![Shugen Nakano [photo credit: Shugen Pablo Nakano Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/58443924_1086686518198120_1525891744422428672_n-e1695546051922-400x200.jpg)
The national judo team is off to a flat start after Leah Jhane Lopez and Shugen Nakano failed to get past the preliminaries of the 19th Asian Games on Sunday at the Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium.
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It will be no walk in the park for Kiyomi Watanabe and the Filipino judokas in the 19th Asian Games.
![Agatha Wong of the Philippines [photo credit: Agatha Wong Instagram]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/281896513_118823990648002_8251337757776688404_n-e1695541974115-400x200.jpg)
Agatha Wong will compete in the wushu competitions of the 19th Asian Games at the Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre on Sunday, aiming for no less than another podium finish in the women’s women’s taijiquan and taijijian (sword play) all-around.
![Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines. [photo credit: Nesthy Petecio Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/357702540_985361432671807_5689334518636773505_n-400x200.jpg)
Nesthy Petecio and the rest of the Philippine boxing team will be put to the test when action goes full blast in the 19th Asian Games on Sunday, September 24 at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium.
![Mark Christian Ursabia [PSC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ROTC-PHOTO-Mark-Christian-Ursabia_GOLD-400x200.jpeg)
Mark Christian Ursabia of University of Mindanao-Davao needed less than three minutes to stop local bet Renz Pejana of Zamboanga del Sur Provincial College in the finals of Philippine Army kickboxing event
![PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (left) welcomes boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s desire to fight in next year’s Paris Olympics. [POC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cong-bambol_pacquiao-400x200.png)
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wants to extend his legendary boxing career with a shot at an Olympic medal in Paris in 2024.
![Javen (left) and brother twin Jansen Pareja (right) [PSC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ROTC-PR-PHOTO-Javen-left-and-brother-twin-Jansen-Pareja-right-400x200.jpeg)
University of Iloilo’s (UI) Javen Pareja bested his twin brother Jansen in the men’s kickboxing 57-kilogram finals of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas Leg here at SM Iloilo on Thursday, Aug. 17.
![Eumir Felix Marcial [photo credit: Eumir Marcial Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/marcial3-e1620805332834-400x200.jpg)
Eumir Felix Marcial will focus full-time on his Olympic gold medal dream following the cancelation of his fifth professional fight set later this month, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino on Friday, Aug. 18.
![Nathaniel Balajadia [PSC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ROTC-PR-PHOTO-BALAJADIA_GOLD-ARNIS-SINGLE-WEAPON-MEN-e1692282875499-400x200.jpg)
Nathaniel Balajadia spearheaded the winners in the arnis competition after ruling the men’s non-traditional single weapon event in the Air Force bracket of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas Leg on Thursday, Aug. 17, at SM Iloilo.
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A new day beckons for two-time ONE Lightweight World Champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang as he makes his much awaited return to the ONE Championship Circle.