Fidel Valdez Ramos, popularly known as FVR, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military officer, who reached the rank of five-star general/admiral de jure. Rising from second lieutenant to commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Ramos is credited for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy during his six years in office.
Camp General Rafael T. Crame is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City. It is situated across EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo, the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prior to the establishment of the civilian PNP, Camp Crame was the national headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary, a gendarmerie-type military police force which was the PNP's predecessor.
The Philippines women's national football team represents the Philippines in international women's association football competitions. It is managed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the sport's governing body in the country.
The World Wushu Championships (WWC) is an international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sports of wushu taolu and sanda (sanshou). The tournament has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle event of the IWUF. The World Wushu Championships also coincides with the IWUF Congress and various committee meetings. This competition additionally serves as the qualification event for the Taolu World Cup and the Sanda World Cup.
The 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament was a wushu competition which was held from August 21 to 24, 2008 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The tournament was organised by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), and the Chinese Wushu Association (CWA), and was held in tandem with the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC), formerly known as Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled—National Paralympic Committee of the Philippines, is the national sports association for physically impaired athletes, tasked to spearhead developing sport competency for Filipino persons with disabilities. It is the Philippine National Paralympic Committee which is duly recognized by the International Paralympic Committee
World Trade Center Metro Manila (WTCMM) is an exhibition center located in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. The first phase of the venue was inaugurated by then President Fidel Ramos on October 28, 1996.
1997 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1997.
The Philippine National Games officially known as the POC-PSC Games is a national multi-sport tournament in the Philippines. It was created as a means to determine the possible composition of national pool athletes that will compete in international tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games and the Olympics.
Jean Claude Saclag is a Filipino wushu and kickboxing practitioner. In wushu, he is a gold medalist in Sanda World Cup and a silver medalist in the 2014 Asian Games.
Willy Reyes Wang is a former wushu taolu athlete from the Philippines. He is one of the most decorated Filipino wushu athletes of all time in international competition and became especially renowned after his gold medal victory at the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament.
The Asian Wushu Championships is a continental wushu championship hosted by the Wushu Federation of Asia (WFA), the official continental representative to the International Wushu Federation. The competition is open to the 37 member nations of the WFA and their respective national teams. Unlike other continental wushu competitions which are held every two years, the Asian Wushu Championships is held every four years to make way for wushu at the Asian Games.
The International Invitational Wushu Championships, also known as the International Wushu Festivals, were a series of international wushu competitions held from 1985 until the formation of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) in 1990. These competitions were the first ever international wushu competitions, and preceded the World Wushu Championships which started in 1991.
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2023.
The Sanda World Cup, previously known as the Sanshou Wushu Cup, is an elite-level international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sport of Sanda. Athletes qualify by placing high at the prior World Wushu Championships.
Arvin Ting is a retired competitive wushu taolu athlete from the Philippines. He is most remembered for being a gold medalist at the World Wushu Championships and a silver medalist at the Asian Games while still being a teenager.
The 2004 Asian Wushu Championships was the 6th edition of the Asian Wushu Championships. It was held at the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium (1) in Yangon, Myanmar from November 24-28, 2004. This was the first time women's sanda was an official event at the Asian Wushu Championships.
The 1989 Asian Wushu Championships was the 2nd edition of the Asian Wushu Championships. It was held on December 16 and 17, 1989 in British Hong Kong.
Wushu at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games was held at the in the Philippines from November 30 to December 2, 1991. This was the first time wushu at the SEA Games was contested, and the second time after wushu's appearance at the 1990 Asian Games that the sport was included in a multi-sport event.
Manila, Philippines 
