DAVAO CITY—The Davao City- University of the Philippines Sports Complex is being eyed as the location of the proposed Mindanao Sports Development Training and Research Institute.

University of the Philippine-Mindanao chancellor Lyre Anni Murao said Davao City Third District Representative Isidro Ungab is spearheading the move for a sports institute to be located in the 20-hectare sports facility. 

“It is also being used to help us in the sports science program but we do not want to stop here, there is a plan to make it a part of a bigger program, we are getting help from Congressman Sid Ungab who is proposing a bill on the Mindanao Sports Development Training and Research Institute.

Murao said the DC-UP Sports Complex which is being co-maintained by the City Government of Davao will not just be a venue for various sporting events but is planned to be the center for sports training and research

“We will convert it into a research institute and hopefully it will have its own separate funding so the facility will be sustained so we can expand our program in Mindanao for sports,” Murao said.