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Petecio secures bronze, fights for gold

TOKYO –Nesthy Petecio eradicated another stumbling block on her road to gold in the Summer Olympic Games by pounding out a 5-0 victory over...

NBA stars maul Iranians to get bid back on track

SAITAMA—The USA easily beat Iran 120-66 in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday to bounce back from their shock opening defeat—and players and...

PH, Thais tied with 7 others at 26th spot

TOKYO—Showing that its overall championship in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games was no fluke, the Philippines leads the region in the Olympic medal tally...

Juvic, golfers inspired by Diaz’s success

TOKYO—Filipino Juvic Pagunsan begins his bid for a gold medal in the golf competition of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, an underdorg in a...

Long wait is over

Weightlifter and Zamboanga native Hidilyn Diaz finally ended the country’s long, long wait for an Olympic gold medal with two records at that. If you...

Thank you, Hidilyn

With their eyes glued to a television in Zamboanga, the family of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz yelled "push, push, push!" as she hoisted the bar...

Rich harvest of rewards for golden girl

Lawmakers hailed the victory of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who won the country's first Olympic gold medal since it first joined the quadrennial event in...

Hidilyn not done yet, eyes ‘24 Paris

With her golden achievement in the Tokyo Olympics, Hidilyn Diaz said she is not done yet. There are still a lot of competitions out there...

The night Hidilyn Diaz wrote her name among the stars

Tokyo—It was like a person about to face his own death. All the memories come rushing in before one’s very eyes. But this was not...

Paalam not ready to say goodbye, yet

TOKYO—Carlo Paalam just couldn’t let all those years of training go down the drain. With this in his mind and heart, Paalam hammered a split...

Didal in pain, but still having fun

TOKYO—Margielyn Didal ended her campaign in the Women’s Street Skateboarding Competitions with a seventh-place finish at the Ariake Urban Sports Park here on Monday.  Bothered...

Obiena’s next foe – jet lag

TOKYO—After a 13-hour flight from Italy, pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena has a week to shake off jet lag. Obiena has already spent three...

Pinay weightlifter to put on a show, coach vows

Tokyo—You ain’t seen nothing yet from Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz. The Filipina weightlifter’s strength and conditioning coach in Julius Naranjo made this promise. “You will...

Olympics offer sign of hope in the time of pandemic, Pope says

Pope Francis said Sunday he hopes the Tokyo Olympics, which opened Friday, will be a sign of hope and “universal brotherhood” during the coronavirus...
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