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Filipina golfer Bianca Pagdanganan competes in the first round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women's individual stroke play on Wednesday at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo, Japan. After her impressive play, she now sits at the seventh spot while Yuka Saso settled in 47th place. REUTERS

Pagdanganan starts Olympic golf at 7th; Saso drops to 47th

MANILA – Filipina golfers Bianca Pagdanganan and Yuka Saso have a contrasting start in the first round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women's individual...
Ilongga volleybelle Elisha Juliene Apostol (center) along with University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses head coach Emilio “Kungfu” Reyes (left) and assistant coach Christian Fernandez. Photo from Elisha Julienne Apostol’s Facebook page.

Ilongga Apostol joins UST volleyball squad

MANILA – The childhood dream of Ilongga volleybelle Elisha Juliene Apostol to wear the yellow and gold colors of the University of Santo Tomas...

Incentives for top performing athletes

SOME people, maybe just for the sake of exercising their vocal cords, are showing negativity on the heavy downpour of cash on the country’s...

FIDE Open World Cup: Duda knocks out Carlsen, faces Karjakin in finals

POLAND’S Jan-Krzysztof Duda produced the shocking surprise of the FIDE Open World Cup in Sochi, Russia, when he defeated and eliminated world champion, Magnus...
Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio poses with her silver medal on the podium after her bout with Japanese Sena Irie in the women's featherweight division finals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan on August 3, 2021. Petecio’s silver was the Philippines ’ second medal in the Summer Games . AFP

Nesthy Petecio settles for silver in Olympic boxing

MANILA – For a nation that has not stepped to the Olympic boxing podium for 25 years, Nesthy Petecio's silver medal in the 2020...
Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam (left) hits Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan with a solid uppercut in the men's flyweight quarterfinals round of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS

Paalam upsets top-seed foe for PH’s 4th Olympic medal

MANILA – Carlo Paalam pulled off one of the biggest upsets in 2020 Tokyo Olympics boxing after a split-decision triumph over Shakhobidin Zoirov of...

FIDE Open World Cup: Karjakin gets finals slot; Kosteniuk is Women’s Cup champion

THE second games in the quarterfinals matches of the FIDE Open World Cup in Sochi, Russia, were hard-fought and the underdogs – Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof...
Boxer Nesthy Petecio (left) and pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena (right) will try to match the Olympic gold medal feat of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and notch another gold for the Philippines when they compete in the finals of their respective events in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics today. REUTERS, VIA ABS-CBN NEWS

Petecio, Obiena gun for Olympic gold medals today

MANILA – Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio will try to capture the Olympic gold medal when she battles hometown bet, Sena Irie, in the women’s...
Gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo competes in the men’s vault apparatus event finals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, on August 2, 2021. Yulo settled for a fourth-place finish with a total score of 14.716. LOIC VENANCE/AFP

Carlos Yulo falls short of podium finish in Olympic men’s vault finals

MANILA – Filipino gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo fell short of a podium finish in the men’s vault apparatus event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics...
(From left) Zoe Alexandria Lanceta, Joemel Jan Magallanes, Dana Angelica Galfo, and Leanne Reigh Lanceta of Matias Balbastro Dance Academy bag awards in the Asia Cup Taipei Open Championships and Lionheart Online Dancesport Competition recently. MATIAS BALBASTRO DANCE ACADEMY

Ilonggo dancers shine in online tourneys

MANILA – Dancers from Matias Balbastro Dance Academy-Philippines emerged victorious in the recently held Asia Cup Taipei Open Championships and Lionheart Online Dancesport Competition. Joemel...