PARIS (AP) — Panipak Wongpattanakit retired on a perfect note as she became the first Thai athlete in any sport to become a two-time Olympic champion on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in a women's 49kg Taekwondo...
PARIS (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold-medal bout in the women’s featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after...
PARIS – If one was amazed by the opening of the Paris Olympic, expect more hair-raising moments in the closing ceremony slated Sunday, Aug. 11, at the colossal Stade de France in Seine-Saint-Denis. Actor Tom Cruise, left in white, poses for pictures with fans as he attends the women's artistic...
PARIS – Nesthy Petecio’s own version of “Last Dance” ended in the semifinals, and in a painful way. Ranged against a taller and abrasive Julia Atena Szeremeta of Poland, Petecio faded dramatically after an impressive start and absorbed a stinging 4-1 defeat in the semifinals to settle for a...
PARIS – She received words of encouragement from no less than double-gold medalist Carlos Yulo, so weightlifter Eleen Ando is ready for the biggest battle of her life when she competes in the 59kg class in the Paris Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the South Paris Arena in Versailles. Elreen Ando...
GOLD MEDALIST, Noah Lyles, of the United States, poses on the podium after the men's 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo) PARIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles wasted no time. After winning the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics , he...
PARIS – The pressure was too much bear and weightlifter John Febuar Ceniza dropped out of the medal race even before the competition in the 61kg class got hotter in the Paris Olympic on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the South Paris Arena. That’s because the Cebu City native failed not only once...
Filipino pole vault star EJ Obiena is not making any excuses for his failed medal bid in the 2024 Paris Olympics but admitted that a nagging back injury cost him the shot at possibly ending the country’s 88-year drought in the athletics events in the world's grandest sporting event. In a...
Carlos Yulo The House of Representatives has conferred upon gymnast Carlo Edriel Yulo the Congressional Medal of Excellence, the highest award given to Filipino achievers in the fields of sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and...
CARLOS YULO is now the most accomplished Filipino Olympian in history, having won two gymnastics gold medals in floor exercise and vault in the ongoing Paris Games. (AP) PARIS – Amazing. Incredible. Magnificent. And even unprecedented. Almost all the superlatives have been used to describe the...
PARIS – Boxer Aira Villegas, a rookie trying to give her family everything following their harrowing experiences 11 years ago when Typhoon Yolanda hit Tacloban the hardest, was a bit sad and happy. Turkey's Buse Naz Cakiroglu, right, fights Philippines' Aira Villegas in their women's 50 kg...
The financial windfall just kept pouring in for Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo. ArenaPlus is the latest to recognize the 24-year-old gymnast for the historical feat he achieved in the Paris Olympics as it is set to give Yulo a cash reward amounting to P5 million. The ‘Astig Sports...
