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Do not fill this in! === Sports and recreation === {{Main|Sports in the Philippines|Traditional games in the Philippines}} [[File:Gilas Cadets 2015 SEA Games.jpg|thumb|alt=Team photo, with each blue-uniformed member wearing a gold medal|The [[Philippines men's national basketball team]] celebrating their [[Basketball at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games|2015 Southeast Asian Games]] championship]] [[Basketball in the Philippines|Basketball]], played at the amateur and professional levels, is considered the country's most popular sport.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Cho |editor-first1=Younghan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYz7CwAAQBAJ |title=Modern Sports in Asia: Cultural Perspectives |series=Sport in the Global Society β Contemporary Perspectives |editor-last2=Leary |editor-first2=Charles |date=2016 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London, England |isbn=978-1-317-58638-8 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DYz7CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 87]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Grasso |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZUarsZyzokC |encyclopedia=Historical Dictionary of Basketball |series=Historical Dictionaries of Sports |volume=2 |title=Philippines |date=November 15, 2010 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |location=Lanham, Md. |isbn=978-0-8108-7506-7 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=nZUarsZyzokC&pg=PA291 291] |language=en}}</ref> Other popular sports include [[History of boxing in the Philippines|boxing]] and billiards, boosted by the achievements of [[Manny Pacquiao]] and [[Efren Reyes]].<ref name="Rood-2019" />{{rp|page={{plain link|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmmtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|name=142}}}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Himmer |first=Alastair |date=June 5, 2010 |title=Pacquiao named fighter of the decade |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6541BX20100605 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605173159/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6541BX20100605 |archive-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref> The national [[Filipino martial arts|martial art]] is [[Arnis]].<ref>{{Cite PH act |title=An Act Declaring Arnis as the National Martial Art and Sport of the Philippines |chamber=RA |number=9850 |date=December 11, 2009 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2009/12/11/republic-act-no-9850/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810035837/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2009/12/11/republic-act-no-9850/ |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=February 9, 2023 |publisher=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]] |location=Metro Manila, Philippines}}</ref> {{lang|fil|Sabong}} ([[cockfight]]ing) is popular entertainment, especially among Filipino men, and was documented by the [[Magellan expedition]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Dundes |editor-first1=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy5VqKSYt8IC |title=The Cockfight: A Casebook |publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Press]] |location=Madison, Wis. |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-299-14054-0 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy5VqKSYt8IC&pg=PA136 136β137] |author-link1=Alan Dundes}}</ref> [[Video games in the Philippines|Video gaming]] and [[Esports in the Philippines|esports]] are emerging pastimes,<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Lojo |first1=Michelle |title=Philippine esports gains traction in 2022 |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/12/29/2234051/philippine-esports-gains-traction-2022 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410070659/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/12/29/2234051/philippine-esports-gains-traction-2022 |archive-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Booc-2019">{{cite journal|last1=Booc |first1=Rahmat P. |last2=Rafaela |first2=Kimberson B. |last3=Torres |first3=Mae J. |last4=Bulawan |first4=Rina P. |last5=Jabonero |first5=Louis C. Ii |last6=Cortuna |first6=Ian Jay M. |last7=Asuncion |first7=Joel E. |title=The Traditional Filipino Games: Status Check Among Generation Z |journal=Theoretical & Applied Science |publisher=International Academy of Theoretical and Applied Sciences |date=October 30, 2019 |volume=78 |issue=10 |pages=150β152 |doi=10.15863/TAS.2019.10.78.25 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337123610 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |issn=2409-0085 |doi-access=free |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> with the popularity of [[Traditional games in the Philippines|indigenous games]] such as ''[[patintero]]'', ''[[tumbang preso]]'', ''[[luksong tinik]]'', and ''[[Piko (Filipino game)|piko]]'' declining among young people;<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gutierrez |first1=Ariel |last2=Guzman |first2=Neriza G. |last3=Ramos |first3=Ramilet |last4=Uylengco |first4=Jan Katherine A. |title=The Empirical Change of Playing Habits among Children |journal=International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research |publisher=Future Science |date=February 25, 2022 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=306β309, 311β315 |doi=10.11594/ijmaber.03.02.15|url=https://ijmaberjournal.org/index.php/ijmaber/article/view/344/189 |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308065439/https://ijmaberjournal.org/index.php/ijmaber/article/view/344/189 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Booc-2019" /> several bills have been filed to preserve and promote traditional games.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last1=Crisostomo |first1=Sheila |title=Lawmaker files bill on preserving 'indigenous' games |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/05/2242685/lawmaker-files-bill-preserving-indigenous-games |access-date=April 15, 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204165326/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/02/05/2242685/lawmaker-files-bill-preserving-indigenous-games |archive-date=February 4, 2023}}</ref> The [[Philippines national football team|men's national football team]] has participated in one [[2019 AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Leongson |first=Randolph B. |date=March 27, 2018 |title=History made as PH Azkals advance to 2019 AFC Asian Cup after beating Tajiks |language=en |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/290641/ph-azkals-advance-2019-afc-asia-cup-beating-tajiks |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034121/https://sports.inquirer.net/290641/ph-azkals-advance-2019-afc-asia-cup-beating-tajiks |archive-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> The [[Philippines women's national football team|women's national football team]] qualified for the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]], their first [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]], in January 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Morales |first=Luisa |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Herstory: Filipinas outlast Chinese Taipei to seize historic Women's World Cup berth |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/01/31/2157582/herstory-filipinas-outlast-chinese-taipei-seize-historic-womens-world-cup-berth |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130170703/https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/01/31/2157582/herstory-filipinas-outlast-chinese-taipei-seize-historic-womens-world-cup-berth |archive-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref> The Philippines has participated in every [[Summer Olympic Games]] since [[Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]], except when they supported the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last1=Grasso |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ |encyclopedia=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement |edition=Fifth |title=Philippines, The (PHI) |last2=Mallon |first2=Bill |last3=Heijmans |first3=Jeroen |date=May 14, 2015 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |location=Lanham, Md. |isbn=978-1-4422-4860-1 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA473 473] |author-link2=Bill Mallon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |type=Periodical |publisher=[[United States Department of State]], [[Bureau of African Affairs]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAFJAQAAIAAJ |magazine=AF Press Clips |title=U.S. says 60 nations will join boycott |date=1980 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DAFJAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA19-PA24 24]}}</ref> It was the first [[Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics|tropical nation]] to compete at the [[Winter Olympic Games]], [[Philippines at the 1972 Winter Olympics|debuting in 1972]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite news||last=Chia |first=Nicole |date=February 19, 2018 |title=Winter Olympics: Even outsiders can break the ice |work=[[The Straits Times]] |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/even-outsiders-can-break-the-ice |access-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224080645/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/even-outsiders-can-break-the-ice |archive-date=February 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf |title=The XI Olympic Winter Games; Les XI Jeux Olympiques d'hiver; Sapporo, 1972 |type=Official report |publisher=The Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games |year=1973 |pages=32, 145, 447 |oclc=842416 |access-date=January 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202605/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/orw1972.pdf |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |via=[[LA84 Foundation]]}}</ref> In 2021, the Philippines received its first-ever Olympic gold medal with [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] [[Hidilyn Diaz]]'s victory in [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite web||last1=Araullo |first1=Atom |author-link1=Atom Araullo |date=November 4, 2021 |title=Anatomy of Philippines' first Olympic gold medal |url=https://pcij.org/article/7371/anatomy-of-philippines-first-olympic-gold-medal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104071057/https://pcij.org/article/7371/anatomy-of-philippines-first-olympic-gold-medal |archive-date=November 4, 2021 |publisher=[[Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism]] |access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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