This picture taken on May 21, 2021 shows Olympic weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines lifting weights during a training session in Jasin in the Malaysian city of Malacca. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz grunts with the effort of hoisting a barbell over her...
Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 players CJ Perez, Alvin Pasaol, Moala Tautuaa, Joshua Muzon and Leonard Santillan. (FIBA Photo) Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 coach Ronnie Magsanoc has announced Tuesday his official 4-man roster for the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifier (OQT) set May 26 to 30 in Graz, Austria. Magsanoc named...
Jere Samuel Dela Cruz of the Philippines, right, connects a jab against Sri Lanka’s Jeewantha Wimukthi Kumara in their lightweight bout in the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Tuesday night, May 25 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AIBA Images) Filipino boxers Mark Lester Durens and...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an official Tokyo Olympics sponsor, called for the Games to be cancelled on Wednesday, describing...
The national boxing team, led by Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter Eumir Marcial, third from left, prior to the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo from Eumir Felix DS Marcial's Facebook's account) Filipino boxers John Paul Panuayan and Jere...
111219_SEAG-CLOSING-PARADE_02_riodeluvio-1024x619 National athletes, coaches and officials bound for the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games are scheduled for vaccination on Friday, May 28, at the Manila Prince Hotel. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino...
(Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) The United States warned its citizens Monday not to travel to Olympic host Japan, citing the growing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Asian nation just two months before the Games begin. The warning came in a travel advisory issued by the State Department as...
Eumir Marcial Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Marcial has earned a bye as he moved to the quarterfinal at the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Monday night, May 24 in Dubai. The 25-year-old Marcial, the top seed among the 12 participants in the 75-kilogram middleweight...
People take pictures with the Olympic rings outside the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres on Monday in a bid to speed up a cautious COVID-19 inoculation programme with just two months until the virus-postponed...
Richard Gomez Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said that the sports facilities in their area are available for national athletes with disabilities as they prepare for the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gomez, a former national athlete, said that the Philippine fencing team will have their bubble...
Simone Biles competes on the beam during the 2021 GK U.S. Classic gymnastics competition at the Indiana Convention Center on May 22, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Emilee Chinn / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles returned to...
Photo from Jordan Taekwondo Federation Kurt Barbosa became the ninth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after winning in the semifinals of the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday night, May 22. Barbosa, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist,...
