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PH averts COVID-19 crisis; gymnast Yulo to alter tactic

TOKYO—Crisis struck Team Philippines on the eve of the Summer Olympic Games here, with one of its best coaches testing positive for COVID-19 and...

PH team coach with COVID-19 unvaccinated

TOKYO—The Team Philippines coach who yielded conflicting COVID-19 test results was found to be unvaccinated. Setback struck Team Philippines on the eve of the Summer...

Expect a high-tech Olympic opening ceremony

TOKYO— Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said on Thursday that he expects the hosts to present a one-of-a-kind opening ceremony for...

Nievarez opens PH bid in games

TOKYO—Cris Nievarez opens the Philippines’ Tokyo Olympics campaign in the men’s singles sculls of rowing on Friday at the Seaforest Waterway on Tokyo Bay. Nievarez...

No fans, fewer athletes: Tokyo Olympics set for unusual opening ceremony

One of the strangest Olympics in history will get off to an equally unusual start when the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony takes place in...

WHO message to Olympics: World’s failing

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Cocoon silk barong-clad athletes to parade at empty Tokyo stadium

TOKYO—A lean Philippine team will parade at the National Stadium clad in a Rajo Laurel-inspired Barong Tagalog during the opening ceremonies of the Summer...

Athletes’ Olympic journey costs P30m

For Filipino athletes to perform well in the Olympics, stakeholders in Philippine sports must earmark around P30 million per individual annually for the next...

Business as usual inside Athletes’ Village

TOKYO—It may be a State of Emergency in Japan, but it’s business as usual inside the Athletes’ Village of the Summer Olympic Games here. Team...

LaVine gets Olymapic OK after virus scare

TOKYO—Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine was given the all-clear to travel to Tokyo for the Olympics Wednesday after being placed into Covid-19 safety protocols...

One year late, Tokyo Olympics finally underway

The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened after a year's pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima on Wednesday as the Games suffered their...

Olympics chief admits ‘sleepless nights’ over troubled games

Tokyo—Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed “doubts” and “sleepless nights” over the postponed Tokyo Games on Tuesday as the opening ceremony nears after a year’s...

Gold medalist gets additional bonus of P3M

Deputy House Speaker and sportsman Mikee Romero has sweetened the pot for Filipino athletes vying for medals in the Tokyo Olympics. Romero, a business magnate who...

Olympics opening ceremony composer quits over past bullying

A composer for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony said Monday he would step down following an outcry over old interviews in which he described...
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