<span style="color: #222222;">In Philippines, boxing star Manny Pacquiao has been nominated as a candidate for president in next year's election.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was nominated by a faction of the ruling party, PDP-Laban. Mr Pacquiao is a senator in the Philippines' parliament.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As a boxer, Mr Pacquiao won world titles in an unprecedented eight different weight divisions. He lost his most recent bout against a Cuban opponent and said he was considering retiring.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Pacquiao has pledged to campaign against poverty and corruption.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He is a popular figure in his home country but faces an uphill battle, trailing in opinion polls consistently.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is not clear which of the PDP-Laban factions will be recognised by the country's electoral commission for the 2022 election.</span><br />