POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Rep. Bambol Tolentino sought an additional P510 million budget for the elite sports as the country seeks the elusive first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Tolentino said the...
The Tokyo National Stadium. (AFP photo) The cost of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics will be slashed by $280 million, organisers said Wednesday, touting a scaled-back Games with cuts to everything from staffing to pyrotechnics. But the final price of the event -- officially budgeted before...
Photo from Alvin Lobreguito's Facebook account The Philippines will have four national wrestlers vie for Tokyo Olympic berths when qualifying competitions resume next year. Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) president Alvin Aguilar said Noel Norada, Jason Baucas, Alvin Lobreguito and...
Japan is "determined" to host the postponed Olympic Games in 2021 despite the coronavirus pandemic, the country's newly elected prime minister Yoshihide Suga told the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Japan is "determined" to host the...
This photo taken shows police officer Jiang Haiqi patrolling on Huangpu River in Shanghai. Jiang starred alongside the much-decorated Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics. . (Photo by STR / AFP) Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) Olympic-bound Carlos Yulo clinched a bronze medal in vault in the recent 2020 All-Japan Senior Gymnastics Championships in Takasaki, Japan. The 20-year-old world champion shared identical 14.733 points for third place with Kenzo Shirai to settle...
Ariana Dormitorio, the undisputed queen of Philippine mountain bike racing (Photo from Ariana Dormitorio's Facebook page) PhilCycling chief Bambol Tolentino is pulling all the resources available for mountain biker Ariana Dormitorio to clinch a slot in next year’s Tokyo Olympics. “Pasasalihin...
Olympic-bound boxer Irish Magno keeps herself busy on a non-training day and can be seen cutting rice crops in her hometown Janiauay, Iloilo. (Photo from Irish Magno's Facebook account) Olympic-bound boxer Irish Magno finds time to go back to her roots when she takes short breathers from her...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (Photo by Greg MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP) It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid COVID-19 testing and...
TOKYO – Tokyo 2020 should be held next year ''at any cost'' given athletes' efforts to be ready, Japan's Olympic minister said Tuesday, a day after the IOC's John Coates told AFP that the postponed Games would go ahead in 2021 ''with or without Covid''. ''For the Games next year, athletes...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz dominates the 59kg division in an online event Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament held July 24 and 25. (MB File Photo) Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is still keeping her options open with regards to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT)...
This file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori , right, answering questions as International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president and chairman of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020, John Coates, left, listens during their joint press conference in...
