Somewhere up in heaven, David Nepomuceno must be smiling delightedly not because he is looking down at Metz’s treasured artifacts – from Roman to Renaissance times – on display in various places, including the famed Gothic Metz Cathedral. David Nepomuceno is the first-ever PH athlete to...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — For USA Basketball, the road to the Paris Olympics has started with a win. Anthony Edwards scored 13 points, Stephen Curry added 12 and the United States opened its tune-up schedule for the Paris Games by topping Canada, 86-72, on Wednesday night, July 10. United States center...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kawhi Leonard will not be part of the U.S. men’s basketball team that will compete in the Paris Games after all. Kawhi Leonard (AP) It would have been the first Olympic trip for Leonard, who missed 12 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ final 14 games this past season with right...
EJ Obiena – one of the country’s strongest medal potentials in the Paris – has his mind and body focused on the Olympics, according to Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino who had a brief internet call with the world No. 2 men’s pole vaulter late Tuesday,...
ROMNY, Ukraine (AP) — Maksym Halinichev won silver at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in a match described at the time as “two of the best young fighters going for glory.” He considered the bout a loss – it wasn’t gold, after all – but it gave him a map for the future. In this photo...
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has high hopes that pole vault star EJ Obiena, and hurdlers Lauren Hoffman and John Cabang Tolentino can deliver outstanding performances in the nearing Paris Olympics set July 26 to Aug. 11. EJ Obiena (File) PATAFA secretary general...
Korean entertainment company HYBE is bringing K-pop culture to the Paris Olympics 2024 that will open on July 26. HYBE, the parent agency of K-pop groups BTS, Seventeen, ENHYPEN and Tomorrow X Together, announced on July 9 that it will provide Team Korea cheering or light sticks for the...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — He first played on the U.S. Olympic team as a 19-year-old. He did it again in his 20s, twice. And now, a few months from turning 40, he’s back for one more run. LeBron James, of the Los Angeles Lakers, responds to a question from a reporter during training camp for the United...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kevin Durant is dealing with calf soreness that has kept him from being a full participant in USA Basketball’s training camp for the Paris Olympics, though he has assured team officials that he does not expect the issue to be a major one. Kevin Durant (AP/File)...
Giannis Antetokounmpo is now an Olympian. Antetokounmpo is heading to the Olympics for the first time, after he scored 23 points and Greece held off Croatia 80-69 on Sunday, July 7, in one of the four men’s basketball qualifying tournament finals being held to determine the final spots in the...
Fil-American hurdler Lauren Hoffman is feeling beyond blessed and honored to finally represent the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Games. The 25-year-old hurdler, who will compete in her first-ever Olympic appearance in the lovely French capital, was just ecstatic to join the rest of the Philippine...
A preview of the 2024 Paris Olympics hostilities is in store for pole vaulter EJ Obiena when he sees action in the Meeting de Paris Wanda Diamond League on Sunday, July 7, at the Estadio Charlety in France. EJ Obiena gears up for the 2024 Paris Olympics when he competes with fellow Olympians in the...
