File Photo Boxer Nesthy Petecio displayed her world championship form after advancing to the Round of 16 in the women’s featherweight division in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Saturday, July 24. Petecio won via unanimous decision over Congo’s Marcelat Sakobi Matshu, 5-0, to jumpstart her bid for the...
Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, left, takes a selfie with world gymnastics champion Caloy Yulo at the Athletes Village in the Tokyo Olympics in Japan. (Hidilyn Diaz Instagram) Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has been to three Olympics. She won a silver medal back in 2016 that ended a...
MB File Photo TOKYO — Fists of fury take centerstage in the XXXII Olympiad on July 24, Saturday, as boxing events get going in the Round of 32 preliminaries, with the Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio debuting against Marcelat Sakobi Matshu of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Kokugikan Arena....
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) TOKYO — The path has been lit for gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Nesthy Petecio and taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa when they make their much-awaited debuts Saturday, July 24, during Day 2 of the XXXII Olympiad. Team Philippines’...
Hidilyn Diaz (MB File Photo) Two of the world’s top wire services have listed weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and boxers Eumir Marcial and Nesthy Petecio as among the athletes to watch in the Tokyo Olympics which officially starts on Friday, July 23. Diaz was listed as among the five weightlifters to...
In this photo, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz (center) meets national boxing team members Carlo Paalam (from left), Nesthy Petecio, and Eumir Felix Marcial at Tokyo's Olympic Village (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz) TOKYO — After months of intense training and campaigning to qualify for the 2020 Summer...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
EJ OBIENA (athletics) EJ Obiena This Tokyo Olympics could be the year for athletics as pole vaulter EJ Obiena is among the favorites to win a medal for the Philippines. The 25-year-old Tondo native aims to become the second Filipino from the sport to win an Olympic medal following Simeon...
Manny V. Pangilinan Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes of Team Philippines will get a chance to become instant millionaires. This is after the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) approved during a board meeting Thursday, July 8 that it will grant a cash reward to 19 Filipino athletes with podium finishes in...
ABAP president Ricky Vargas Officials of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) are still waiting for the US visas of three Tokyo Olympics-bound boxers training in Thailand while it has given a go for another Olympian in Eumir Marcial to travel from Dubai to Colorado Springs...
The national boxing team, led by Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter Eumir Marcial, third from left, prior to the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo from Eumir Felix DS Marcial's Facebook's account) Filipino boxers John Paul Panuayan and Jere...
Eumir Marcial Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Marcial has earned a bye as he moved to the quarterfinal at the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Monday night, May 24 in Dubai. The 25-year-old Marcial, the top seed among the 12 participants in the 75-kilogram middleweight...
