MVP Sports Foundation

Backed by PLDT and Smart through MVP Sports Foundation, they have broken barriers time and again in men-dominated fields.

PLDT and Smart Communications Inc. have given Filipino Olympians Carlos Yulo, Nesthy Petecio, and Aira Villegas, and their respective coaches and staff, a total of ₱21 million as reward for earning the Philippines its biggest number of medals at the recently concluded Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Long-time supporter of Carlos Yulo, Philippine sports patron and PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan expressed his delight after the gymnast’s historic double gold medal win at Olympic Games Paris 2024.

PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan bolsters support for the national boxing team, as the group visited the PLDT headquarters in Makati City a few days before they leave for their training in Metz, France, ahead of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

Iya is part of PLDT and its Smart’s Better Today: Power Move Project, which aims to champion mental health and wellness through sports and features inspiring stories of Filipino para-athletes and coaches who embody the true meaning of persistence, bravery, and mental resilience.

Community is important in the growth of a person. Like what writer, educator, and humanitarian Helen Keller said, “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” This is particularly true for para-athletes, whose respective communities have been their support as they strive to become better each day.

To celebrate this year’s World Mental Health Day, PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continue their advocacy to champion mental health and wellness through sports with the Better Today: Power Move Project.

In a country where basketball is revered, known to be the world’s home of makeshift courts, three Filipino gentlemen who either played hoops or cheered from the courtside, find themselves in the same corporate boardroom many years on strategizing their biggest coup yet: bringing over the world’s biggest basketball event, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, to the Philippines.

A few weeks after the Philippine Women’s National Football Team (PWNFT) went home to thank their fans and supporters, midfielder Quinley Quezada said she still finds everything unreal.

PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and MVP Sports Foundation Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan and PLDT and Smart Communications President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio, together with PLDT Leadership Transition Officer Ricky Vargas, PLDT and Smart FVP and MVPSF Executive Director Jude Turcuato, and other executives met with the Philippine Women's National Football Team and Philippine Football Federation (PFF) President Mariano Araneta to personally congratulate them for their historic stint at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.