Sonny Wagdos, Janry Ubas and Hussein Loraña delivered the final blows for Team Philippines at the conclusion of the 2024 Taiwan Athletics Open over the weekend. Sonny Wagdos (PATAFA) Wagdos took the bronze medal in the men’s 5000m event where he crossed the line in 14 minutes...
FORT WORTH (AP) — There used to be a time when Simone Biles would find “beauty in the blindness” ahead of the Olympics, reveling in not knowing what she didn’t know. Simone Biles reacts while being honored after winning gold on the uneven bars during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships,...
Filipino-Japanese twins Keisei and Shugen Nakano proved they are a force to be reckoned with after pocketing separate gold medals in the 2024 Tahiti Oceania Open in French Polynesia Sunday, June 2. Shugen, left, and Keisei Nakano (Philippine Judo Federation) The Nakanos topped their respective...
The job is not yet done for the Philippine boxing team after it qualified five fighters to the 2024 Paris Olympics happening late next month. Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) secretary general Marcus Manalo said expectations are high for the Filipino pugs after managing to...
Carlo Paalam found himself reeling against the ropes but amazingly managed to squeeze out of his predicament and is now on his way to Paris. PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino congratulates Carlo Paalam with his daughter Celestem who turns a year old this June 12....
Hergie Bacyadan unleashed all her might to catch one of the four quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympics after edging Venezuela’s Maryelis Yriza in the women’s 75kg at the 2nd World Boxing Qualifications in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, June 2. Hergie Bacyadan becomes the fifth Filipino boxer to...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, June 2 appealed to the Marcos government to provide more financial support for Filipino athletes that would be competing in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games that would be held in Paris, France. Go, chairman of the Senate committee on sports, proposed...
Three years ago, Carlo Paalam vowed to do his best to return to the Olympics and clinch that gold medal he narrowly missed at the Tokyo Games. “I will not stop until I get that gold medal,” the Bukidnon-born boxer was quoted saying in Filipino after losing the gold-medal bout to a British rival...
It would be a reunion of sorts for Filipino boxers who won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Carlo Paalam became the latest fighter to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. (From left) Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial and Nesthy Petecio will try again their luck for the Olympic gold medal in Paris....
Carlo Paalam found his way back to the Olympics after outclassing Sachin Siwach of India in the men’s 57kg semifinal at the 2nd World Boxing Qualification for Paris Games on Saturday night, June 1, in Bangkok, Thailand. Carlo Paalam, right, celebrates his qualification to Paris Olympics after...
Not even a point deduction in the opening round could stop Hergie Bacyadan from inching closer to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fueled by her desire to step into the sports’ biggest stage, Bacyadan unleashed all her might to overcome Veronika Nakota of Hungary and move one win away from securing an...
Patrick Coo continued to impress overseas as he copped the silver medal in the men’s elite category of the 2024 Asian BMX Continental Championships Friday, May 31, in Bangkok, Thailand. Patrick Coo (Patrick Coo's Facebook post) The 22-year-old Coo timed in 36.74 seconds behind gold...