World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) TOKYO — The path has been lit for gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Nesthy Petecio and taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa when they make their much-awaited debuts Saturday, July 24, during Day 2 of the XXXII Olympiad. Team Philippines’...
Photo from PSC With Olympic fervor fully ablaze these days, the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) through its Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan and President Al S. Panlilio, announced it is earmarking cash incentives not only for Filipino Summer Olympics medalists, but also for those who bring honor from...
While the whole world prepares for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, Malacañang announced that President Duterte has approved an additional P100,000 games allowance to all 19 Tokyo Olympians and six Paralympians "as token and to celebrate the achievement of the athletes qualified for the...
This picture taken on December 19, 2020 shows Olympic super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa posing in front of an Olympic rings installation outside the National Stadium in Tokyo. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) The most troubled Olympics in modern history finally get under way in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino sported a customized version of a Yeezy 350 V2 in honor of the Philippine team in the Tokyo Olympics. Philippine Olympic Committee President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino wears the country’s colors even in his Yeezy 350 V2 black rubber...
1. EJ OBIENA (athletics) – Obiena, 25, became the first Filipino athlete to qualify to the Tokyo Olympics after hitting the Olympic pole vault standard of 5.81 meters in a Pole Vault meet in Chiara, Italy in 2019. Ranked No. 10 in the world, Obiena has...
PH foreign coach sent home for suspected COVID (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 24, 2020, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside Fukushima railway station, Fukushima Prefecture.(Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) TOKYO — The coronavirus health scare, which has reportedly...
Filipino fencer Samantha Catantan, right, and national fencing team head coach Amat Canlas at the Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament last April in Uzbekistan. (Photo courtesy of Amat Canlas) Finally, after a year of waiting, the Tokyo Olympics is set to formally on Friday, July 23. Filipino...
Carlos Yulo (Photo from FIG's Twitter account) TOKYO — Acrobatic wonder Carlos Yulo may have to dispense with his most potent weapon — the triple back double front move — when he takes the floor in the gymnastics competition of the 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday, July 24, at the Ariake...
Coach Ed Maerina, right, with Cris Nievarez (Photo from Philippine Rowing Association) The surreal atmosphere still amazes rowing coach Ed Maerina even after 33 years since he last set foot in the Olympic stage. This time, he is not competing, but coaching one of the country’s promising athletes...
KRISTINA KNOTT (athletics) Kristina Knott Her participation in the 200-meter race will make Knott the first Filipina sprinter in the Summer Games since Lerma Bulauitan competed in the century dash at Melbourne in 2000. Since representing the Philippines in 2018, Knott, whose mother hails from...
People gather near the Olympic Rings to take pictures of the Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team of Japan Air Self-Defence Force flying over the Olympic Stadium, the main venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, during a rehearsal in Tokyo on July 21, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG...
