Philippines' Juvic Pagunsan watches his drive from a tee in round 1 of the mens golf individual stroke play during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe on July 29, 2021. (Photo by YOSHIHIRO IWAMO / AFP) Golfer Juvic Pagunsan fired a five-under par 66 to...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here. (PSC Instagram) The cash incentives continue to come to Hidilyn Diaz's way. The 30-year-old weightlifter is set to receive an additional P5 million from the Philippine...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked Congress to pass a law that would exempt Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz's cash rewards from tax, saying no Filipino wanted to deduct from her much-deserved prizes. Hidilyn Diaz's gold medal-winning lift (Photo from AFP) Roque made the statement after the...
Photo from AFP Filipino referee Bong Pascual made his second appearance in the basketball competitions of the Tokyo Olympics, serving as of the officials of the Luka Doncic-led Slovenia’s lopsided victory Thursday, July 29 over the Rui Hachimura and host Japan. Pascual was joined by crew chief...
Officials wipe down seats to disinfect them, to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's group C first round football match between Egypt and Spain at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 22, 2021. (Photo by ASANO IKKO / AFP) Tokyo Olympics organizers...
Two-time world pole vault champion Sam Kendricks, one of EJ Obiena’s toughest rivals in pole vault, was ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics competitions on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. Sam Kendricks (Photo from World Athletics) The United States Olympics and Paralympic...
Irish Magno bid farewell to her Olympic campaign after suffering a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Thai foe Jitpong Jutamas in their Round of 16 women's boxing flyweight match in the 2020 Tokyo Games at the Tokyo International Forum Thursday, July 29. Philippines' Irish Magno (red)...
Various La Salle campuses lit up to celebrate the Philippines' first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. (Photo from DLS-CSB) The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB), De La Salle University, and La Salle Green Hills illuminated their campuses in honor of Diaz. "Mabuhay ang Atletang...
Cris Nievarez Rower Cris Nievarez resumed his campaign for consolation rankings on Thursday by finishing fifth in his classification group in the men’s single sculls in the Tokyo Olympics at the Sea Forest Waterway. Nievarez clocked 7 minutes and 26.05 seconds in the semifinal C/D behind Peru’s...
Eumir Marcial celebrates after winning against Algeria's Younes Nemouchi (AFP) Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial had an easy Olympic debut as he scored a win via Referee Stopped Contest in the first round against Younes Nemouchi of Algeria in their Round of 16 middleweight class bout in the Tokyo...
Photo from AFP TOKYO — Emerson Obiena realized early that he had a second pole vaulter in the family when his son EJ was barely three. “Bata pa si EJ nagpakita na siya ng curiosity sa pole na gamit ko pagkatapos kong mag-ensayo,” says the elder Obiena, 56, a double-silver, double-bronze...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Hidylin Diaz’s epic gold medal-winning feat at the Tokyo Olympics has unleashed a torrent of jubilation that is now playing out on the high-definition public screen of digital media. Here's a snapshot from a friend’s Viber post: “Did you ever think you’d see a Filipino...
