Talks continue between the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) officials and Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial as far as preparation is concerned for the Tokyo Olympics. ABAP Secretary-General Ed Picson said Sunday that they are still discussing to Marcial the possibility of him...
Philippine Football Federation president Nonong Araneta (Photo by Jonas Terrado) Nonong Araneta hopes the quality of Olympic qualifiers and aspirants would translate to a podium finish in the 2021 Tokyo Games scheduled July 23 to Aug. 8. Araneta, the country’s chief of mission to the Games, is...
Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas (Photo from Hermie Macaranas' Facebook account) Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas is raring to compete in the upcoming 2021 Canoe Sprint Asian Olympic Qualifier in Pattaya, Thailand in May. Macaranas said he and John Paul Selencio are paired up for the 1000-meter...
Photo from Hidilyn Diaz's Instagram account The team of Olympian Hidilyn Diaz has set a swab testing for COVID-19 in preparation for her participation in the Asian Weightlifting Championships on April 16 to 21 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Diaz, silver medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, is eyeing her...
Japanese torchbearer Azusa Iwashimizu (center), a member of Japan women's national football team, arrives at a torch kiss point to pass on the Olympic flame on day one of the torch relay outside J-Village National Training Centre in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021. (Photo by PHILIP...
In this file photo taken on March 24, 2020, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside Fukushima railway station, Fukushima Prefecture. Organisers announced on March 15, 2021 that spectators will be banned from the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which begins on March 25. (Photo by...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (Photo from PSA) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino is confident more Filipino athletes will earn berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics following the recent addition of boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam to the...
Nesthy Petecio, right, with her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes (Photo from Nesthy Petecio's Facebook account) World champion boxer Nesthy Petecio believes she got plenty of divine help from her late best friend, Alexcel Dargantes, in getting a berth to this year's Tokyo Olympics. Petecio paid...
Nesthy Petecio arrives at the NAIA Terminal 3 after bagging the gold medal at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship in Ulan Ude, Russia. (PHOTO BY ALVIN KASIBAN) The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (IOC-BTF) has sent to the Philippine Olympic Committee confirmatory...
Tokyo Olympic-bound boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno (Handout photo) The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) has shed light on the recent social media clamor of Olympic-bound boxers Irish Magno and Eumir Felix Marcial. ABAP, in a statement Friday, March 19, explained...
This file photo taken on July 31, 2018 shows Hiroshi Sasaki, head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) The creative director for Tokyo's Olympic ceremonies will...
Photo from Jann Nayre's Facebook account Jann Mari Nayre and Rose Jean Fadol inched closer to gaining berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after impressive victories in the World Table Tennis Singles Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar early Monday, March 15. Nayre, who made history as the first...
