PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game. United States' Breanna Stewart shoots past Isobel Borlase, of Australia, during a women's semifinal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday,...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Lydia Ko decided to get off Instagram during the Olympics to limit the distractions. With nothing else to do, she downloaded the documentary “Rising” on gymnastics star Simone Biles and even jotted a few of the quotes in her yardage book. New Zealand's...
PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday, Aug. 9, at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Gold medalist...
Former Philippine women’s national football team manager Jeff Cheng is turning to Olympians as his next likely promising endeavor. Jeff Cheng (PWNFT) This, following his decision to end his tenure with the Filipinas he assumed in 2017. The Filipino businessman has been a...
President Marcos will honor 2024 Paris Olympics two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo and other outstanding Filipino Olympians in Malacañan on Tuesday, Aug. 13. (Photos: Bongbong Marcos & Olympics/Facebook) In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said Yulo and the other...
Vanessa Sarno’s Olympic debut ended in tears as she failed to clear her declared weight target of 100kg in snatch in the women’s 71kg class in the weightlifting competition on Thursday, Aug. 9, at the south Paris Arena 6 in Versailles. Vanessa Sarno of the Philippines competes during the...
Bianca Pagdanganan fumbled with a 1-over-par 73 to slip from medal contention to a share of 13 th place in the penultimate round of the women’s golf competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday at Le Golf National. Bianca Pagdanganan trails co-leaders Morgane Metraux of Switzerland and...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a resolution seeking to bestow the Senate Medal of Excellence to Aira Villegas and Nesthy Petecio who both won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Estrada said both Filipina boxers deserve to be conferred the Senate’s...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, Aug. 8, less than a week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal. Serbia's Novak Djokovic (AP) The Cincinnati event announced his withdrawal. Djokovic won last year’s title there;...
PARIS—First gold medal in Tokyo back-to-back with two golds in Paris is too tough a task to follow, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (center) raises the hands of Paris double gold...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The first sign of trouble Thursday night, Aug. 8, came when Noah Lyles started rounding the curve in the Olympic final of the 200 meters — the sprint that has always been his best race. Noah Lyles, of the United States, lays on the track after the men's 200-meter...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Morgane Metraux of Switzerland gave up her spot to her sister in the last Olympics so she could concentrate on her tour status. She had the stage to herself Thursday, Aug. 8, at Le Golf National that made it worth the wait. Morgane Metraux, of Switzerland,...
