NEW YORK (AFP) -- Reigning world 100- and 200-meter champion Noah Lyles served notice to Paris Olympic sprinters and Marco Arop ran the second-fastest indoor 1,000 ever on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Boston Grand Prix. USA's Noah Lyles (AFP/File photo) The indoor athletics meet serves as an early...
Margielyn Didal is hoping to earn precious points and improve her world ranking as she vies for a Paris Olympics spot this year. After falling and hobbling in her title defense in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September last year, the 24-year-old skateboarding star is set to compete in a...
The Philippine boxing team showed its readiness for Olympic qualifications to Paris after scooping four gold medals in the 2024 Boxam Elite Tournament in La Nucia, Spain on Saturday, Feb. 3. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio bannered the winners after overpowering her taller rival in...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Molly Seidel, third in the women's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics, said on Thursday, Feb. 1, she will not race in Saturday's US Olympic Marathon Trials due to a knee injury. Molly Seidel (AFP) In a video posted on Instagram, Seidel said she was "bummed" about the situation,...
PARIS (AFP) -- The French government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that it had slashed the crowd size for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this July amid security and other organizational worries. The traditional opening parade for the Games is set to take place in boats on the river...
Filipino cross-country skier Avery Balbanida finished the race but couldn’t progress as among the 30 fastest skiers in the next round of men’s sprint freestyle event of fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games on Monday morning, Jan. 29, at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Gangwon, South Korea. ...
Avery Balbanida tries to score a great performance at the start of his cross-country event on Monday, Jan. 29, in the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games Cross-Country events at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Gangwon, South Korea. Coach Allison McArdle and Avery Balbanida Balbanida, 16, the...
Another “word war” is likely to escalate after a report that the Philippines might be banned from competing in major events, including the Paris Olympics in July, unless the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) completely complies with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. The WADA made the...
GANGWON, South Korea -- Avery Uriel Balbanida has the entire weekend to test his readiness ahead of his first event on Monday, Jan. 29, in the Fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games. Avery Uriel Balbanida (left) and coach Allison McArdle Balbanida, 16, is entered in the men’s...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- LeBron James, Stephen Curry and reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid were named among a 41-strong player pool for the USA's 2024 Olympics basketball roster on Tuesday, Jan. 23. LeBron James (top), Stephen Curry (bottom left) and Joel Embiid (AFP) The star-studded...
GANGWON, South Korea—Peter Groseclose came close to a podium finish but fell short after a collision in the men’s 500 meters of short track speedskating in the 4 th Winter Youth Olympic Games on Monday, Jan. 22. Peter Groseclose came close to the podium in the Winter Youth Olympic Games....
GANGWON, South Korea -- Laetaz Amihan Rabe has adapted to the slopes of the Welli Hilli Park Ski Resort in Hoengseong and is ready for action in women’s slopestyle of free skiing of the Fourth Winter Youth Olympics set on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Laetaz Amihan Rabe (right) with POC...
