Juvic Pagunsan, left, and Yuka Saso at the driving range of the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. (Photo from the Philippine Golf Tour Instagram) Filipino golfers are raring to mirror the golden feat of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz with Juvic Pagunsan seeing action first in the country he...
Yuka Saso, left, and Juvic Pagunsan pose at the Olympic logo at the Kasumigaseki Country Club, the venue for golf action in the Tokyo Olympics. (Photo from @philgolftour Instagram) Golfers Yuka Saso and Juvic Pagunsan look ready to go up against the best in the world after getting the feel of the...
Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, left, takes a selfie with world gymnastics champion Caloy Yulo at the Athletes Village in the Tokyo Olympics in Japan. (Hidilyn Diaz Instagram) Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has been to three Olympics. She won a silver medal back in 2016 that ended a...
HIDILYN DIAZ Hidilyn Diaz This edition of the Tokyo Olympics is Hidilyn Diaz’s fourth straight stint, and the weightlifter is one of the country’s best hopes to finally win the first gold medal in the Summer Games. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the native of Zamboanga City bagged the silver medal...
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...
Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Sunday thanked Filipino-Japanese golfing sensation Yuka Saso for sending her “special message” on the occasion of the 65 th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the Philippines. “Thank you so...
Yuka Saso of the Philippines hits her second shot on the 10th hole during the first round of the Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio on July 08, 2021 in Sylvania, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)...
Bianca Pagdanganan (left) and Yuka Saso Tokyo Olympics-bound golfers Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines both shot an even-par 71 in the first round of the Marathon LPGA Classic Thursday (Friday in Manila) at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio in the US. Saso, the...
Manny V. Pangilinan Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes of Team Philippines will get a chance to become instant millionaires. This is after the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) approved during a board meeting Thursday, July 8 that it will grant a cash reward to 19 Filipino athletes with podium finishes in...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Just halfway through 2021, and yet Philippine sports are already teeming with top achievers. The month of June alone saw a number of Filipino athletes proudly wave the country’s tricolors in the international stage, with a pair of lady teeners showing the way. Golfer Yuka Saso...
Yuka Saso (left) and Bianca Pagdanganan Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines will each play three tournaments as part of their preparation for the Tokyo Olympics later this month at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. Saso, the reigning US Women’s Open champion, is set...
Bianca Paganganan, left, and Yuka Saso will vie for the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. (MB Photos) Filipino golfers Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan have formally qualified to the Tokyo Olympics after the International Golf Federation (IGF) released the official list of 60 players in the...
