Hidilyn Diaz (MB File Photo) Filipino veteran weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz tries to formalize her entry to this year’s Tokyo Olympics as she competes in the Asian Weightlifting Championship Sunday, April 18, in Tashkent Uzbekistan. It took more than a year for the event to happen after it was called...
Hidilyn Diaz gestures during the women's weightlifting event of the 30th Southeast Asian Games last December 2019. (MB File Photo) Hidilyn Diaz leads eight other Filipinos as the 2021 Asian Weightlifting Championship, the region’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), kicks off Saturday, April...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) hopes national athletes could resume training on July 1 amid restrictions brought by the pandemic. PSC Commissioner Mon Fernandez said the new schedule would still allow ample time for athletes to prepare for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam...
Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez hopes national athletes will be vaccinated in the coming months in time for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year. Fernandez said vaccines for athletes are not only beneficial for their physical health but also their mental...
Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, left, with strength and condition coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao at the Tashkent International Airport in Uzbekistan. Diaz is set to compete in the Asian Weightlifting Championship on April 16 to 21, a qualifying tournament for the...
Rizal Memorial Coliseum (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is waiting for a directive from the Office of the President if it could lock down its facilities in Manila and Pasig City due to the rising COVID-19 cases of its employees. Sources said the government sports...
MB File Photo Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz and her "HD Team" left Malaysia for Uzbekistan Friday, April 9, ahead of the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent next week. Diaz and her team got the needed requirements, including the negative PCR test results for COVID-19. The...
Asian Eye Institute, the largest and most trusted eye center in the Philippines,officially unveiled its e-commerce website, the Asian Eye SHOP on www.asianeyeshop.com . Created to help customers LOOK, SEE and LIVE BETTER, the Asian Eye SHOP puts the care back into eye care and eyewear. It combines...
Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas (Photo from Hermie Macaranas' Facebook account) Filipino rower Hermie Macaranas is raring to compete in the upcoming 2021 Canoe Sprint Asian Olympic Qualifier in Pattaya, Thailand in May. Macaranas said he and John Paul Selencio are paired up for the 1000-meter...
Ranking first in the Philippines and among the strongest in the Asia Pacific region, premier financial magazine The Asian Banker recently awarded Security Bank in a virtual ceremony last February 25 as the Philippines’ ‘Strongest Bank in 2020’ in its recently published Top 500 Strongest Banks...
In this file photo, athletes of the Philippine delegation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games wave their mini-flags before being crowned as the overall champions. (MB File Photo) The Philippine Sports Commission has approved the lineup for the 2021 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as training...
Fil-Am pole vaulter Natalie Uy condemns recent shooting in home city Julie Tran holds her phone during a candlelight vigil in Garden Grove, California, on March 17, 2021 to unite against the recent spate of violence targeting Asians and to express grief and outrage after yesterday's shooting that...
