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Pagdanganan swings into Olympic medal contention

PARIS (Via PLDT Home) -- The Philippines’ Bianca Pagdanganan placed herself in contention for a Paris Olympics medal with a three-under par 69 on...

Petecio falls to Polish opponent, gives PH 2nd bronze in Paris games

PARIS (Via PLDT Home) -- Nesthy Petecio lost to a game Julia Szeremeta of Poland via a split 4-1 decision in their 57kg semifinal...

Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola under scrutiny for widespread plastic use 

Paris, France—The Paris Olympics organizing committee said Tuesday it would meet its target to reduce single-use plastics by half compared to the 2012 London Games...

USA crush Brazil to set Olympic basketball semifinal with Serbia 

Paris, France—The United States overwhelmed Brazil 122-87 on Tuesday to book an Olympic basketball semi-final against comeback kings Serbia as hosts France lined up a...

Germany beat Antetokounmpo’s Greece to reach Olympic basketball semis

Paris, France—World Cup champions Germany reached the Olympic men's basketball semi-finals for the first time Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Greece 76-63 and...

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise—WHO

Geneva, Switzerland—More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World...

Record-breaker Duplantis retains Olympic pole vault title, Obiena just fell short

Paris, France—Sweden's Armand Duplantis improved his own world record en route to retaining his Olympic pole vault title in Paris on Monday. In a sensational finish...

Olympian Carlos Yulo to receive ‘Senate Medal of Excellence’

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and former Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday sought the highest Senate commendation for Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo after clinching...

Megaworld upgrades Yulo’s reward to P35-million condo, cash

Megaworld Corp., the property development unit of billionaire Andrew Tan, is upgrading its reward to Olympic double-gold gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo to a three-bedroom...

Djokovic says gold ‘probably biggest success,’ eyes 2028 Olympics

Paris, France—Novak Djokovic described his Olympic gold medal triumph on Sunday as "probably" his "biggest sporting success" and revealed he may defend the title at...

Romualdez: Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo is a ‘once-in-a-century athlete’

Speaker Martin Romualdez described gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo as a “once-in-a-century Filipino athlete” following his exceptional double gold victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Yulo...

Carlos Yulo wins second Olympic gold in men’s vault for the Philippines

Paris, France—Carlos Yulo of the Philippines won gold in the men's vault at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, a day after claiming the floor title...

500,000 turned out for Paris Olympics cycling road race—organizers

Paris, France—Around 500,000 people lined the streets of Paris during the cycling road race, organizers said Sunday, in what is seen as further evidence of...

Paris 2024: Petecio wins against China’s Xu, moves closer to gold medal match

Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio continues her stellar campaign in the 2024 Paris Olympics games, beating China’s Xu Zichun via unanimous decision in the Women’s...
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