ABAP president Ricky Vargas and secretary-general Ed Picson (Photos from PSA) World champion Nesthy Petecio and other Filipino hopefuls now have a huge chance of making it to the Tokyo Games as the Olympic Boxing Task Force (BTF) decided to cancel the World Qualifiers and base the qualification...
Filipino-American sprinter Kristina Knott (REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha) The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is eyeing three more athletes to earn berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics set July 3 to Aug. 8. PATAFA President Philip Ella Juico said tracksters Eric Cray and...
In this file photo, A man walks along a corridor past an official Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics advertisement board in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. (AFP) The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics has come up with a "playbook" that will serve as a guideline for athletes, coaches, and officials...
In this file photo taken on April 03, 2015 Saburo Kawabuchi, former Japan Football Association chairman and chairman of a task force to merge Japan's two basketball league speaks at a press conference in Tokyo. (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP) Equality activists called for more radical reform by...
This file photo taken on July 24, 2019 shows president of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, delivering a speech during a ceremony to unveil the one-year countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Photo by Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP) Tokyo Olympics chief...
ICTSI Chairman and President Enrique K. Razon, Jr. Business tycoon Enrique Razon has guaranteed to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for athletes and coaches bound to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino disclosed this Tuesday after a meeting with...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go (OFFICE OF SEN. BONG GO / MANILA BULLETIN) Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports Christopher “Bong” Go appealed to vaccine czar Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. to prioritize for COVID-19 vaccination the Filipino athletes and other delegates...
Bianca Pagdanganan seeks to blast way to Tokyo Throughout her journey in pursuit of golfing excellence, Bianca Pagdanganan never stops chasing every athlete’s dream. “Playing in the Olympics is the greatest (golf) opportunity,” said Pagdanganan, who left for the US Sunday night and will...
Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on February 4, 2021. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP) Tokyo Olympic organisers are planning to meet this week to discuss their response to sexist comments made by their boss, reports said Tuesday, after hundreds of...
A woman wearing a face mask walks past logos of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on February 2, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere...
Photo from the tournament's official Instagram page A week after shattering his national indoor record, Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena reset his own mark at the ISTAF Indoor Berlin 2021 tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Germany early Saturday. Obiena cleared 5.80 meters on his first...
This file photo taken on July 24, 2019 shows president of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, delivering a speech during a ceremony to unveil the one-year countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Photo by Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP) Tokyo 2020 Games chief...
