After his six-year term, President Duterte will undoubtedly be leaving a lasting legacy to a grateful nation. Photo from PSC And this indelible mark will also be left in Philippine sports, which went through a unprecedented and historic period of excellence and world-renown never before reached...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Hidilyn Diaz is not taking her opponents lightly despite being groomed to retain the gold in the women’s 55kg weightlifting category of the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Diaz refused to express full confidence ahead of the weightlifting event in Hanoi, saying that rivals are...
Thousands of competitors are gathering in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for the 31st SEA Games after Covid-19 postponed the event for six months. AFP Sport looks at five athletes who could steal the show when the Games begin on Thursday. Panipak Wongpattanakit (Thailand) The world number one in...
The search for more gold medals doesn’t stop weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz even after giving the country its first Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games last year. But it wasn’t only for herself. Filipino athletes bound to the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games “As an athlete, we don't stop there eh....
Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella believes its athletes can win at least two gold medals in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi slated next month. Weightlifting president Monico Puentevella with Hidilyn Diaz. (File Photo) Puentevella made this fearless forecast...
Nesthy Petecio found renewed strength as she continues to hunt for the country's first Olympic gold medal in boxing. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz (left) and silver medalist Nesthy Petecio (Photo from Nesthy Petecio's official Facebook page) "Lagi kong sinasabi 'yong walang hihinto...
Busy 2022 for Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, the country's first Olympic gold medalist, is confident of winning the gold medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Since bagging the historic Olympic gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Diaz will mark...
PSA Athlete of the Year Hidilyn Diaz (Manny Llanes) Dreaming big and working hard had been the common denominators of athletes and officials who took the spotlight in Monday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. And for Hidilyn Diaz, who was...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) The country’s Olympic heroes and top sports achievers get a well-deserved tribute Monday during the annual celebration of the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night at the Diamond ballroom of the Diamond Hotel. Star of the night is no...
Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is slowly getting back to her training groove after contracting COVID-19 almost a month ago. Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) It would be recalled that Diaz announced she tested positive for COVID-19 last Jan. 12. "After two weeks of heavy training, medyo lumakas na. Medyo...
The De La Salle-College of St. Benilde paid homage to Olympic gold medalist and elite weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz at the Benilde Sports and Dormitory Complex in Pasay City, Wednesday, Feb. 9. Br. Edmundo "Dodo" Fernandez FSC (right), President of De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, gives Olympic gold...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Weightlifting Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz aired her sentiments in the ongoing rift between fellow Olympian EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) during Monday’s Senate hearing held online. Diaz, who was present to support Obiena,...
