A Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games banner is displayed on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on April 13, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Japan's government is set to declare virus states of emergencies in Tokyo and three other regions on Friday, exactly three months...
Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz (left) and boxing legend-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao in this file photo. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Facebook page) Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has extended support to weightlifting icon Hidilyn Diaz after the latter secured her spot to the 2021 Tokyo...
Margielyn Didal Filipina skateboarding sensation Margielyn Didal is maximizing her time and effort to train at her custom-built training facility in Soul Sierra, Cebu. Didal is currently spending most of her training at the said skatepark, which was specifically designed by Boots Brandon based on...
MB File Photo Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez believes that veteran weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has the best chance to capture a medal in this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Ramirez said the experience Diaz had gained from the previous three Olympics, including the...
Gretchen Ho The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) announced Monday, April 19, it has tapped Gretchen Ho as its ambassador. As ambassador, the former volleyball player-turned-newscaster will help in promoting support on Filipino athletes bound to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. So far, the...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino talks about the country’s campaigns in the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games, respectively, with vaccines for COVID-19 coming its way when he appears as special guest in Tuesday’s Philippine...
The Philippine rowing team will vie for three berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics when they compete in the Asia Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta on May 5 to 7 in Tokyo, Japan. Melcah Jen Caballero and Joanie Delgaco hope their golden success as a pair at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games will...
Hidilyn Diaz will be competing her fourth Olympics in Tokyo this year. (MB File Photo) Hidilyn Diaz clinched her fourth straight Olympic berth after finishing fourth overall in the women’s 55kg category in the Asian Weightlifting Championship Sunday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A silver medalist in...
Eric Cray (From Eric Cray's Facebook account) Fil-American trackster Eric Cray continued his quest for an Olympic berth in the 2021 Tokyo Games after bagging the bronze medal in the Michael Johnson Invitational at the Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium in Waco, Texas over the weekend. Cray, who...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) First Vice President Al Panlilio hopes athletes and coaches bound to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics late July would be vaccinated by next month. Panlilio, who heads the task force for vaccine procurement for athletes, said they are working with the International...
Hidilyn Diaz (MB File Photo) Filipino veteran weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz tries to formalize her entry to this year’s Tokyo Olympics as she competes in the Asian Weightlifting Championship Sunday, April 18, in Tashkent Uzbekistan. It took more than a year for the event to happen after it was called...
U.S. President Joe Biden (right) and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Japan's prime minister...
