This aerial photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the newly-built Japan National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic Games now postponed until July 2021 due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium will host its first track...
The Brightlights (Facebook) A group composed of four-Filipino teens living in Ireland are competing at the 24th Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Anaheim, California. The Brightlights are composed of Joshua Regala, Marby Arriola, Fiona Cassandra Vargas, and Gwenaelle Noval....
(Clockwise from top) Top K-dramas 'Crash Landing on You,' 'The World of the Married' and 'Itaewon Class' (tvN / JTBC) “Crash Landing on You” of tvN and “The World of the Married” and “Itaewon Class” of JTBC became the overall most talked about Korean dramas in the first half of the...
Environment organization World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines welcomes its newest ambassador – Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach . The third Filipina to bring home the Miss Universe crown, Pia joins the WWF family as an ally and advocate for the conservation of the Philippines’ natural...
Manny Pacquiao (Top Rank Photo) WBA world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao may still see action inside the ring at least one more time before the end of the year. A source told the Manila Bulletin that an unnamed group in Macau is about to offer a deal that would see Pacquiao appear in a...
In this file photo, Efren 'Bata' Reyes of Philippines takes his turn against Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Nai in men's carom (1-cushion) semifinal at the Tent City of Manila Hotel in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games last December. (MB File Photo / Ali Vicoy) Efren “Bata” Reyes was asked what he’ll do...
But only after being awarded the gold medal earlier Karateka James de los Santos bags silver medal in the Adidas Karate World Open Series E-Tournament 2020. Former national team campaigner James de los Santos is expected to move up the world ranking for virtual kata after he took the silver medal...
Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (Photo by James Gilbert / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP, File Photo) Mike Tyson, the former world heavyweight champion who retired in 2005, said Thursday he will make a comeback at age 54, fighting Roy Jones Jr. on September 12 in Los Angeles. On his...
Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire is set to return in the ring on Dec. 12 when he faces undefeated Nordine Oubaali in the WBC bantamweight crown. (Top Rank Images) Nonito Donaire will make his ring return on Dec. 12 when he tries to wrest the WBC bantamweight crown from undefeated Frenchman...
BTS during their online concert (Twitter) K-pop boy band BTS’ “Bang Bang Con: The Live” held last month set a new Guinness World Records title for the most viewers for a music concert live stream. “756,000 fans from over 100 countries tuned in to the online performance on June 14th, which...
Alfred Labatos Alfred Labatos, popularly known as one of the original cast members of "Goin' Bulilit," is now into dubbing. He is the voice behind the Tagalized version of the hit South Korean drama “The World of A Married Couple." He plays Tony. Based upon BBC One's drama series Doctor Foster...
The Houston Rockets, with coach Mike D’Antoni and star James Harden, huddle up during practice as part of the NBA Restart 2020 in Orlando, Florida. (AFP) MIAMI – The latest round of COVID-19 testing at the NBA’s campus in Orlando found zero positive cases out of 346 players tested, the NBA...