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Mikee to sports execs: Back Bambol, stop ‘sports politics’

With next year’s Tokyo Games being trumpeted as the country’s best chance to win its first-ever Olympic gold, Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero (1Pacman Partylist)...

Aussie rower in lockdown unwittingly sets world record

Sydney—An Australian rower who set out to rack up some kilometres while on COVID-19 lockdown inadvertently broke a world record for the indoor rowing...

Olympics bracing for extra costs in reset

Paris—Olympic chiefs said Thursday they were bracing themselves for the extra costs incurred by rescheduling the Tokyo Games by a year to 2021. The historic...

IOC urged to make fast decision as US backs reset

Tokyo—The International Olympic Committee came under pressure to speed up its decision about postponing the Tokyo Games on Tuesday as athletes criticised the four-week...

Tokyo Olympics plans ‘irresponsible’

Montreal—International Olympic Committee member Hayley Wickenheiser said Tuesday that vows to press ahead with plans for the Tokyo Games are “insensitive and irresponsible.” Wickenheiser, a...

No deadline for Olympic decision, says IOC’s Coates

Sydney—The International Olympic Committee’s point man for the Tokyo Games has insisted there’s no deadline to call off the event and that it was...

IOC to soothe virus concerns in run-up to Olympic Games

Tokyo—Olympic chiefs admitted Friday they face a “very big communications job” to soothe concerns over the coronavirus epidemic in the run-up to this summer’s...

Rio golf medalists in Singapore duel

Singapore—The three men’s golf medallists from the 2016 Rio Olympics will appear at the Singapore Open this week in a closely-watched showdown just months...

Boxing chief criticizes IOC over threat of Olympic suspension

Gold Coast, Australia—Amateur boxing’s crisis-hit governing body Tuesday said it had done everything asked to clean up its act and warned of legal action...

Luck of draw could send PH to Tokyo Olympics

Shenzhen -- The top finisher among five Asian countries, excluding Japan, in the FIBA World Cup on Aug. 31 to Sept. 15 will claim...
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