Shown in this file photo is Hidilyn Diaz’s mother Emelita, second from left, and father Eduardo, right, during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila. (MB File Photo) The last time Hidilyn Diaz saw her parents was when she captured her first Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal back in...
Style matters at at the Olympic Games Historic would be the right term to describe the Tokyo Summer Games. The event was postponed for a year, spectators were banned from watching on-site at the Olympic village, former Olympians and international athletes were unable to qualify, all because of the...
Photo from AFP Yuka Saso birdied the last two holes to tally a four-under-par 67 and climb in the top 20 while Bianca Pagdanganan had a second straight even-par 71 in the third round of women’s golf in the Tokyo Olympics Friday, August 5 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. Saso...
MB Photo Reynaldo Galido, who represented the Philippines in boxing during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, sports a multi-color-designed athletic shoes which he says was purchased at the Olympic Village in Tokyo for roughly about P11,000. A member of ABAP’s women’s boxing team coaching staff here at...
Canada's Andre De Grasse (center) crosses the finish line to win ahead of second-placed USA's Kenneth Bednarek (left) and third-placed USA's Noah Lyles in the men's 200m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 4, 2021. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)...
Canada's midfielder Quinn (left) is marked by USA's midfielder Lindsey Horan (right) during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's semi-final football match between the United States and Canada at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima on August 2, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) Canadian...
It's for a good cause, too! Tom Daley Who says knitting is only for grandmas? Great Britain's diver Tom Daley has been breaking the internet for the past few days with snaps of him at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics while knitting, and it looks like he's done. Dubbed as the Olympic Cardigan , his latest...
Philippines' Carlo Paalam reacts after winning against Japan's Ryomei Tanaka after their men's fly (48-52kg) semi-final boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on August 5, 2021. (Photo by UESLEI MARCELINO / POOL / AFP) TOKYO — Flyweight Carlo Paalam...
Photo from AFP Eumir Felix Marcial is set to receive P7 million from the government and private sector following his bronze medal showing in the Tokyo Olympics. The middleweight boxer fell short against Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak in their action-packed semifinal affair but his bronze will...
Carlo Paalam knew that the semifinal match against Ryomei Tanaka of Japan was already a do-or-die moment for him. Japan's Ryomei Tanaka (red) and Philippines' Carlo Paalam exchange punches in their men's fly (48-52kg) semifinal boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena...
Following the gallant run of Margielyn Didal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Skate Pilipinas looks to invest more in its grassroots program in the hopes of bringing the sport of skateboarding into the limelight. Team Skate Pilipinas with national team head coach Dani Bautista (second from left) and...
A birthday celebration and a mom's blessing. Hidilyn Diaz (left) and her boyfriend-coach Julius Naranjo (Photo from PAL) That's what's in store for Olympic gold medalist, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz following the arrival of her parents from Zamboanga on Thursday night, August 5. Reports said the...
