Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii celebrates her gold medal win in the Karate 1 Premier League in Cairo, Egypt last Sunday. (Photo from Junna Tsukii Facebook) Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal winner Junna Tsukii bagged her second gold medal in the Karate 1 Premier League after ruling the Cairo...
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City. MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, second...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz thinks that one likely solution to have weightlifting competitions in the 2024 Paris Olympics is for it to be organized by the International Olympics Committee (IOC). Diaz said that as an athlete, she is clueless on the fate of the...
Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president Monico Puentevella, left, with Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. (Monico Puentevella Facebook) Former Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) president Monico Puentevella expressed optimism that the International Weightlifting Federation...
Filipina boxing sensation Nesthy Petecio, who recently brought home glory when she won an Olympic Silver Medal, was recruited by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Petecio and weightlifter Elreen Ando took their oath on Thursday, Aug. 19 at the PCG National Headquarters, Port Area, Manila in a...
MB File Photo Top sports officials in the country are expected to meet next week to discuss the resumption of training for athletes seeing action in three important international tournaments in 2022. Officials of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will meet with counterparts from Philippine...
A member of Japan's gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced by the International Olympic Committee after her hometown mayor nibbled at the memorabilia. This reference file photo shows a glimpse of the USA Men's National Team gold medal on August 7, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (AFP)...
MB File Photo Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino still has one item to cross off his bucket list even after the country’s successful Olympic stint in Tokyo. “After 97 years, hindi po tayo papayag na hindi magkaroon ng permanent office ang POC,” Tolentino said when...
The breach of the COVID-19 health protocols during the heroes’ welcome for the Olympic medalists at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) by government officials is an “exemption,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 10. BEMEDALLED BOXERS–Irish Magno, Carlo...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino agreed to the importance of investing on cutting-edge sports science to sustain the country’s successful stint at the Tokyo Olympics. Ramirez said...
Maybe I caught the ‘Olympic Moth,’ er, bug? Watching the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, I found myself unexpectedly tearing up. Perhaps it was the dramatic music, the marching of the Japanese Olympians carrying their flag together with some frontliners—a clear representation...
Take a bow Team Philippines. Team Philippines at the Tokyo Olympics (Photo: Philippine Olympic Committee) Malacañang has commended Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam for his silver medal finish and rest of the Filipino athletes for displaying the "best Olympic performance in history." The Philippines so...
