Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) First Vice President Al Panlilio has formed a working group as his first action after POC President Rep. Bambol Tolentino tasked him to lead the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines for national athletes ahead of the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam....
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the IOC headquarters during a protest by activists of the International Tibet Network against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Februay 3, 2021 in Lausanne. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) The United States said Tuesday it would discuss calls to boycott the...
In this file photo, national team boxer Carlo Paalam trains in preparation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. (MB File Photo) Even before the boxing national team left for Thailand for a training camp, three of the four Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes were given the scenario of not going home until...
In this file photo taken on February 15, 2019 Olympic ice skater Kim Ju Sik (center) of North Korea holds a national flag during the '26th Paektusan Prize Figure Skating Festival in Celebration of the Day of the Shining Star' as part of celebrations marking the birthday of late North Korean leader...
Kristina Knott. (MB File Photo) Fil-American trackster Kristina Knott boosted her campaign for an Olympic spot by claiming the silver medal in the Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida over the weekend. Knott, a double gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, clocked 11.36...
EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the gold medal during the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the New Clark City. (Photo from AFP) Pole vaulter EJ Obiena eyes no less than the gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In an interview with the Olympic Channel, Obiena vowed to do his best to clinch that...
Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg (Screenshot from ISU Short Track's Facebook page) Filipino speed skater Julian Macaraeg is eyeing no less than the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, a long-term goal he has been preparing for more than a decade now. "Competing in the Olympics in Beijing...
Ricky Vargas is confident that Filipino boxers can win medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In his acceptance speech at the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held online Saturday, March 28, the boxing chief said earning podium finishes in the upcoming Summer Games would be their...
Talks continue between the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) officials and Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial as far as preparation is concerned for the Tokyo Olympics. ABAP Secretary-General Ed Picson said Sunday that they are still discussing to Marcial the possibility of him...
Philippine Football Federation president Nonong Araneta (Photo by Jonas Terrado) Nonong Araneta hopes the quality of Olympic qualifiers and aspirants would translate to a podium finish in the 2021 Tokyo Games scheduled July 23 to Aug. 8. Araneta, the country’s chief of mission to the Games, is...
Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas (Photo from Hermie Macaranas' Facebook account) Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas is raring to compete in the upcoming 2021 Canoe Sprint Asian Olympic Qualifier in Pattaya, Thailand in May. Macaranas said he and John Paul Selencio are paired up for the 1000-meter...
Photo from Hidilyn Diaz's Instagram account The team of Olympian Hidilyn Diaz has set a swab testing for COVID-19 in preparation for her participation in the Asian Weightlifting Championships on April 16 to 21 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Diaz, silver medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, is eyeing her...
