PARIS (AP) — Two female boxers at the Paris Olympics who were disqualified at the 2023 world championships after being judged to have failed gender eligibility tests have complied with all rules to fight at the games, the IOC said Monday, July 29. Algeria's Imane Khelif (AP) Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan...
PARIS (AP) — France will get just a partial Olympic win on Wednesday, July 24, when its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games is presented to IOC members. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AP) International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach confirmed Tuesday, July 23, that...
The country’s top sports official graces the final Forum of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) on Tuesday, July 16, prior to the kickoff of the Paris Olympics. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino will be appearing in the 10:30 a.m. session at...
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,...
Nine days after arriving in Metz and 21 days before the opening ceremony and the Filipino athletes on their final preps for Paris are making full use of the privilege no Team Philippines has ever experienced ahead of an Olympic participation. Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham...
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...
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...
Olympic-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam were selected as the country’s flag-bearers for the upcoming 2024 Summer Games in Paris, France, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced Monday, June 17. Olympic-bound boxers Nesthy Petecio, left, and Carlo Paalam Petecio and Paalam,...
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has signed a partnership agreement with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to strengthen the telco’s support for the Philippine delegation to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan, left,...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal filed by the International Boxing Association against the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) withdrawing recognition of IBA as the international federation for the sport of boxing. The CAS verdict that effectively...
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russia launched a furious tirade at the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, March 20, arguing the IOC's restrictions on Russian athletes and its criticism of the Moscow-organized Friendship Games amounted to "neo-Nazism". The IOC on Tuesday both barred Russian...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Olympic chiefs announced on Tuesday, March 19, that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) from either country "will not participate in...
