One last fight. That's what former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Eduard "Landslide" Folayang is asking for before he heads into the sunset. Folayang, who headlined ONE Championship's first show and has been the face of Philippine MMA for nearly two decades, wants to exit on his own terms and...
Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott failed to advance to the women’s 60-meter semifinals after finishing sixth in her heats at the 2025 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China on Saturday, March 22. Kristina Knott. (File Photo) The 29-year-old national record holder clocked 7.42...
National record holder Kristina Knott has secured a spot in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set in Nanjing, China next week, the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association announced on Saturday, March 15. Kristina Knott. (File Photo) The 29-year-old Knott will be competing in the...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Meet records continued to fall in the swimming competitions at the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships even as weightlifter Reynadine Jimenez, niece of Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, took the spotlight in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships on Monday, Nov. 25, at the...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo feels a sense of nostalgia as she watches young weightlifters, including her niece Reynadine Marie Jimenez, compete in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championship here. Hidilyn Diaz watches her niece, Reynadine Marie Jimenez of Rizal,...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Swimmers Anton Paulo Della of San Fernando, La Union and Albert Jose Amaro II of Naga City made waves by posting new meet records, while Masbate City’s Courtney Jewel Trangia clinched the first gold medal at stake in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships at the RVM...
Jhodie Peralta added another medal in the Team Philippines’ war chest after scooping one bronze medal in the IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Leon, Spain on Friday, Sept. 20. Jhodie Peralta,center. (IWF) Peralta posted 85 kilos for the third-best lift in snatch in the women’s...
Lovely Inan and Angeline Colonia delivered four gold medals for Team Philippines in the IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Leon, Spain on Thursday, Sept. 19. Lovely Inan, left, and Angeline Colonia. (IWF) The 19-year-old Inan, a national champion from Angono, Rizal, compiled a total...
EUGENE (AP) — One aspiring Olympian is taking a break from his day job at the deli section while he makes his run for Paris. Another athlete worked as a nanny, but when she left to focus on running at the Games, the family understood. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (AP) When these runners and hurdlers...
Lauren Hoffman recalibrates after disappointing World Indoor tilt experience By Brian Yalung Beyond the Game Column Lauren Hoffman admitted that she was pretty enthusiastic when she found out she would represent the Philippines at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in...
Filipino Olympian EJ Obiena vowed to come back more prepared following a disastrous ninth place finish in the men’s pole vault at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships earlier this week in Glasgow, Scotland. EJ Obiena (AFP/File Photo) The world No. 2 and Asian record holder posted one of...
LONDON (AFP) -- Britain is in the running to host the 2029 world athletics championships, UK Athletics chief executive Jack Buckner said on Monday, March 4. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) London staged the event in 2017, while Glasgow hosted the world indoor championships last weekend....
