Olympic silver medalist Carlo Paalam recently received a P3.6-million worth of house-and-lot unit in his homeland Cagayan de Oro City from local developer Vismin Cebu Landmasters, Inc. Carlo Paalam (Handout photo) "You’ve given inspiration to millions of young children. This is the first ever...
POC President Bambol Tolentino, center, with Tokyo Olympics medalists, from left, Nesthy Petecio, Hidilyn Diaz, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial (From POC Facebook page) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino personally led the presentation of monetary incentives to Filipino...
Alexander Zverev of Germany serves against Jannik Sinner of Italy during his Men's Singles round of 16 match on Day Eight of the 2021 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 06, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by MATTHEW...
The Senate on Monday, September 6, conferred the Medal of Excellence to the four Filipino athletes who bagged medals for the Philippines during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (From left) Olympic medalists Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam, Hidilyn Diaz and Nesthy Petecio pose for a selfie with...
Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii celebrates her gold medal win in the Karate 1 Premier League in Cairo, Egypt last Sunday. (Photo from Junna Tsukii Facebook) Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal winner Junna Tsukii bagged her second gold medal in the Karate 1 Premier League after ruling the Cairo...
It must have felt like home for Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz and Eumir Felix Marcial after they finally received the keys to their very own house and lot in their hometown in Zamboanga City, it was revealed Monday, Sept. 6. Photo courtesy of Western Mindanao Command Photo courtesy of Western...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is wasting no time in preparing the Filipino athletes that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as host country Vietnam could not give a definite timetable for the holding of the biennial event. PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez, who is...
Monico Puentevella at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Photo courtesy of the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas) Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) head Monico Puentevella expressed optimism on the inclusion of weightlifting in the 2024 Paris...
Hidilyn Diaz (MB Files) Hidilyn Diaz said she looks forward to competing in the 2021 Weightlifting World Championship with high hopes of duplicating her success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old Diaz became the country’s first gold medal winner in the history of its Summer Games...
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City. MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, second...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Hidilyn Diaz wanted nothing else but the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a dream she long aspired for since her first go-round in 2008. Thirteen years later, the Zamboanguena weightlifter delivered just that, lifting her way to immortality by winning the Philippines' first...
Photo from Phoenix Petroleum Tokyo Olympic medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial received their incentives from the Siklab Atleta Pilipinas Sports Foundation. Diaz, Petecio and Marcial met with Siklab Atleta executive director and Phoenix Petroleum executive Raymond Zorilla...
