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    SPORTS in The PHILIPPINES

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    The document discusses many popular sports in the Philippines including basketball, boxing, billiards, volleyball, martial arts like arnis and sikaran, and traditional games like dumog and sepak takraw. It provides details on the success and history of Philippine athletes and teams in these sports.

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    The document discusses many popular sports in the Philippines including basketball, boxing, billiards, volleyball, martial arts like arnis and sikaran, and traditional games like dumog and sepak takraw. It provides details on the success and history of Philippine athletes and teams in these sports.

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    SPORTS

    in the
    STREET SPORTS
    (Larong Kalye)
    PATINTERO
    LUKSONG BAKA
    CHINESE GARTER
    TUMBANG
    PRESO
    POPULAR SPORTS
    IN THE PHILIPPINES
    BASKETBALL
    It’s not just a sport, but also lifestyle.
    It’s part of a Filipino culture, and a part of a
    Filipino lifestyle as this is accessible in the
    Philippines.
    The Philippine Men’s National Basketball team, commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas is the
    basketball team representing the Philippines. Joined FIBA since 1936. With 1 FIBA World
    Championship, and is consider with the most wins in the Olympics among teams outside the
    Americas, Europe, and Oceania, with 5 FIBA Asia Cups, 4 Asian Games men’s basketball gold
    medals, and with the most titles in Southeast Asia Basketball Association Men’s championship.
    Considered as the powerhouse team in Southeast Asia and one of Asia’s Elite Basketball
    teams.
    BOXING
    It’s part of Filipino heritage. It brought great pride for
    the country, as Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao is regarded as
    one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He is
    the only eight-division world champion in the history of
    boxing all over the world, having won twelve (12) major
    world titles of “glamour division” of boxing: flyweight,
    featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, as well as the
    first boxer to win lineal championship in five different
    weight classes.
    BILLIARDS
    Pool’s greatest of all time
    with over

    70 International titles,
    highlighted by his four World
    Eight-ball championship, a 1999
    World Cup-Billiard Association
    Nine-ball title, and 2006 and
    2009 World Cup of Pool titles.
    He also has a World Cup of Pool
    titles.

    Popular since before World War II, after the country had been sold by
    Spain to the US in 1898. One of the sports that gives the country most
    success due to various triumphant history in the sport. Philippines has
    earned the title as the “POOL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.”
    Francisco “Django” Bustamante
    Efren “Bata” Reyes’s pool
    partner, who won 50
    international tournaments
    Dennis “Robocop” Orcallo

    Another Filipino pool great .


    Has won over 30
    international competitions.
    VOLLEY BALL
    A female dominated sports in the Philippines,
    began in 1910.
    TRADITIONAL SPORTS
    IN THE PHILIPPINES
    ARNIS
    (Martial Art)
    Arnis is the National Martial Art Sport in the Philippines, a three-
    weapon based fighting. This is know as Eskrima, or Kali. The sport
    emphasizes weapon based fighting using knives, bladed weapon, sticks,
    and various improvised weapons. This include hand to hand combat,
    grappling, and weapon disarming methods.
    Use for combat and self defense.
    SIKARAN
    (Martial Art)
    Sikaran is the ancient art of Filipino foot fighting. A
    simple but intense martial art game. This had been
    practiced long before the Spaniards came to the
    Philippines in 16th Century. It’s a contact sports game,
    contest, or tournament using both hands and feet to parry
    the attack of the opponent which is usually a strategic
    kick.
    DUMOG
    A Filipino style of wrestling while standing
    upright.
    SEPAK TAKRAW
    (Kick ball)
    Similar to volleyball but is played with a woven rattan, without using
    hands.
    MORE SPORTS PLAYED
    IN THE PHILIPPINES
    WEIGHTLIFTING
    A female dominated sports in the Philippines,
    began in 1910.

    A strength training that uses weights for resistance.


    TENNIS
    TABLE TENNIS
    (pingpong)
    Aerobics
    Gymnastics
    BOWLING

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