President Duterte has pledged to give all Filipino athletes who competed in the recently concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympics additional cash incentives, regardless if they won in their respective events or not. President Duterte congratulates Tokyo 2020 Olympics Silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy...
The Philippine boxing team who competed in the recently concluded 2020 Tokyo Olympics has arrived in the country Monday, Aug. 9. Olympic boxers (from left) Irish Magno, silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio, and bronze medalist Eumir Felir Marcial strike a pose at the NAIA Terminal 2 in...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque credited President Duterte for the Philippines’ biggest medal haul in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that saw Filipino athletes coming home with its first-ever gold medal, two silver medals, and one bronze medal. Team Philippines at the Tokyo Olympics (Philippine...
Photo from AFP The Tokyo Olympics drew to a close Sunday, Aug. 8, in what is considered a peculiar but momentous staging of the Games hampered by the pandemic. But equally momentous was the Philippines’ historic showing in the two-week conclave, where the 19-strong Filipino athletes went home...
Photo from AFP American magazine Sports Illustrated included Hidilyn Diaz’s historic feat at the Tokyo Olympics in its roundup story on the Games, which drew to a close Sunday, Aug. 8. In an article “Handing Out Awards for the Olympics” by Brian Cazeneuve posted Sunday, Diaz was mentioned...
Senator Joel Villanueva has praised and thanked Filipino athletes for their performance in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Hidilyn Diaz salutes during the Philippine national anthem after winning the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics women's 55-kg weightlifting competition. (AFP/Vincenzo...
A video announcing the Paris 2024 Olympics Game is seen during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on August 8, 2021. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) Thousands of people partied in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to watch the closing...
Photo from AFP The Agence France-Presse, one of the world’s leading news agencies, listed Hidilyn Diaz’s historic gold as one of the best moments of the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics which drew to a close on Sunday, August 8. Diaz’s triumph in the women’s 55-kg weightlifting category that...
Photo from Marcus Manalo A sports psychologist who is part of Team Philippines recently shared a chance encounter with NBA players Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier and Nicolas Batum of France. Marcus Manalo of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines posted on social media a picture with...
Photo from AFP The Philippines extended its dominance over Southeast Asian neighbors by becoming the best performing ASEAN country in the Tokyo Olympics. The 19-man PH team collected one gold, two silvers and one bronze medal in the two-week conclave to share 50 th place with Slovakia in the...
The medal haul of Filipino athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics is just the beginning of an era of new sports heroes who will shine and give the Philippines pride and honor in international championships. 41FA4097-B706-4A57-8415-CB55CA7F07D1_4_5005_c Speaker Lord Allan Velasco made this...
USA's Kevin Wayne Durant celebrates with his gold medal in podium during the medal ceremony for the men's basketball competition of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) Eliud Kipchoge produced a marathon masterclass and...
