PASAY CITY—Despite rousing cheers from a hometown crowd, Filipina juniors Elizabeth Antone, Maxine Bondoc and Jellian Bantilan fell short of qualifying for the finals of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships late Friday at the Manila Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom inside Newport World Resorts.

Karl Eldrew Yulo delivered strong, composed routines in three apparatuses to advance to the finals of the floor exercise, vault, and horizontal bar, eventually finishing 15th overall in the men’s individual all-around qualifiers of the 3rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Championships late Thursday at the Manila Marriott Hotels Grand Ballroom in Pasay City.

By Edwin Rollon

The country’s longest-running firearms expo is set for its biggest expansion yet as the Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers of the Philippines (AFAD) prepares to take the Defense and Sporting Arms Show (DSAS) to Davao City and Cagayan de Oro in 2026.

Carlos Yulo, the face of Philippine Gymnastics.

ALL 74 countries and their respective gymnasts vying in the 3rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships kicking off on Thursday at the Manila Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom within the Newport World Resorts in Pasay City, are all in and accounted for.

AFAD Spokesman Aric Topacio. File Photo

The Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers of the Philippines, Inc. (AFAD) is set to open the 31st Defense & Sporting Arms Show (DSAS) Part 2 on Tuesday, November 18, at the SM Megamall Trade Hall in Mandaluyong City.

Gatorade, PepsiCo’s leading hydration brand, has joined forces with the Department of Education (DepEd) to launch the Fuel Tomorrow Academy, a nationwide initiative that supports DepEd’s school sports program by empowering Filipino students through proper hydration, movement, and access to sports.