Manila Sports Provide a Great Experience For All.

Here is a website that I wrote about called iPhilippinesSport that will keep you updated on many sporting categories to include downloads, Basketball, Billiards, Boxing, Football and University sports. Please read the article here: Sport News Website.

Manila Top Ten Sports:

Note: For 2010 World Cup links & Info, skip to the bottom of this page.

10/28/2011 Note: In 2022, when the Philippines Men's team has a realistic opportunity to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, soccer/football/futbol will be the number one sport in the Philippines, in my humble opinion. Read a report on the LA Galaxy coming to Rizal Sports Colliseum here:

LA Galaxy get Ready to Battle N.Y. & Come to face the Azkals in the Philippines as MLS Champions?

(10) Football/Soccer/Futsal: The Philippines is currently ranked 169 in the world and considering that only 32 teams qualify every 4 years to compete in the FIFA World Cup, they have a long way to go. The good news is that there is a burgeoning grass roots movement which the Philippine Football Federation is taking on the road this summer, and with only 35 nations ranked higher in the AFC, their rise to becoming a nation to be reckoned with, has huge potential.

The Azkals have a good chance to participate in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 2022. That is my opinion. For Brazil, I have suggested that Sir Alex Ferguson should be considered to manage the 3 Lions, should England qualify for that FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014.

FIFA World Cup 2014: Should Sir Alex Ferguson manage England in Brazil 2014? #MUFC.

Who said Football was dull and boring?

Have a soccer tour in mind for 2011? That brochure links to schools, clinics, games & more.

Good Luck to the Philippines in the Semi-Finals of the Suzuki Cup!

Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri's views here:Asian Football Federation Suzuki Cup

(9) Cycling: Numerous denizens navigate the maze of traffic on a daily basis and since The Tour de Luzon made a return in 2010, there is a large pool of enthusiasts to sponsor and draw from to participate going forward.

Reuters Video on YouTube showing about 8,000 cyclists participating in an Earth Day timeline event.

(8) Fitness: Opportunities to escape the smog of the city are a necessary anti-oxidant to living in Manila. Many hotels and businesses like call-centers, provide on-site facilities while small gyms and work-out locations are scattered around the city. FitnessFirst offers a free trial and combines an overall fitness profile as well as including a membership exchange benefit. It is up to you if the cost meets your budget or not.

(7) Raquet-Tennis, Table tennis, Badminton: Many condominium communities include a badminton court, and improvised table tennis locations pop up at many turns. For tennis, you will likely pay to play, even if at an abandoned warehouse or join a sports club like the Nomads.

A great resorce on Badminton with news, tournaments, tips & more is yourbadminton.com. Here is their listing on available courts in manila; check for fees, hours and membership requirements before going. Remember you don't need a court to enjoy this fun sport!

1. Citismash Badminton Center
2. Feathers ‘N Strings Badminton Center
3. Intramuros Badminton Center
4. Philippine Columbian Association
5. Rizal Memorial Badminton
6. Smart Shot Badminton and Sports Center

Update: Nov 1, 2010, The International Tennis Federation is serving up the "$10,000 Manila 2010" on the Womens Circuit. The tournament runs from 01 November - 07 November 2010 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Here is the Fact Sheet for tournament.

Good luck to all the participants!

Feel free to try the Customized Google Search for Sports in Manila and the Philippines below; I want it to produce good results for you. If not, let me know!

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(Link down; temporarily?) The Manny Pacquiao Foundation is one with a knock-out delivery as shown with this distribution of aid.

Do you know anyone in SF? There is the San Francisco Giants Filipino Heritage Night on April 27th at AT&T Park as the Giants take on the Philadelphia Phillies. A portion of the tickets sold will go to benefit the Manny Pacquiao Foundation as well as other "local" Filipino charities.

Tickets for the event are a lot less than the $63 you could pay for a premium ticket; a good way to put the * era in perspective.

For charities in manila , please review the information here on manila top ten.

5/7/2010: I have just published a boxing article that can be viewed via the triond box below in green.

Leo Reyes reports on 8/25/2010, that Manny Pacquaio is leaving for the U.S. to promote his fight with Antonio Margarito.

The fight is scheduled for November 13th and I commend Manny for taking the fight against a man that was found wanting in sportsmanship. Margarito is fortunate to be sanctioned to ever fight again since he was found to be using fixed gloves in a previous bout.

"Margarito was stripped of his license to fight in California when boxing regulators discovered a plaster-like object inside his hand wraps minutes before he climbed the ring to face Shane Mosley at the Staples Center in Los Angeles."

(3) Dance: Dancing is included in the Olympics, so it is considered a sport by an international body. Whether it's a Kindergarten group dancing to the Korean tune Nobody But You, a team in front of thousands of specators or 50% of the work-force in a department store, you can literally dance the days and nights away in Manila. The Cultural Center of the Philippines is catching this pulse and further promotions are inevitable to include combining more modern dance into the Fiestas.

(2) Cockfighting: Considered a blood sport yet at least it's not human blood being spilt. Come to your own conclusions on Sabong. Watch a Video here.

(1) Basketball: You don't need a league, team or even shoes to play basketball here in Manila. While the PBA, PBL, WPBL etc. display the professionals, there is an amazing array of talented players in every nook and cranny to be found and you don't have to take the ball since it will be there already! The Harlem Globtrotters put on a decent display at the Araneta Coliseum when I took two young guys with me for the show but I've been more impressed with the street talent. This is not the "Gilbert-O" running for office in May, 2010, but perhaps Mr. Arenas can store his weapons here? (see the photo in the link courtesy of Sandro Paredes.

Here is a Basketball Related article that I wrote in May, 2010 on A.I. titled One of The Top Ten Athletes of All Time: Allen Iverson.

This link to loqal.ph has a video of the Coach and his recent week-long trip to the Philippines. The article is titled Miami Heat’s ‘Coach Spo’ shares his secrets to success.

Another NBA star who is sporting a championship ring, Ron Artest, has a Manila connection as reported by Joaquin Henson, in the Philippine Star on July 30, 2010, in an article titled "Ron Artest eager for son's RP trip."

"Jerron’s Filipina mother Jennifer Uy Palma was only 18 when she gave birth to Artest’s son. Her brother James is a music producer who performs with the rap band Q York, manages the Philippine All-Stars dance troupe and owns a recording studio in Mandaluyong."

“Jerron has never been to the Philippines and we, his relatives, are hoping to see him,” said Jennifer’s first cousin Veronica Uy Ramos who lives in Paranaque. “We understand Ron wants to jam with James and look into the music business in the Philippines. He wants to meet Jerron’s Filipino family.”

Some other articles though have not spent a lot of time writing at this site of late. Feedback is Encouraged...Thanks :)Delicious connect via yahoo eric.phillips

Note: If you are an avid golfer here in Manila, feel free to contact manilatop10. I'm a Par 3 fan only and have fond memories of making golf a family sport in the desert & while traveling through Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; it's a great outdoor historical civil war area to tour.

Club Intramuros charges quite a bit for their non-resident fees: Php 1,400 plus a caddy fee of Php 300 & night golf is higher. If that's your "bag" and you want to "tee" off at the Walls, contact sales@philtourism.gov.ph.

It is in mp3 format and stored on this site with SBI :)

manila sports Baseball Humor.

From philstar.com: Hall of Fame: Sports greats honored tonight

"Nine athletes and the 1954 Philippine basketball team will be formally enshrined in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame tonight in a historic ceremony with Chief Justice Reynato Puno as guest of honor at the Maynilad Hall of the Manila Hotel."

Harry Angping, vice-chair of the Hall of Fame Organizing Committee said that he "is also planning to put up the Sports Hall of Fame Museum at the ground floor of the PSC Building inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex aside from strengthening its library resource."

This widget will update automatically throughout the tournament whenever the Castrol Predictor is updated by our team of performance analysts.

"The Castrol FIFA World Cup™ Predictor measures past team and player performance based on every international match in the last 10 years to calculate the attack and defence ratings of each team competing in the tournament. Then, by simulating the tournament more than 100,000 times, Castrol has calculated each team's chances of progression through the tournament."

You can join the fun at the FIFA.com website. Find us there as manilatop10.com.

South Africa follows GMT or UTC plus 2. To check the time difference for any match in your location, visit the

South Africa Time Converter.

Daryl writes on the Ten World Cup Stereotypes, and Why They’re Not Necessarily True

1. Brazil is a team of samba kings.
2. The Netherlands team is always arguing in public.
3. The German team is efficient but uninspired.
4. Asian teams lack height and physique.
5. African teams have dodgy goalkeepers.
6. [Any team] is always full of divers/cheats/foulers
7. Spain always under-performs.
8. Italy loves to defend.
9. Greece is ultra-defensive and relies on set pieces to score.
10. England is all about passion and long balls.

Another good site to find multi-lingual links to live feeds for all the matches underway at the World Cup is mysoccerplace.

For many of the locations or channels to watch the matches in Manila, visit (thepoc.net) and the posting by Maui A. Hermitanio.

I have included the links to the Regulations of the current tournament & the FIFA Disciplinary Code in this short article titled Understanding the Rules of the 2010 World Cup.

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