Davao kids in PH team

by Charles Raymond A. Maxey

TWO young footballers from Davao City have been named to the Philippines U13 boys football team, which will compete in the Asean Football Confederation (AFC) Festival of Football from June 1 to 7 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

Darius Joseph Ramos Diamante and Javier Romero-Salas, both of the Ateneo de Davao University, were the only players from the Davao Region taken in by the national team. The PH boy booters will be playing nine other countries in the week-long tournament.


Both 13 years old, Diamante and Romero-Salaws didn't just earned slots to the national squad, they were also picked captains of the young booters bound for international competition. Diamante was picked skipper of the first team and Romero-Salas was named captain of the second team.

Little Azkals to face Magis Eagles today

by Edri K. Aznar

THE PHL Boys 13-Under squad will be seeing action today in two exhibition matches at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) football pitch in preparation for its international stint next month.

The PHL Boys 13-Under squad, also known as the Little Azkals, will be facing SHS-AdC’s 14-Under and 16-Under teams at 3 p.m.


The Little Azkals are holding their training camp here in at the Don Bosco Boys Home Liloan. Some 30 players from different areas of the country have been picked to join the training pool.