PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He can’t wait to do the same for France at the Paris Olympics. France's basketball player Victor Wembanyama, who plays for the NBA San Antonio Spurs, speaks during media day at the...
Veteran forward Alex Morgan won’t be going to the Paris Olympics after surprisingly being left off the roster by U.S. national team coach Emma Hayes. Alex Morgan (AP) Morgan, a three-time Olympian and two-time Women’s World Cup winner, was the most notable absence on the 18-player list...
The United States is strongly favored to win the most overall medals when the Paris Olympics open in a month. The big question is this: will the Americans also top the gold-medal tally in a close race with China? An employee holds medals for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games...
It's 18 and still counting for the Philippines’ 100th year participation in the Olympics with swimmers Kayla Sanchez and Jarod Hatch and judoka Kiyomi Watanade making the grade for Paris. Lauren Hoffman (File photo) And the roster could increase to 20 pending the International Golf Federation’s...
EUGENE (AP) — Every leap these days feels more like a stroll down memory lane for triple jumper Christian Taylor. Christian Taylor (AP) This is the two-time Olympic champion’s farewell tour and he’s taking it all in. That includes selfies at every stop — from Norway to Morocco and...
Golfers Bianca Pagdanganan and Dottie Ardina have formalized their entry to the Philippine team that would compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics following the end of the qualification period over the weekend. Bianca Pagdanganan, left, and Dottie Ardina are the latest Filipinos to qualify for the Paris...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel still seems a bit tortured by the trappings of Olympic stardom. Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the Men's 100 butterfly finals Saturday, June 22, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Even as he was claiming two...
Work began in earnest at the Team Philippines training camp in Metz on Sunday, June 23, with Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino and Chef de Mission Jonvic Remulla leading the rounds at the all-in facility where the Olympics-bound Filipino athletes will get...
Japanese-American libero Erik Shoji is still hung over from the warm Filipino reception that Team USA experienced in their first visit to the Philippines for the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) men’s tournament Manila leg. Team USA's libero Erik Shoji (Volleyball World/VNL) The USA...
EUGENE (AP) — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest. Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates her win in the wins women's 100-meter run final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 22, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Chris...
Olympian Kayla Sanchez made waves in the 59 th Annual Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet after clinching the gold medal in the women’s 50-meter freestyle at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Center in Vancouver, Canada over the weekend. Kayla Sanchez seeks a return trip to the...
EJ Obiena flashed his peak form in time for next month’s 2024 Paris Olympics after capturing the gold medal with new meet and stadium records in the Czesław Cybulski Memorial at the Poznań Golęcin Athletics Stadium in Poznan, Poland on Sunday, June 23. EJ Obiena wins his second straight gold...
