PARIS (AFP) -- A total of 326,000 tickets are set to be sold or given away for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the river Seine, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday, March 5, giving the exact number for the first time. Organizers have scaled back their plans for the...
Filipino boxers opened their Paris Olympics campaign with a bang after two fighters advanced to the next round at the start of the World Qualifications Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Sunday, March 3 (Monday, March 4 in Manila). Nesthy Petecio, left, and Rogen Ladon win their first-round...
The country resumes its bid to earn berths to the 2024 Paris Olympics when 10 Filipino boxers compete in the World Qualification Tournament starting Sunday, March 3, in Busto Arsizio, Italy. Carlo Paalam, left, is one of the 10 Filipino boxers gunning for Olympic slots in the World Qualification...
Filipino-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will compete in a final Olympic-qualifying tournament in Washington DC on March 15, looking to officially book a ticket to the Summer Games slated in Paris this year. Filipino-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban Esteban, who switched federations...
GLASGOW (AFP) -- Noah Lyles' road to his ambitious aim of "all the Olympic medals" at the Paris Games winds through Glasgow this weekend, with the top US sprinter seeking 60m glory at the world indoor championships. USA's Noah Lyles (AFP) Lyles is a six-time world outdoor champion, last year...
EJ Obiena will get a glimpse of what’s in store for him in the 2024 Paris Olympics when he battles with fellow Olympians in the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland this weekend. EJ Obiena will be up against a formidable cast in the World Athletics Indoor Championships. (File...
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japan women's football coach Futoshi Ikeda targeted Olympic gold after his team qualified for the Paris Games with a hard-fought 2-1 win over North Korea in Wednesday's play-off second leg in Tokyo. Japan's Aoba Fujino (2-r) celebrates with teammates after scoring their team's second...
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Lilia Vu said on Wednesday, Feb. 28, she was not setting herself many goals this year after storming to world number one in 2023, but qualifying for the Paris Olympics was her first priority. Lilia Vu of the United States (AFP) Vu tees off on Thursday in the HSBC Women's World...
PARIS (AFP) -- A bag containing a computer and two USB memory sticks holding police security plans for the Paris Olympic Games was stolen on Monday evening, Feb. 26, from a train at the capital's Gare du Nord station, police sources said on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The bag belonged to an engineer from...
TOKYO (AFP) -- North Korea women's football coach Ri Yu Il is targeting a place at the Paris Olympics "for the glory of our country" in Wednesday's winner-takes-all qualifying showdown with Japan in Tokyo. North Korea's players take part in a training session ahead of their AFC Women's Olympic...
GENEVA (AFP) -- Russia's appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday, Feb. 23, with Moscow lambasting its banishment from this summer's Paris Games as "discrimination". The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Pole vault star Armand Duplantis broke through six meters for the first time this season on Thursday, Feb. 22, but agonizingly just missed out on improving his world record. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) The Swede triumphed at the All Star Perche event at Clermont in...
