EJ Obiena returns to training after his heartbreaking campaign in the 2024 Paris Olympics where he narrowly missed the podium and landed at fourth place. EJ Obiena (AP/File) The 28-year-old Obiena cleared the 5.90-meter bar but lost via countback to Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, with the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, August 13 renewed his push for equalization in the grant of cash incentives for athletes with and without disabilities. Estrada noted that in the 2024 Paris Olympics, all the participating athletes of the Philippine...
USA Gymnastics officials say an arbitration panel won’t reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics. Jordan Chiles, of the United States, holds up her medals after the women's artistic gymnastics...
(From left to right) Nesthy Petecio, Carlos Yulo, and Aira Villegas (Philippine Olympic Committee’s Facebook page) The House of Representatives has successively adopted three resolutions congratulating and commending the medal-winning athletes and...
PARIS (AP) — A British man, who was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower on the last day of the Paris Olympics, has been released from police custody, but remains under investigation for trespassing at a historical site, French prosecutors said on Monday, Aug. 12. In this photo provided by Nickey...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, Aug. 12, before handing it off to a key representative of LA’s local business — Tom Cruise — who in a pre-recorded trek via motorcycle, plane and...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif returned home to a warm welcome Monday, Aug. 12, as Algerians rallied around her in the face of international scrutiny and misconceptions about her sex. Gold medalist in the the women's 66 kg boxing Algeria's Imane Khelif, left,...
Aleah Finnegan is excited to head back home to the Philippines following her Olympic debut in the Paris Summer Games. Aleah Finnegan (LSU) The 21-year-old Fil-Am made her biggest competition count despite dismal results in the women’s all-around of the artistic gymnastics in the 2024 Paris...
PARIS (AP) — The nascent governing body fighting to keep boxing in the Olympics is about to get a major membership boost. Silver medalist Spain's Ayoub Ghadfa, from left, gold medalist Uzbekistan's Bakhodir Jalolov and bronze medalists Germany's Nelvie Tiafack and France's Djamili-Dini Aboudou...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Setting out to prove that topping Paris isn’t mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday, Aug. 11, as it took over Olympic hosting duties from the French capital, which closed out its 2024...
A grand welcome awaits 2024 Paris Olympics two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo and other outstanding Filipino Olympians in Malacañan on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Yulo and the other Olympians will arrive at the Villamor Airbase on late Tuesday afternoon where they will be welcomed back into the country by...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — One gold short of the Olympic medal collection, one win away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko pondered what it would be like to knock out both at the same time and said when she arrived, “It would be a hell of a way to do it.” Lydia Ko, of New...
