Deputy Speaker Rep. Mikee Romero of 1-PACMAN Partylist Deputy House Speaker Rep. Mikee Romero of 1-PACMAN Partylist pledged additional cash incentives to Filipino athletes who will win medals at the Tokyo Olympics firing off on Friday. The avid sportsman and NorthPort team owner announced Tuesday...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach gestures as he takes part in a news conference following an executive board meeting ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 17, 2021 in Tokyo. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed "doubts" and...
Zach LaVine of the USA Men's National Team dribbles the ball during the game against Argentina Men's National Team on July 13, 2021 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ned Dishman / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP) Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine was placed into...
Magnum Mebrere (MB Photo) TOKYO — Magnum Membrere, the former Ateneo Blue Eagle sharpshooter, polished off his breakfast omelet, answered a few questions, allowed two quick photos and was off to watch national rower Cris Nievarez in practice early Sunday at the Sea Forest Waterway in Koto City....
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz poses as she enjoys her Day 1 at the Olympic Village. (@hidilyndiaz Instagram) Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz appears to be the most excited among the 19 Filipino athletes that will see action in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics set to start this Friday, July 23 in...
Balcony at the Athletes Village with PH flag and banner. (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz's Instagram Stories) Filipino athletes in Tokyo are already feeling the Olympic vibe at the Games Village with only four days left before the grandest stage in sports officially opens. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who...
Elreen Ando (Photo from Elreen Ando's Facebook account) TOKYO — Let it not be said that Cebuana Elreen Ando never lifted a finger to gain entry to the Olympic Games which starts on July 23, Friday. The 22-year-old did, raising enough iron to win the bronze medal in the 2020 World Weightlifting...
Kurt Barbosa (second from right, seated) (MB Photo) TOKYO — Given his own way, taekwondo jin Kurt Bryan Barbosa of Bangued, Abra would probably be draining three-point shots today and then whooping, instead of delivering Olympic-qualifying double roundhouse kicks — and then, well, whooping. But...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
In this file photo taken on July 5, 2021, US player Coco Gauff returns against Germany's Angelique Kerber during their women's singles fourth round match on the seventh day of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)...
didal paalam magno watanabe Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal has written history in her own way as far as the Tokyo Olympics is concerned. Didal, 22, becomes the first Filipina skateboarder to qualify for the Olympics as skateboarding officially marks its official launch in this...
Hidilyn Diaz and her team More Filipino delegates are entering the Athletes’ Village with less than a week left before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics officially fires off on July 23. As of Sunday afternoon, weightlifter Elreen Ando, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, shooter Jayson Valdez, their coaches and...
