A Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games banner is displayed on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on April 13, 2021. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Japan plans to vaccinate its Olympic athletes before the Tokyo Games, domestic media reported Wednesday, a move that would place...
William Ramirez The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has released the list of approved personnel for detailed service to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) as they prepare for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 31 st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. A total of 117 athletes and coaches from...
Japan's Naomi Osaka (AFP) Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has said she is "not really sure" the delayed Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as the city battles a surge of coronavirus cases less than three months before the start of the Games. A virus state of emergency in the Japanese capital and other...
Cris Nievarez became the eighth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after organizers confirmed his qualification in the men’s singles sculls. The Philippine Rowing Association announced this on social media Monday, where the 21-year-old Atimonan, Quezon native will join pole vaulter EJ...
Photo from Patrick Coo's Facebook account Patrick Coo tries to become the youngest member on Team Philippines when he vies for a slot to Tokyo in the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Cup Round 4 Olympic qualifier in Bogota on May 30. Coo, 19, will rendezvous in the Colombian capital with...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to include Filipino athletes as essential workers so they can be part of the government’s priority list to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Tolentino noted both of the country’s amateur 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) International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates was adamant Saturday that nothing could stop the Tokyo Olympics from...
The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and its Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) have officially opened the call for entries to the 2021 Productivity Olympics in the new normal. NWPC Executive Director Maria Criselda Sy (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) But what...
Photo from Cris Nievarez's Facebook account Cris Nievarez inched closer to an Olympic berth while two national team pairs fell out of contention in rowing’s Asia Oceania Continental Qualification in Tokyo, Japan Thursday, May 6. Nievarez, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, topped the...
Yuka Saso (left) and Bianca Pagdanganan (Photos from AFP) With a month to go before qualification ends, top Filipino golfers Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan are almost assured of earning spots in the Tokyo Olympics with their respective Olympic Golf Rankings in the International Golf Federation...
Let the Games begin! Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games With the developments of vaccines, a “new normal” finds its way to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Omega, the official timekeeper of the Olympics Games for a record of 28 times, is going to be there. The 100 days...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, second from right, with (from left) nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao of Team HD at the training camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With them is Malaysia weightlifting team's Chinese coach Wang...
