SEA Games 2017

Medal Tally: Team PH performance in the 29th SEA Games

Medal Tally: Team PH performance in the 29th SEA Games

August 24, 2017, 11:20 am

KUALA LUMPUR -- Here is the partial, official list of Filipino medalists in the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian Games as of August 23, 2017. GOLD 1. Mary Joy Tabal (ATHLETICS-Women’s marathon) 2. Nikko Huelgas (TRIATHLON- Men’s individual) 3. Marion Kim Mangrobang (TRIATHLON- Women’s individual… Read More

Athletics delivers two more golds for PH

Athletics delivers two more golds for PH

August 24, 2017, 10:00 am

KUALA LUMPUR -- Aries Toledo and Anthony Beram ruled their respective events in athletics Wednesday night to power the Philippines’ gold medal count to 10 in the 29th Southeast Asian Games. Toledo topped the decathlon while Beram capped the night with his blistering run in the 200-meter dash.… Read More

Perlas pulls huge comeback to steal win from Thailand

Perlas pulls huge comeback to steal win from Thailand

August 24, 2017, 9:58 am

MANILA -- Perlas Pilipinas showed on Wednesday night what the Filipino "puso" is made of. Perlas pulled a comeback from 15 points down to stun Thailand, 69-67, in their SEA Games women's basketball game at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Perlas bubbled an early lead but delivered the goods when… Read More

Gilas sweeps SEA Games men's hoops elims, ousts Malaysia

Gilas sweeps SEA Games men's hoops elims, ousts Malaysia

August 23, 2017, 9:31 pm

MANILA -- Gilas Pilipinas blasted Malaysia out of the SEA Games men's basketball competition with a 98-66 win at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night. Gilas won the match in blowout fashion despite a late first quarter run from Malaysia that actually gave the host nation the lead.… Read More

Future looks bright for gymnast de Guzman

Future looks bright for gymnast de Guzman

August 23, 2017, 9:19 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Kaitlin Cera Lianne de Guzman has never imagined she would win three medals in her first stint in the Southeast Asian Games, first with a gold by topping the uneven bars on Tuesday here. But on Wednesday, the 17-year-old De Guzman claimed two more medals -- a silver in the floor… Read More

PH booters eliminated in SEA Games

PH booters eliminated in SEA Games

August 23, 2017, 8:13 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Philippines was eliminated in the men's and women's football competition of the 29th Southeast Asian Games late Tuesday. The men's team bowed to defending champion Thailand, 0-2, for its third consecutive defeat in Group B at the MP Selayang Stadium. The Filipino booters wil be… Read More

Gilas blasts Myanmar anew in SEA Games hoops

Gilas blasts Myanmar anew in SEA Games hoops

August 23, 2017, 10:16 am

MANILA -- Gilas Pilipinas once again gave Myanmar a bad beat, taking a 129-34 win in the SEA Games men's basketball tournament at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday night. Just like how the national team's Team A, which included current Gilas SEA Games player Troy Rosario, bombed out the… Read More

Fil-Am middle distance runner Cray triumphs in 400m hurdles

Fil-Am middle distance runner Cray triumphs in 400m hurdles

August 23, 2017, 10:12 am

KUALA LUMPUR -- Filipino-American Eric Shauwn Cray successfully defended his crown Tuesday evening in the men’s 400-meter hurdles in athletics event, bringing the Philippines' total gold output to eight in the 29th Southeast Asian Games. Cray, who clocked 50.03 seconds, actually gave Team… Read More

(Updated) Gymnastics, fencing, athletics, wushu deliver golds for PH

(Updated) Gymnastics, fencing, athletics, wushu deliver golds for PH

August 22, 2017, 8:28 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Filipino gymnasts Kaitlin Cera Lianne De Guzman and Reyland Yuson Capellan; fencer Louie Wayne Brennan; wushu artist Agatha Chrystenzen Wong and track star Erick Cray on Tuesday ruled their respective events with passion to power the Philippines’ gold medal count to eight in the… Read More

Alcantara, Patrombon reach quarterfinals in SEA Games

Alcantara, Patrombon reach quarterfinals in SEA Games

August 22, 2017, 7:53 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Francis Casey Alcantara and Jeson Patrombon scored victories to reach the men's singles quarterfinals in the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games tennis competition at the National Tennis Centre Complex in Jalan Duta here Tuesday. Alcantara, the tournament's fourth seed, downed Kenny… Read More

PH takraw team eyes more medals

PH takraw team eyes more medals

August 22, 2017, 5:13 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- After delivering the country's first medal in the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the national sepak takraw team hopes to perform well in its remaining events.  The team of Alvin Pangan, Joeart Jumawan, John Carlo Lee, John Jeffrey Morcillos, John John Bobier, Rhemwell… Read More

Partial, official list of Filipino medalists in 29th SEA Games

Partial, official list of Filipino medalists in 29th SEA Games

August 22, 2017, 2:30 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Here is the running partial, official list of Filipino medalists in the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian Games: GOLD   Mary Joy Tabal ATHLETICS - Women’s marathon  (2:48.26) Nikko Huelgas TRIATHLON - Men’s Individual (1:59:30) Marion Kim Mangrobang TRIATHLON - Women’s… Read More

Q3 turnaround lifts Indonesia over Perlas

Q3 turnaround lifts Indonesia over Perlas

August 22, 2017, 12:08 pm

MANILA -- Perlas Pilipinas suffered a huge meltdown in the third quarter and succumbed to Indonesia, 68-78, in the South East Asian Games women's basketball at the Malaysian Basketball Association Stadium in Kuala Lumpur Monday night. Perlas failed to sustain a good start as Indonesia slowly… Read More

Triathletes Huelgas, Mangrobang clinch gold medals in SEA Games

Triathletes Huelgas, Mangrobang clinch gold medals in SEA Games

August 21, 2017, 7:59 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Philippine triathlon team produced two golds and two silvers on Monday at the 29th Southeast Asian Games. Nikko Bryan Huelgas defended the men’s title while Marion Kim Mangrobang ruled the women’s division in the swim-bike-run competition held at the Water Sports Centre in… Read More

29th Southeast Asian Games officially opens

29th Southeast Asian Games officially opens

August 21, 2017, 7:33 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Pomp and pageantry. His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mohammad the 5th on Saturday evening officially declared the 29th SEA Games open. “ I declare open the Southeast Asian Games for the 29th time celebrating the Games of South East Asia,” he said.… Read More

Gilas opens SEA Games stint with squeaker over Thailand

Gilas opens SEA Games stint with squeaker over Thailand

August 21, 2017, 9:24 am

MANILA -- Gilas' "Team B" engaged in a wild encounter with Thailand to start its SEA Games campaign. In the end, the "second team" duplicated its "first team's" feat. The Gilas Cadets-powered Philippine side subdued Thailand, 81-74, at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night. Gilas… Read More

Wushu artist Parantac misses podium in SEA Games

Wushu artist Parantac misses podium in SEA Games

August 20, 2017, 8:07 pm

 KUALA LUMPUR - Daniel Parantac failed to defend the men's taijijian title on Sunday in the 29th Southeast Asian Games wushu competition at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center Hall 5. The 26-year-old native of Baguio, who won the silver medal in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, finished fourth with a… Read More

PH eyes men's doubles gold in sepak takraw in SEA Games

PH eyes men's doubles gold in sepak takraw in SEA Games

August 20, 2017, 8:04 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- All eyes will be on Rheyjey Ortouste and Jason Huerte when they compete in the men's doubles event in sepak takraw on Monday at the Indoor Stadium in Titiwangsa, which is located in the northern part of Malaysia's capital city. The two are the reigning world champions, winning the… Read More

3 Filipino boxers win, advance to the next round

3 Filipino boxers win, advance to the next round

August 20, 2017, 7:41 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- Three Filipino boxers on Sunday defeated their respective foes in separate categories to advance into the next round in the ongoing 29th Southeast Asian Games here. Bantamweight Mario Fernandez highlighted the Filipino boxers’ three victories of the day by knocking out Maung Nge… Read More

PH netters kick off campaign in SEA Games

PH netters kick off campaign in SEA Games

August 20, 2017, 7:33 pm

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Philippine tennis squad kicks off its campaign in the 29th Southeast Asian Games on Monday at the National Tennis Centre Sports Complex in Jalan Duta. Francis Casey Alcantara and Jeson Patrombon will compete in the men's singles at noon. The two are also competing in the… Read More