’s edition of Tour de France 21-day bikefest that started last June 27, and the annual Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament. The 2021 NBA season is winding…
NBA, Tour de France and Wimbledon
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WE, die-hard boxing aficionados, watched on TV how the Japanese boxing icon Naoya Inoue easily demolished the Filipino International Boxing Federation (IBF) number one contender Michael Dasmariñas via knockout in the third round last Sunday, June 20. We saw how the undefeated Nippon boxer…
Donaire vs Casimero first before against Inoue
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I’M a keen observer and curious fellow since I was a child, because I’ve always believed that it is one of the best ways to be more knowledgeable and to educate myself about ongoings in the world aside from formal studies in school. Since…
2021, sad year for world athletes
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE forthcoming world welterweight title fight of Philippine boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao against American World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) champ, the unbeaten 31-year-old Errol Spence, Jr. will definitely be held at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on…
It’s now Pacquiao versus Sec. Cusi
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. BOXING fans either watched on tv or read in our national dailies how our aging multiple-titled world boxing champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. recaptured the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight tiara by pummeling the defending and undefeated champion, Nordine Oubaali of France last Sunday (May…
Donaire also defies ‘father time’
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER two years of inactivity, the long-awaited world’s boxing legend Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will fight his next foe World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion Errol Spence, Jr. to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 21. Yes, negotiations…
Spence, Crawford, formidable foes for Pacman
By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. DESPITE the easing of restrictions on travel due to decreasing impact of COVID-19 in some countries like the U.S., Scotland, Wales, Singapore, Taiwan, to name some, the opposite is seen in India as well as in Japan, host of this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. Latest…