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Leylah is Tennis Canada’s Women’s Player of the Year

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Filipina-Canadian tennis champ was recognized for a stellar season By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Tennis Canada announced that Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC) and Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC) are the recipients of the 2023 Tennis Canada Excellence Awards for Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year in the women’s and men’s categories, respectively. This is Fernandez’s fourth […]

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Basketball: Canada wins historic First Basketball World Cup Medal

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Vancouver, B.C. Philippines wins against China, booked last ticket for Olympic qualifiers Mildred German Team Canada’s Senior Men’s Basketball National Team concludes the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a historic win- its first medal, a bronze, on September 10, 2023 in Manila, Philippines after a bout with the United States. Competing and winning in the

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Filipinas: The Philippines Women’s National Football Team

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Team vows out but message inspires  2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20-August 20, 2023   Mildred German Vancouver, BC – Twenty-seven year old Filipino-American Sarina Bolden of the Philippines women’s national football team, Filipinas, made history after scoring the Philippine’s first goal in the 2023 FIFA World

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Fil-Am skater, partner make history for Philippines in world figure skating championships

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By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A Filipina-American figure skater and her partner made history as the first pair from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to qualify for the world championships this year. Although they finished 18th among the 20 pairs who competed in the 2023 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Japan, it was no small

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Filipino-Canadian swimmer gets training from famous coach

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Tokyo olympic medalist Kayla Sanchez prepares for 2024 Paris competition By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez FILIPINO-Canadian swimmer Kayla Sanchez, who left the Canadian team and chose to represent the Philippines in 2024 Paris Olympics, is now being trained by a renowned swimming coach. Swiss coach Luka Gabrilo is back in the Philippines to personally oversee the

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Filipino Canadian basketball players shine in first Filipino heritage night

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Burnaby, B.C. SFU coach seeks to inspire younger Filipinos by featuring players By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The first Filipino Heritage Night held at the Simon Fraser University gym in Burnaby, BC was highlighted by a basketball game where the school’s strongest Filipino-Canadian players showed off their skills amid deafening cheers of fellow kababayans. SFU basketball

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Fil-Canadian director’s film to be shown all over Canada

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Vancouver, B.C. Her love for basketball, filmmaking takes her places By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Multi-awarded Filipino Canadian filmmaker Kathleen Jayme will be seeing her work again in wide screens all over Canada this winter with the nationwide screening of her feature film “The Grizzlie Truth.” A documentary that uncovers the reason why Vancouver lost its

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5-year-old Filipina wins gold medal in Jiu-Jitsu World Championship

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Aleia Aielle, who has Philippine martial arts pillars as parents, is one of youngest winners in the sport By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A five-year-old Filipina has won a gold medal in the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship in Abu Dhabi. She beat other competitors who were older than her.  Aleia Aielle M. Aguilar ruled the Kids 1

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Tennis:Leylah Fernandez wins second Monterrey Open

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By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez FILIPINO-Canadian tennis sensation Leylah Annie Fernandez has won for Canada her second Monterrey Open championship. Fernandez, 19, of Laval, Quebec, defeated Colombia’s Camila Osorio 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) Sunday to win the tournament in Mexico for the second consecutive year. It’s the second WTA title of Fernandez’s career after she won last

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Tennis: Lyla Fernandez is Female Athlete of the Year

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Vancouver. B.C. Giant Killer By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez After an outstanding performance in the US Open tennis final last summer, Filipina-Canadian tennis sensation Leylah Fernandez was named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year and winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. “I’m very honoured to be amongst these athletes who’ve done so much for

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