Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, left, with strength and condition coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao at the Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan. Diaz is set to compete in the Asian Weightlifting Championship on April 16 to 21, a qualifying tournament for the...
Melcah Jen Caballero at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (Photo from Melcah Jen Caballero's Facebook account) National rowers bound for Olympic qualification to the Tokyo Games are making the most out of their time and resources to prepare amid restrictions brought by the pandemic. Melcah Jen...
Rizal Memorial Coliseum (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is waiting for a directive from the Office of the President if it could lock down its facilities in Manila and Pasig City due to the rising COVID-19 cases of its employees. Sources said the government sports...
MB File Photo Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz and her "HD Team" left Malaysia for Uzbekistan Friday, April 9, ahead of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent next week. Diaz and her team got the needed requirements, including the negative PCR test results for COVID-19. The...
Kenya on Thursday started vaccinating its Olympic athletes against COVID-19, paving the way to compete in the Tokyo Games. All the 75 athletes in the Olympic team bubble at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium were vaccinated on Thursday, in an exercise which will also cover the Paralympic teams, rugby...
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2019 USA's Simone Biles performs on the floor during the apparatus finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, southern Germany. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) US gymnastics superstar Simone...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) First Vice President Al Panlilio has formed a working group as his first action after POC President Rep. Bambol Tolentino tasked him to lead the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for national athletes ahead of the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam....
In this file photo, national team boxer Carlo Paalam trains in preparation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. (MB File Photo) Even before the boxing national team left for Thailand for a training camp, three of the four Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes were given the scenario of not going home until...
In this file photo taken on February 15, 2019 Olympic ice skater Kim Ju Sik (center) of North Korea holds a national flag during the '26th Paektusan Prize Figure Skating Festival in Celebration of the Day of the Shining Star' as part of celebrations marking the birthday of late North Korean leader...
Kristina Knott. (MB File Photo) Fil-American trackster Kristina Knott boosted her campaign for an Olympic spot by claiming the silver medal in the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida over the weekend. Knott, a double gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, clocked 11.36...
EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the gold medal during the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the New Clark City. (Photo from AFP) Pole vaulter EJ Obiena eyes no less than the gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Olympic Channel, Obiena vowed to do his best to clinch that...
Ricky Vargas is confident that Filipino boxers can win medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In his acceptance speech at the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held online Saturday, March 28, the boxing chief said earning podium finishes in the upcoming Summer Games would be their...
