Still coping with the heartbreaking loss in the 2024 Paris Olympics, EJ Obiena refused to look too far ahead as he pondered on what the future holds for him even as a possible return to the Los Angeles edition of the Games beckons. Speaking in a virtual press conference with Filipino...
PARIS – In her 108 bouts spanning more than a decade, Nesthy Petecio has experienced almost all kinds of oppression, but this one hurts the most. It was excruciatingly painful. Philippines' Nesthy Petecio reacts after she lost to Poland's Julia Szeremeta in their women's 57 kg semifinal boxing...
PARIS (AP) — Panipak Wongpattanakit retired on a perfect note as she became the first Thai athlete in any sport to become a two-time Olympic champion on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in a women's 49kg Taekwondo...
PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after...
PARIS – If one was amazed by the opening of the Paris Olympic, expect more hair-raising moments in the closing ceremony slated Sunday, Aug. 11, at the colossal Stade de France in Seine-Saint-Denis. Actor Tom Cruise, left in white, poses for pictures with fans as he attends the women's artistic...
PARIS – Nesthy Petecio’s own version of “Last Dance” ended in the semifinals, and in a painful way. Ranged against a taller and abrasive Julia Atena Szeremeta of Poland, Petecio faded dramatically after an impressive start and absorbed a stinging 4-1 defeat in the semifinals to settle for a...
PARIS – She received words of encouragement from no less than double-gold medalist Carlos Yulo, so weightlifter Eleen Ando is ready for the biggest battle of her life when she competes in the 59kg class in the Paris Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the South Paris Arena in Versailles. Elreen Ando...
PARIS – The pressure was too much bear and weightlifter John Febuar Ceniza dropped out of the medal race even before the competition in the 61kg class got hotter in the Paris Olympic on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the South Paris Arena. That’s because the Cebu City native failed not only once...
Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena is not making any excuses for his failed medal bid in the 2024 Paris Olympics but admitted that a nagging back injury cost him the shot at possibly ending the country’s 88-year drought in the athletics events in the world's grandest sporting event. In a...
CARLOS YULO is now the most accomplished Filipino Olympian in history, having won two gymnastics gold medals in floor exercise and vault in the ongoing Paris Games. (AP) PARIS – Amazing. Incredible. Magnificent. And even unprecedented. Almost all the superlatives have been used to describe the...
PARIS – Boxer Aira Villegas, a rookie trying to give her family everything following their harrowing experiences 11 years ago when Typhoon Yolanda hit Tacloban the hardest, was a bit sad and happy. Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu, right, fights Philippines' Aira Villegas in their women's 50 kg...
Eumir Marcial vowed to get right back up after suffering an early exit to his medal bid in the ongoing 2024 Paris Olympics. Days after bowing out of contention, Marcial took to social media to reflect on what he and his team had gone through in their quest for another Olympic success. “What a...
