PARIS – The pressure was too much bear and weightlifter John Febuar Ceniza dropped out of the medal race even before the competition in the 61kg class got hotter in the Paris Olympic on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the South Paris Arena. That’s because the Cebu City native failed not only once...
Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena is not making any excuses for his failed medal bid in the 2024 Paris Olympics but admitted that a nagging back injury cost him the shot at possibly ending the country’s 88-year drought in the athletics events in the world's grandest sporting event. In a...
Carlos Yulo The House of Representatives has conferred upon gymnast Carlo Edriel Yulo the Congressional Medal of Excellence, the highest award given to Filipino achievers in the fields of sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and...
CARLOS YULO is now the most accomplished Filipino Olympian in history, having won two gymnastics gold medals in floor exercise and vault in the ongoing Paris Games. (AP) PARIS – Amazing. Incredible. Magnificent. And even unprecedented. Almost all the superlatives have been used to describe the...
PARIS – Boxer Aira Villegas, a rookie trying to give her family everything following their harrowing experiences 11 years ago when Typhoon Yolanda hit Tacloban the hardest, was a bit sad and happy. Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu, right, fights Philippines' Aira Villegas in their women's 50 kg...
The financial windfall just kept pouring in for Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo. ArenaPlus is the latest to recognize the 24-year-old gymnast for the historical feat he achieved in the Paris Olympics as it is set to give Yulo a cash reward amounting to P5 million. The ‘Astig Sports...
Eumir Marcial vowed to get right back up after suffering an early exit to his medal bid in the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Days after bowing out of contention, Marcial took to social media to reflect on what he and his team had gone through in their quest for another Olympic success. “What a...
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Xander Schauffele had his chance. Now it’s Nelly Korda’s turn. Nelly Korda, of the United States, hits from the 14th tee during a practice round for the women's golf event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Le Golf National in...
PARIS (AP) — Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s welterweight division at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday night, Aug. 6, moving one win away from what she calls the best response to the worldwide scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender....
President Marcos said that he would ask Filipino two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo about what the government could do to increase the country's odds of getting more gold medals from the coveted sporting event. (Photos: Bongbong Marcos & Olympics/Facebook) In a media interview in...
A view of the Grand Palais, the venue that will host fencing and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics, is pictured Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) PARIS (AP) — A ransomware attack has targeted the central data systems of Paris' Grand Palais and other...
PARIS – All eyes will be on boxer Nesthy Petecio as she tries to extend her own version of “Last Dance” and make it truly special when she battles Poland’s Julia Szeremta in the semis of the women’s 57kg division in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the Roland Garros Stadium...
