TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan women's football coach Futoshi Ikeda targeted Olympic gold after his team qualified for the Paris Games with a hard-fought 2-1 win over North Korea in Wednesday's play-off second leg in Tokyo. Japan's Aoba Fujino (2-r) celebrates with teammates after scoring their team's second...
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Lilia Vu said on Wednesday, Feb. 28, she was not setting herself many goals this year after storming to world number one in 2023, but qualifying for the Paris Olympics was her first priority. Lilia Vu of the United States (AFP) Vu tees off on Thursday in the HSBC Women's World...
Apart from being the Love Month, February in the Philippines is also observed as the National Arts Month. It is a time when arts in different forms are celebrated through a myriad of exhibits, displays, and shows, with the mission of bringing arts closer to the people. But the theme goes beyond the...
PARIS (AFP) -- A bag containing a computer and two USB memory sticks holding police security plans for the Paris Olympic Games was stolen on Monday evening, Feb. 26, from a train at the capital's Gare du Nord station, police sources said on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The bag belonged to an engineer from...
TOKYO (AFP) -- North Korea women's football coach Ri Yu Il is targeting a place at the Paris Olympics "for the glory of our country" in Wednesday's winner-takes-all qualifying showdown with Japan in Tokyo. North Korea's players take part in a training session ahead of their AFC Women's Olympic...
GENEVA (AFP) -- Russia's appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday, Feb. 23, with Moscow lambasting its banishment from this summer's Paris Games as "discrimination". The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Pole vault star Armand Duplantis broke through six meters for the first time this season on Thursday, Feb. 22, but agonizingly just missed out on improving his world record. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) The Swede triumphed at the All Star Perche event at Clermont in...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Despite a slow start to the season, Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis said he is aiming to break his world record in Clermont-Ferrand five months before returning to France for the Paris Games. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) Since 2020, the Swedish athlete has...
NAIROBI (AFP) -- The funeral for world marathon record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash, has been brought forward to Friday, Feb. 23, Kenya's athletics federation said. World marathon record-holder Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum (AFP) Kiptum's death at the age of 24, just a few...
The Philippine Anti-Doping Agency (PHI-NADO) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) are confident that the issue on the alleged non-compliance on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code will be resolved soon, assuring everyone particularly national athletes that the country’s flag can be...
SAN MATEO, Rizal – Shagne Yaoyao leads a handful of Filipino riders that are expected to pour it all and earn precious UCI points to qualify for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Filipina cycling star Shagne Yaoyao (7-Eleven Trail) Yaoyao, who is the top female mountain bike athlete in the...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Four-time NBA champion LeBron James said on Sunday, Feb. 18, he has not formulated a farewell timetable but he looks forward to the Paris Olympics and wants to finish his playing days as a Los Angeles Laker. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Western Conference All-Stars...
