For bringing pride and glory to the country with every lift she did in an outstanding sporting journey, a weightlifting icon is set for enshrinement in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Hall of Fame. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz (File) Hidilyn Diaz, the humble lady from...
Filipina skateboard sensation Margielyn Didal missed the chance to return for the Paris Olympics but threw support to her fellow athletes competing in the ongoing competition as she set sights on Los Angeles 2028. Margielyn Didal The 25-year-old made her Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021 where...
Hidilyn Diaz successfully inaugurated her newly built weightlifting academy on the anniversary of her Olympic gold medal win on Friday, July 26. Hidilyn Diaz inaugurates weightlifting academy (Hidilyn Diaz on Instagram) The weightlifter became the first Filipino to lift the...
Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo and Filipina racer Bianca Bustamante both landed on the cover of Vogue Philippines’ July issue. Left: Hidilyn Diaz and Bianca Bustamante (Vogue Philippines) The fashion and lifestyle magazine is kicking off the Summer Olympic month with...
It would be a reunion of sorts for Filipino boxers who won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after Carlo Paalam became the latest fighter to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games. (From left) Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial and Nesthy Petecio will try again their luck for the Olympic gold medal in Paris....
Two Japanese businessmen were handed suspended prison sentences on Thursday, May 11, in the latest convictions in a bribery scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Corruption allegations have spiralled in the aftermath of the pandemic-delayed Games, implicating major companies and damaging...
EUMIR FELIX MARCIAL (left) trades punches with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzniak during the middleweight boxing semifinal in the Tokyo Olympic Games in August last year. (Olympics photo) In Las Vegas to prepare for his second professional fight, Eumir Felix Marcial hears the news of Russia invading...
The De La Salle-College of St. Benilde paid homage to Olympic gold medalist and elite weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz at the Benilde Sports and Dormitory Complex in Pasay City, Wednesday, Feb. 9. Br. Edmundo "Dodo" Fernandez FSC (right), President of De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, gives Olympic gold...
Tokyo Olympian and reigning US Women’s Open Champion Yuka Saso revealed Wednesday her decision to choose the Japanese nationality when she reaches 22 years old in two years’ time. “It is true that I chose Japanese nationality,” Saso was quoted in an article on a Japanese news website,...
Paris, here he comes. Pole vaulter EJ Obiena signified his intention to qualify and compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics in a social media post Sunday. “So many whys... But only one answer, I want it, that’s why!!! 999 days from @paris2024!” Obiena wrote on his social media accounts. The post...
Trading cards, sports, and food aficionados are in for a treat as Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is currently featured in a fast food chain's promotional meal. Photos from Hidilyn Diaz Jollibee recently launched its commemorative meal paying homage to Diaz's victory in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics,...
Hidilyn Diaz (AFP) The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has awarded the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) the Breakthrough NOC Award for the country’s successful medal campaign at the Tokyo Olympics last August. POC President Bambol Tolentino received the award during the online...
