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The Philippines has produced more than 40 boxing world champions such as Luisito Espinosa, Donnie Nietes, Gerry Peñalosa, and Johnriel Casimero. Boxing is among the most popular individual sports in the Philippines. Some Filipino boxers such as Nonito Donaire, Gabriel Elorde, Pancho Villa and Manny Pacquiao are recognized internationally.
International sports championships [ edit ] Includes world championships, regional championships, and high-profile international events, which are held regularly across the globe.
Two surveys were conducted in parts of Metro Manila in 2012—the first found that basketball is the most-watched sport at 74.4%, and football is fourth at 17.9%. [nb 5] In the second survey, basketball was found to be the most-played sport during leisure time at 9.6%, while association football did not make the list. [nb 6] [18]
The list is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena ball sports. Top leagues in weekly attendance includes speedway sports. All listed attendance figures reflect those for the most recent season or event for which: reliable attendance figures are available, and for UK Boxing events 2019.
Member universities compete in 20 sports. Basketball, being the most popular sport in the Philippines, is the most watched and most supported among all the sports. Volleyball and cheerdance are also equally considered marquee events in the UAAP due to growing respective fanbases and media coverage in the country.
June 23 – The Philippine delegation wins three silver and one bronze medal at the 2024 Thailand Grand Prix Open in Bangkok, Thailand. [156] October 23 – November 3 – The Philippine delegation wins four gold, two silver, and 14 bronze medals at the 2024 Jiu-Jitsu International Federation World Championships in Heraklion, Greece. [157]
On April 14, 2019, TAP DMV launched a secondary channel of TAP Sports, focusing on airing live coverages and highlights of every WTA tournaments. On February 17, 2020, the WTA events (along with its men's counterpart ATP) were moved to a new tennis-dedicated channel Premier Tennis, while TAP Sports 2 was reformatted as TAP W and began shifting its focus on women's sports.
In 2009, ABC Sports, still under management of MPB Primedia, was renamed as TV5 Sports in the interim (does not identify as such), in which the network acquired broadcasting rights to the ASEAN Basketball League (the Philippine team in the league, AirAsia Philippine Patriots, was by-then managed by ABC/TV5 owner Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco, Jr.), U.S. boxing matches, and others.