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More than the medals she delivered for the country, Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz values the chance to inspire the youth.

Melcah Jen Caballero boosted her Olympic qualifying preparations after an impressive finish at the 2021 World Indoor Rowing Championships over the weekend.

The 21-year-old Cebuano pride is likely to join pole vaulter EJ Obiena, world champion gymnast Carlos Yulo, and boxers Eumir Felix Marcial and Irish Magno in the Olympics should she maintain her good spot in the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings (OSWR) until June 29.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) seeks to send 560 athletes to the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year.

A Japanese female cyclist who once competed in the country is now the new president of Tokyo Olympics.

Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz knows the expectations for another magnificent performance in the Tokyo Olympics where she is among the favorites to win a medal.

Japan began vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as it rolled out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

World champion Nesthy Petecio and other Filipino hopefuls now have a huge chance of making it to the Tokyo Games as the Olympic Boxing Task Force (BTF) decided to cancel the World Qualifiers and base the qualification through rankings instead.

The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is eyeing three more athletes to earn berths to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics set July 3 to Aug. 8.

The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics has come up with a "playbook" that will serve as a guideline for athletes, coaches, and officials from different countries before, during, and even after the Games in Japan this year.

Equality activists called for more radical reform by Tokyo Olympics organisers on Friday, as Games chiefs prepare to replace one octogenarian male president with another after a sexism row.

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is to resign over sexist remarks that have sparked outrage in Japan and abroad, reports said Thursday.

Business tycoon Enrique Razon has guaranteed to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for athletes and coaches bound to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports Christopher “Bong” Go appealed to vaccine czar Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. to prioritize for COVID-19 vaccination the Filipino athletes and other delegates who will be participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, both slated this year.

Throughout her journey in pursuit of golfing excellence, Bianca Pagdanganan never stops chasing every athlete’s dream.

Tokyo Olympic organisers are planning to meet this week to discuss their response to sexist comments made by their boss, reports said Tuesday, after hundreds of event volunteers quit in the ensuing furore.

Japanese infectious disease specialist Atsuo Hamada wants to see the Olympics happen in Tokyo this summer, but admits if they were being held anywhere else, he'd probably support a cancellation.

A week after shattering his national indoor record, Olympic-bound pole vaulter EJ Obiena reset his own mark at the ISTAF Indoor Berlin 2021 tournament at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Germany early Saturday.