Sports

DAVAO CITY---The Manny Pacquiao International Open Chess Festival will take place from December 13 to December 17 at the Family Country Hotel in General Santos City. Russian Super Grandmaster Vitaliy Bernadskiy (Elo 2615) will lead the sports event.

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go is also pushing in a committee hearing on Monday (Nov. 21), aiding the measure to grant Filipino citizenship to Ginebra import Justin Brownlee.

DAVAO CITY--National Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Panabo City, Davao del Norte, placed second in the challenging first Lumbia-Mindanao Chess Championship in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City on November 19.

DAVAO CITY---Michael "Jako" Concio Jr., a Filipino International Master (IM), won the Asian Juniors Chess Championship 2022 - Rapid, held on Friday (Nov. 18) at the Knights Templar Ridge Hotel in Tagaytay City.

DAVAO CITY—The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has named Davaoeno international arbiter James Infiesto, to FIDE Commissions.

DAVAO CITY – Three promising footballers from Davao de Oro are part of the 45 players invited to the national training pool of the Philippine Football team, more popularly known as Azkals.

DAVAO CITYT---In the first IRONMAN 70.3 Puerto Princesa, Palawan, on Sunday, Singapore's Ling Er Choo proved to be much more rigid and more robust, bucking the heat and dominating the women's side.

DAVAO CITY---In their friendly match at the Estadio Sausalito in Via del Mar, Chile, the Philippine Women's National Football Team struggled to a 1-1 draw with Chile.

DAVAO CITY---Former Cagayan de Oro City garbage scavenger Carlo Paalam helped the Philippines bring home a gold medal from the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.

DAVAO CITY--During the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2022 (U14 class), which finished on Saturday (Nov. 12) at the Asia Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Panabo City, Davao del Norte set an Asian record in chess.

DAVAO CITY---At the 2022 ASBC Asian Elite Men & Women Boxing Championships on Wednesday (Nov. 9) in Amman, Jordan, Filipino Olympic silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Hergie Bacyadan each conceded to different opponents to take home bronze medals.

DAVAO CITY—The hard work and perseverance of Davaoena Chess Arena Grand Master Rowelyn-Joy Acedo in the sport of chess have finally been rewarded.

DAVAO CITY---A young player from Valencia City, Bukidnon, was selected as player of the week in the PBA this week.

DAVAO CITY---A Philippine Women's soccer team member has made it to the best starting 11 in the United States NCAA division 1 soccer.

The Municipality Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur will stage the Mt. Apo Sky and Vertical Race on December 16–18 using the renowned Sta. Cruz trail as the venue for the 2022 Asia Trail Master Championship.

DAVAO CITY---This time, young Kieffer Alas successfully captured Singapore.