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‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’

THAT’S the motto of the quadrennial Summer Olympics in Paris, France that started on July 26 and ends on Aug. 11. A total 22 Filipino...

Paris Olympic opening creator defiant, denies Last Supper reference

The mastermind of the ambitious Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Sunday rejected criticism his boundary-breaking show had gone too far, saying it had created...

Olympian fencers wish Catantan well in Paris games

A BRIEF meeting with Percival Alger, a Filipino fencer who competed in the individual sabre event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea,...

Interest in Olympic hosting ‘high’, says IOC boss Bach

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Despite threats from climate change, AI-enhanced doping or competition from e-sports, the boss of the International Olympic Committee believes the future has never...

‘Chariots of Fire’ stadium ready for Games 100 years later

Paris—The stadium that was the main site for the 1924 Paris Olympics is ready, a century later, to welcome hundreds of participants and tens...

The last but not the least

By Rommel Bong R. Fuertes Jr. The Philippines is set to be represented by 19 athletes at the coming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.  Fil-Am Remedy...

Super-fan determined to welcome world to Tokyo

Tokyo—Whistle-blowing, flag-waving super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa has attended every Summer Olympics in the past 30 years—and the Tokyo resident doesn’t plan on missing out on...

Olympic super-fan determined to welcome world to Tokyo

Whistle-blowing, flag-waving super-fan Kyoko Ishikawa has attended every Summer Olympics in the past 30 years -- and the Tokyo resident doesn't plan on missing...

Empty arena hosts sumo tourney amid virus fears

Tokyo--Sumo’s spring tournament began behind closed doors on Sunday, the latest big event in Japan to be hit by the coronavirus less than five...

SEA Games snafus: Heads should roll

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Tokyo tests fake snow to cool Olympics

Tokyo—Tokyo 2020 Olympic chiefs have already rolled out everything from misting stations to flowerbeds to beat the heat at next year’s games, and now...
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