Philstar.com
September 11, 2025 | 4:18pm
MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Sports activities Council (MASCO) has set his sights on producing extra Olympians from the nation’s capital, stressing that his dream is to see Batang Maynila shine on the world stage.
“That’s my dream, however actuality could be very clear as MASCO, with the assist of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, is buckled as much as work to make Manila once more the highest sports activities metropolis within the nation,” MASCO Chief Dale Evangelista stated within the Tabloids Group in Philippine Sports activities, Inc. (TOPS) “Usapang Sports activities” discussion board Thursday on the PSC Convention Room in Manila.
He cited gymnast Carlos Yulo, born and raised in Malate, as inspiration.
“The final Filipino up to now with a double gold medal within the Olympics is a pure Manileno,” he added.
Since assuming his publish, Evangelista has laid out a complete program to strengthen athletes’ abilities from grassroots to elite degree, making certain continuity in each coaching and schooling. His initiatives embrace launching sports activities applications in barangays, assembly with private and non-private college officers, and coordinating with the Philippine Sports activities Fee (PSC) beneath Chairman Pato Gregorio for entry to nationwide coaching services.
“In Manila, now we have present sports activities services. There’s the Dapitan Sports activities Heart and the Tondo Sports activities Complicated. All of them are beneath restore and upkeep, however Chairman Gregorio’s opening of the Rizal Memorial Sports activities Complicated facility is a giant deal for Batang Maynila,” Evangelista famous.
“Below Yorme Isko, we are able to restore Manila as a sports activities heart within the nation. We are able to do it and that’s what we’ll do.”
Evangelista added that MASCO is concentrated on difficult Pasig Metropolis’s dominance within the upcoming Batang Pinoy nationwide youth video games from October 24 to November 1 in Basic Santos Metropolis. Manila will compete in 15 of the 24 sports activities.
“In fact we wish to dominate all the pieces, however proper now now we have a giant struggle in Batang Pinoy in athletics, aquatics, boxing, gymnastics, karate, weightlifting, chess and taekwondo,” he stated.
Serving to within the aquatics program is his brother, veteran swimming coach and occasion organizer Darren Evangelista, who introduced that the Yorme Swimming Cup will kick off on September 27-28 on the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Heart.
“To this point, 40 groups have registered and we count on over 700 swimmers,” Darren stated. “Our companions listed below are in fact Proper Med and Balay Royale Spa. Other than this, we even have tournaments in operating, weightlifting and golf.”
