International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (Photo by Greg MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP) It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid COVID-19 testing and...
TOKYO – Tokyo 2020 should be held next year ''at any cost'' given athletes' efforts to be ready, Japan's Olympic minister said Tuesday, a day after the IOC's John Coates told AFP that the postponed Games would go ahead in 2021 ''with or without Covid''. ''For the Games next year, athletes...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz dominates the 59kg division in an online event Eleiko Email International Lifters Tournament held July 24 and 25. (MB File Photo) Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is still keeping her options open with regards to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT)...
This file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori , right, answering questions as International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president and chairman of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo 2020, John Coates, left, listens during their joint press conference in...
From left, Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) Philippines’ chief of mission to the Tokyo Games Nonong Araneta believes the present batch of Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls have the strongest chance of...
Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott breaks Lydia De Vega-Mercado’s 33-year-old national record in the 100-meter dash. (REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha) Fil-American sprinter Kristina Knott smashed Lydia De Vega-Mercado’s 33-year-old national record in the 100-meter dash after settling for the...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports Development has promised to help Tokyo Olympic qualifiers and hopefuls after the Philippine Sports Commission sought financial help in funding their training. In a meeting led by Committee Head Representative...
One month training camp at De La Salle Canlubang in Laguna on November Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association chief Philip Ella Juico (MB File Photo) The Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) plans to hold a training bubble for select national team members as part of its...
It must be the signs of the (pandemic) times. People are tired—and weary, irate even—about news on Covid, swab testing, or contact tracing. Enough of that! Let’s go to the toilet. So it was literally a toilet that trended in the architecture world, when the Nippon Foundation in Tokyo, Japan...
Japan's top badminton player Kento Momota (AFP Photo / Oli SCARFF) It's an irresistible prospect for budding badminton players -- a chance to be coached by Japanese world number one Kento Momota, who has triggered thousands of responses by offering his services. "Would anyone like to play badminton...
World champion gymnast Carlos Yulo (MB File Photo) The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation has extended additional funding of P800,000 to Olympic gymnast Carlos Yulo to cover his training expenses in preparation for next year’s Tokyo Games. The amount will be given to the Gymnastics Association...
People wearing face masks walk past a countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, 2020. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday unveiled the new schedule for the coronavirus-postponed Paralympics next year, with only...
