COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, March 20, and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. IOC President Thomas Bach, right, greets Kirsty Coventry after she was...
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Boxing is set to be on the program for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after years of disputes over how the sport is run. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during a press conference, ahead of the 144th session which will elect the new IOC...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm in his final weeks as IOC president even as a “new world order" gains speed ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach talks to the Associated Press during an interview at...
LYON, France (AP) — Just five years before the opening ceremony, French organizers of the 2030 Winter Games put on a united front Tuesday, Feb. 18, to unveil the team given the tightest schedule of any modern Olympics. Head of 2030 Olympic Winter Games, Edgar Grospiron, delivers a speech during a...
The goal of winning a Winter Olympics medal is now solidly cast in stone following the Philippine men’s curling team’s gold medal performance at the Ninth Asian Games in Harbin on Friday morning, Feb. 14. “This is too good to be true,” said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president...
Filipino-American short track speed skater Peter Groseclose has been selected as one of the recipients of Olympic Solidarity Scholarship from the IOC, the Philippine Skating Union (PHSU) announced Thursday, Jan. 23. Filipino-American short track speed skater Peter Groseclose (POC)...
Ricky Vargas was named chef de mission to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Al Panlilio will handle the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games as the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) made key appointments during its first General Assembly for the year on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the East Ocean Seafood...
The man who sparked the renaissance of Philippine sports today gets a piece of the spotlight in the January 27 staging of the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night at the grand ballroom of the Manila Hotel. POC chief Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino...
Organizers, as well as government officials and the private sector, are confident with the country’s hosting of the 2025 FIVB Men’s World Championships happening on Sept. 12 to 28 in two major Metro Manila venues. From left, sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan, Philippine Olympic Committee...
From Harbin in February to Chengdu in August and Bahrain in October before finally in Thailand in December and 2025 will be a busy year for Filipino athletes, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. “It’s a busy year marked with major...
The country is fielding a 20-athletes team to the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games that China is hosting for the third time from February 7 to 14 in the winter resort city of Harbin. The mission? To start setting the stage for a first-ever Winter Olympics medal for the Philippines....
Newly-reelected president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino will call to order the new set of members of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board on Jan. 9 and after that the first General Assembly of the new year will only be a week later on Jan. 15. POC president Abraham “Bambol”...
