Levi Jung Ruivivar is finally coming home after receiving an invitation from the Office of the President, the Olympic gymnast wrote on her social media account Wednesday, Aug. 21. Levi Jung Ruivivar (FIG) The 18-year-old Ruivivar will depart from Los Angeles, California and is expected to arrive...
Gabby Williams is back with the Seattle Storm. France's Gabby Williams (AP) Williams, who helped France win a silver medal at the Olympics earlier this month, signed a rest-of-season contract with the Storm on Tuesday, Aug. 20. She will start play next week when the Storm return from their current...
Aira Villegas had to box through injuries and pain on her way to bagging the bronze medal in the women’s flyweight class of the 2024 Paris Olympics. (From left) Reynaldo Galido, Aira Villegas, and Marcus Jarwin Manalo (PSA) Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP)...
PARIS (AP) — After leading France’s Olympic team to a silver medal at the Paris Games, Thierry Henry left his coaching job Monday, Aug. 19, with the French soccer federation saying he had cited personal reasons for the departure. Thierry Henry (AP) The France great had a contract through the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Sorry to disappoint those who think this is going to be a salacious discussion. But it does discuss sex—genetic sex, gonadal sex, and anatomic sex. The 2024 Paris Olympics is over but the issue of sex or gender lingers, as a result of which boxing, a sport in which Filipinos...
Gymnast Levi Jung Ruivivar set the record straight on her absence from the Malacanang event that saw her fellow Paris Olympians savoring the warm reception of the Filipinos back home. Levi Jung Ruivivar In a lengthy Instagram post, the 18-year-old Ruivivar said she wasn't informed of the event...
There's no rushing things for hurdler John Cabang Tolentino as he turns his focus to recovery after his maiden stint at the 2024 Paris Olympics recently. John Cabang Tolentino The Spain-based track star failed to run in the repechage round of the men's 110-meter hurdles event after hurting his...
Paris Olympians Aleah Finnegan and Emma Malabuyo went back to their roots by imparting their knowledge through holding a gymnastics clinic on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) Gym in Intramuros, Manila. Paris Olympics gymnasts Aleah Finnegan, left, and Emma...
Boxer Hergie Bacyadan said she is focusing on other sports to figure things out after suffering an early exit at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Hergie Bacyadan (AP) In a heroes’ welcoming party held at New Port World Resorts in Pasay City recently, the 29-year-old pugilist revealed that she’s joining...
TIARET, Algeria (AP) — With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Aug. 16, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future. Olympic gold medalist in the the women's...
BUCHAREST (AP) — Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday, Aug. 16, that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after the medal was first awarded to U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles but later revoked. Romanian gymnast...
ZURICH (AP) — The greatest pole vaulter is set to race the fastest ever 400-meter hurdler. In the 100-meter sprint. Paris Olympics men's pole vault champion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis (AP) Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, who broke his own world record in the pole vault at the Paris Olympics, will...
