Olympic-bound skateboarder Margielyn Didal is ready to unleash all the tricks up her sleeves when she competes in the 2021 Tokyo Games next month. Margielyn Didal (Handout) National team coach Dani Bautista said they have been working on Didal's late flip-outs and 360 flip-outs, to name a few, to...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Japan's prime minister on Friday dismissed claims that the country's emperor is "concerned" the Tokyo Olympics could spread the...
Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets grabs the loose ball as Jrue Holiday of the Milwaukee Bucks defends in the first half during game seven of the Eastern Conference second round at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by ELSA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) Brooklyn...
Juan Gomez de Liano (FIBA photo) Another Filipino cager is taking his talents to Japan after Juan Gomez de Liano signed with EarthFriends Tokyo Z, a second division club in the B.League. The club located in the southeast part of Tokyo made the announcement Wednesday, June 23 as the sweet-shooting...
Kristina Knott (left) and Kiyomi Watanabe Sprinter Kristina Knott and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe became the latest Filipino athletes to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to start exactly 30 days from now. According to worldathletics.org, Knott earned a berth through universality place in the...
Juvic Pagunsan Veteran golfer Juvic Pagunsan has officially made it to the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the 13th Filipino that will see action in Japan on July 23 to August 8. The announcement came Tuesday, June 22, after the International Golf Federation (IGF) released the official 60 entries from the...
People take pictures with the Olympic rings outside the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) The Tokyo Olympics have weathered a historic postponement, an unprecedented ban on overseas fans and persistent domestic opposition, but with one month to go, the...
Mikee Romero Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero lauded the inclusion of shooter Jayson Valdez to next month’s Tokyo Olympics, saying his time has finally come to make a difference. “I have known him since teenage days because he was part of my youth team when I was still the president of the shooting...
People wearing face masks stand next to a display of the Olympic Rings in Tokyo on October 20, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Tokyo Olympics organizers and Japanese officials meet Monday to decide whether fans will be allowed at the pandemic-postponed Games, just weeks before they open....
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic Organising Committee, speaks during a media tour at the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Tokyo 2020 Games, constructed in the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Akio KON / POOL / AFP) Tokyo 2020 organizers threw...
204159370_522653288777560_2463553271871350710_n Shooter Jayson Valdez dreamed of making it to the Olympics – literally. Back in 2018, the 25-year-old had a dream about competing in the sports’ grandest stage and winning the gold medal. He is a step closer to living that reality after recently...
Jayson Valdez Jayson Valdez joined the growing list of Filipino qualifiers to the Tokyo Olympics after earning a slot in the men’s air rifle 10-meter event through the quota system. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced this development Saturday, June 19, saying...
