Villegas battles Moroccan in Olympic debut
PARIS – Injuries and all, Aira Villegas found her way to the Olympics. She now wants to make the most of it.
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P21 million MVP incentives for Olympic heroes
MANILA, Philippines — The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation yesterday added P10 million to Paris Olympics double-gold medalist Carlos Yulo’s bottomless prize pot.
Crunch time: Yulo eyes gold Paalam seeks medal; Obiena unleashed
PARIS — Team Philippines launches a major assault in a bid to crack the 2024 Olympics medal board on Saturday, unleashing three lead guns who could spark the start of the finest hours for the Nationals in the Paris Games.
Opening parade: Pinoys dance in Paris rain
MANILA, Philippines — There’s a saying that it’s a damper when rain falls on your parade but for the Philippine delegation of 12 athletes and six officials sharing a boat with Polish and Puerto Rican counterparts in the fluvial procession kicking off the Paris Olympics on the River Seine last Friday, the hope is the drenching was a sign of good luck at the Summer Games.
Pinoy athletes nagningning sa Paris opening | Pilipino Star Ngayon
MANILA, Philippines — Hindi nahadlangan ng ulan ang Olympic spirit ng mahigit 10,000 atleta at opisyales na dumalo sa opening ceremony ng 2024 Paris Olympics.
PSA Forum: Paris-bound Filipino pugs headline guest list
MANILA, Philippines – It’s going to be a special 3-in-1 session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, June 11, with the Philippine boxing team bound for the Paris Olympics leading the guests list at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Boxing coaches for Paris named
MANILA, Philippines — Australian coach Don Abnett will lead the cast of mentors and tacticians working with the Philippines’ five-strong boxing team at the Paris Olympics. Abnett, 63, has been involved in boxing for over 40 years and joined ABAP in 2019. He’ll be the overall coach in Paris with Ronald Chavez and Gerson Nietes looking after lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial and middleweight Hergie Bacyadan, Reynaldo Galido and Mitchell Martinez taking care of lightflyweight Aira Villegas and featherweight Nesthy Petecio and Elmer Pamisa is focused on featherweight Carlo Paalam.
Paalam faces tough road ahead
MANILA, Philippines — Featherweight contender Carlo Paalam has three more wins to go before clinching a ticket to Paris but it won’t be an easy pathway as the fights are scheduled one day after another starting today against Armenia’s Artur Bazeyan at the second World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok.