Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) President Marcus Manalo remains wary of the boxing team’s chances in the 2026 Asian Games in Japan next month despite fielding an elite squad spearheaded by Olympic medalists. "Looks good on paper but all Olympic medalists had very limited...
The Asian Games-bound Philippine boxing team may be without Eumir Marcial -- its lone medalist from the previous edition -- but it is bringing a formidable arsenal to this year’s Games in Japan next month. Olympic medalists Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Aira Villegas headline the lean...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A pesky native bird appeared on the podium almost on cue as organizers prepared to unveil a countdown clock marking six years to go until the 2032 Olympics. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner noted the timely white ibis in his welcoming remarks, joking with the crowd that it...
BERLIN (AP) — The Women’s Tennis Association is introducing one-off mandatory gene-testing for all players effective from Tuesday, July 21 – a requirement to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The WTA updated its women’s eligibility policy to include gender screening “based on...
The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport 's Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact. Alexandra Rickham, director of sustainability at World Sailing, said this first-of-a-kind life cycle...
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is sending the strongest possible team to the 20th Asian Games, with Olympic medalists leading the fight for the country 's medal bid in the tournament slated Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in Japan. ABAP, led by president Marcus Manalo, is...
Years before she married businessman and sports patron Jean Henri Lhuillier and became a mother of four, Bea Lucero was already making headlines as a child prodigy who excelled not in one, but two sports – gymnastics and taekwondo. Lucero, now 53, dazzled in both local and international...
Maritanya Krog in cycling and Pi Durden Wangkay and Naomi Marjorie Cesar in athletics are three of nine Filipino athletes who will be competing in the Fourth Youth Olympics Games in Senegal this October, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino....
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Sports and medal events cut from the 2032 Brisbane Olympics program will have a path to return at future Summer Games, IOC President Kirsty Coventry told sports leaders on Wednesday, May 27. Coventry’s reassurance to the annual meeting of Summer Games sports bodies...
President Marcos said the Philippines is expanding opportunities for Filipino athletes as he met with Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani to strengthen cooperation in sports development and explore future hosting prospects. The President welcomed the Qatari...
GENEVA (AP) — Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women 's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday, March 25, which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games....
PARIS (AP) — Near, far, wherever she is … Celine Dion is heading back to Paris. Confirming clues that have been popping up, tantalizingly, on posters around the French capital, a person involved in the planning told The Associated Press that Dion will play autumn concerts at the La Defense...
