Japan is "determined" to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country's newly elected prime minister Yoshihide Suga told the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Japan is "determined" to host the...
This photo taken shows police officer Jiang Haiqi patrolling on Huangpu River in Shanghai. Jiang starred alongside the much-decorated Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics. . (Photo by STR / AFP) Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) Olympic-bound Carlos Yulo clinched a bronze medal in vault in the recent 2020 All-Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships in Takasaki, Japan. The 20-year-old world champion shared identical 14.733 points for third place with Kenzo Shirai to settle...
Ariana Dormitorio, the undisputed queen of Philippine mountain bike racing (Photo from Ariana Dormitorio's Facebook page) PhilCycling chief Bambol Tolentino is pulling all the resources available for mountain biker Ariana Dormitorio to clinch a slot in next year’s Tokyo Olympics. “Pasasalihin...
Olympic-bound boxer Irish Magno keeps herself busy on a non-training day and can be seen cutting rice crops in her hometown Janiauay, Iloilo. (Photo from Irish Magno's Facebook account) Olympic-bound boxer Irish Magno finds time to go back to her roots when she takes short breathers from her...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (Photo by Greg MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP) It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid COVID-19 testing and...
TOKYO – Tokyo 2020 should be held next year ''at any cost'' given athletes' efforts to be ready, Japan's Olympic minister said Tuesday, a day after the IOC's John Coates told AFP that the postponed Games would go ahead in 2021 ''with or without Covid''. ''For the Games next year, athletes...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz dominates the 59kg division in an online event Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament held July 24 and 25. (MB File Photo) Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is still keeping her options open with regards to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT)...
This file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori , right, answering questions as International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president and chairman of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020, John Coates, left, listens during their joint press conference in...
Orly Bauzon was part of Toyota's 1973 title run in its first stint in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association. Orlando “Orly” Bauzon, an Olympian and one of the pioneer players of the fabled Toyota franchise in the MICAA and PBA, passed away Saturday due to cardiac arrest. He was...
From left, Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) Philippines’ chief of mission to the Tokyo Games Nonong Araneta believes the present batch of Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls have the strongest chance of...
Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott breaks Lydia De Vega-Mercado’s 33-year-old national record in the 100-meter dash. (REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha) Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott smashed Lydia De Vega-Mercado’s 33-year-old national record in the 100-meter dash after settling for the...
