Patrick Reichelt: A welcome presence in the Azkals

Cedelf, Mikhail successfully bridged gap between PFF and media

Azkals, the name, not the team, is a story about fans

(This is my Fair Play column for SunStar Cebu’s Feb. 29 edition) IN EARLY 2005, a group of Pinoy football…

Schedule shows athletes not a priority for DepEd in Palaro

This year’s Palarong Pambansa will start on July 6 and end on July 17, but of the 11 days allotted…

Early candidate for Cebu City mayor bats for barangay-based sports program

Other side of the coin: Negative impact of heritage players in youth system

(This is my Fair Play column for SunStar Cebu’s Feb. 9 edition) Everyone was fully supportive when early last year,…

The Makati Football Club conundrum

Late last year, when I got a press release that the Makati Football Club (MFC) was going to establish a…

PFF shouldn’t adopt Filipinas model for girls youth teams

About a decade ago, when our Girls U14 squad won the first medal in football for the country for almost…

Freddy Gonzales returns; Rodney Orale gets spot in technical committee

(This is my Fair Play column for SunStar Cebu’s Jan. 15, 2024 edition) During the pre-social media era and at…

Dan Palami and the Azkals

In Philippine football, a national team manager is unlike the national team manager of other countries. Although the role has…