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Exclusive: How this diet coach helped the Philippines bring home four Olympic medals

RHIA GRANA
Updated as of Aug 17 03:25 PM

She was tasked to check on the food trays of seven of our Filipino athletes and had an all-access backstage pass to the moment we got the gold Read more »

IN PHOTOS: New Filipino sports heroes rise in Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 05:00 PM

A gold and four medals overall capped a memorable Olympic Games for Team Philippines. Read more »

Olympics: It’s a silver for Carlo Paalam

Luis Robayo, Reuters
Posted at Aug 07 01:45 PM

Paalam in action against Galal Yafai of Great Britain during the men’s flyweight boxing final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Saturday. Read more »

Javelin throwers aim for the distance at Tokyo Olympics

Ben Stansall, AFP
Posted at Aug 06 10:21 PM

Australia's Kathryn Mitchell competes in the women's javelin throw final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. Read more »

Olympics: Hidilyn Diaz a big inspiration to Eumir Marcial, Team PH

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 04:23 PM

Eumir Marcial could not help but break out into a big smile when asked about the historic achievement of Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz at the Tokyo Olympics.  Read more »

Smiling welcome from Olympic mascots Miratowa, Someity

Thomas Peter, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 01:56 PM

A woman stands in front of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic mascots Miraitowa and Someity in Tokyo Friday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Read more »

Soldier-athletes Marcial, Diaz to honor victims of C-130 crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 05:21 PM

Boxer Eumir Marcial and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will keep in mind their comrades who were injured and died in the C-130 crash in Sulu last Sunday when they compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.   Read more »

Japan emphasizes Olympics cybersecurity, condemns 'malicious' hacks

Ami Miyazaki and Jack Tarrant, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 20 05:18 PM

Japan said on Tuesday it would emphasize cybersecurity around the Tokyo Olympics and condemned "malicious cyberattacks." Read more »

U.S., Britain call out Russian hacking spree, cyberattacks against Olympics

Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 10:19 AM

Britain and the United States on Monday condemned what they said were a litany of malicious cyberattacks orchestrated by Russian military intelligence, including attempts to disrupt next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Read more »

Former 76ers coach Brown resigns as Aussie coach ahead of Olympics

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Oct 14 09:29 AM

Former Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown resigned as the head coach of Team Australia, citing both professional and personal reasons.   Read more »

Silver says NBA 'unlikely' to pause season for Olympics in 2021

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 04 08:58 AM

The NBA is not likely to have a break next season when the postponed Olympics are held, league commissioner Adam Silver said. Read more »

Petecio says no issue with not being first Pinay boxer to earn Olympic slot

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 04:30 PM

For Petecio, it is no issue that someone other than her made history by becoming the first Filipina boxer to make it to the Olympics. Read more »

Postponed Tokyo Paralympics schedule unveiled with minor changes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 04:12 PM

Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday unveiled the new schedule for the coronavirus-postponed Paralympics next year, with only minor modifications to the original calendar for the event. Read more »

Olympics: Dissent grows as IOC battles to keep Tokyo Games on track

Karolos Grohmann, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 05:27 PM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it prepares to brief national committees on Wednesday on the state of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid the coronavirus pandemic, with voices of dissent growing louder. Read more »

Pinay karateka Junna Tsukii catching up in race for 2020 Olympic spot

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 08:05 PM

From being ranked outside the top 200 in women’s minus-50-kg kumite in September 2018, the SEA Games champion is now No. 9 in the world. Read more »

'United by Emotion': Tokyo 2020 unveils Games motto

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 17 03:43 PM

Tokyo 2020 organizers on Monday rolled out the motto for this year's Olympics, "United by Emotion", which they said reflected the "universal values" and "unifying power of sport". Read more »

Olympic qualification system for 3x3 at Tokyo 2020 confirmed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 12:12 PM

There will be three ways to qualify to the 3x3 event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more »