Philippine men's curling team wins historic gold at Asian Winter Games

This year's Valentine's Day was historic for Philippine sports as the country's men's curling team won gold at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.

Led by Marc Pfister and Benjo Delarmente, the Filipino team defeated Kazakhstan (4-1), Kyrgyzstan (12-2), Chinese-Taipei (11-3), Japan (10-4), host China (7-6), and South Korea (5-3) to claim Southeast Asia's biggest achievement in winter sports.

The Philippine Sportswriters Association recognized the curlers as its best performing athletes for February.

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena won two gold medals in Europe, setting a season-best of 5.80 meters at the Copernicus Cup in Toru?, Poland.

MMA fighter Joshua Pacio secured his title as undisputed ONE strawweight champion by defeating Jarred Brooks via TKO in Qatar.

The Philippines' men's beach handball team won their first gold medal in the Southeast Asian Beach Handball Championships, while the women's team took bronze.

Duathletes Merry Joy Trupa and Kim Mangrobang secured spots for the World Games after finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively at the Asia Duathlon Championship in Bahrain.