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Boxing: Eumir Marcial to join PH team in Thailand camp after Dubai tourney

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 02:14 PM

Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Marcial will join the national boxing team in its training camp in Thailand, following his participation in the Asian Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships later this month.  Read more »

Tennis: Returning Serena hints she could miss Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 09:31 AM

Serena Williams raised doubts over her participation at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, ahead of her return to the limelight this week at the Italian Open.   Read more »

Pinoy rower Nievarez recalls upstream battle before achieving Olympic dream

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at May 11 02:52 AM

Because of budget limitations, Cris Nievarez was not sure he would even be able to compete at the Olympic qualifiers last week. Read more »

Amid opposition, Japan PM Suga says has ‘never put Olympics first’

Leika Kihara and Elaine Lies, Reuters
Posted at May 11 01:56 AM

An opinion poll showed nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Games cancelled with fewer than eleven weeks left before they are due to open. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 10, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 11:53 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Fake cheers, empty seats: Tokyo gives glimpse of COVID-era Olympics

Andrew MCKIRDY, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 07:11 PM

Fake cheers, empty seats and the sound of pounding feet: welcome to the COVID-era Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

Australia begins vaccinating athletes ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 04:29 PM

Three-time Olympian Cate Campbell expressed relief Monday as the Australian team began being vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of the Tokyo Games. Read more »

Protest against Tokyo Olympics

Kyodo via Reuters
Posted at May 10 11:08 AM

People protest against holding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, around Olympic Stadium (National Stadium) as an Olympic test event for athletics is held inside the venue in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Read more »

Pinoy rower Cris Nievarez qualifies for Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 10 12:22 PM

(2nd UPDATE) Filipino rower Cris Nievarez has secured a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics, the federation announced on Monday. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: Naomi Osaka says risk of staging Games must be carefully weighed

Reuters
Posted at May 10 03:00 AM

Opinion surveys have shown that most Japanese oppose holding the Games this summer due to worries about the coronavirus. Read more »

Tokyo's Olympic Stadium holds track and field test event, minus fans

Chris Gallagher, Reuters
Posted at May 09 07:22 PM

Hundreds of athletes participated in a test event at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday. Read more »

Lawmaker wants athletes included in priority list for COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 05:28 PM

Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday appealed to the IATF to include athletes in the priority list for the COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Teenage Pinoy cyclist vies for Olympic slot

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 03:51 PM

Young cyclist Patrick Coo will attempt to become the eighth Filipino athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

Nothing can stop Olympics from going ahead: IOC's Coates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 11:25 AM

International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates was adamant Saturday that nothing could stop the Tokyo Olympics from going ahead, despite ongoing risks from COVID-19.   Read more »

Japan extends COVID emergency in Tokyo, PM Suga says Olympics still going ahead

Reuters
Posted at May 08 12:04 AM

TOKYO - Japan extended on Friday a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May to stem a surge in coronavirus cases, but Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated that it is still possible to host Tokyo Olympics this summer. Read more »

Anti-Olympics petition receives over 200,000 signatures in 2 days

Kyodo News
Posted at May 07 03:50 PM

A Japanese online petition calling for the cancellation of this summer's Tokyo Olympics had received over 200,000 signatures as of Friday, just 2 days after its launch, as public fears over the coronavirus pandemic grow with the rapid spread of highly contagious variants. Read more »

‘Back to life’ on outdoor cafés still poses tiny COVID risk: experts

Paul Ricard, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 07 03:28 AM

Experts concluded that the risk being outdoors varies with the direction of the wind and declines with distance from an infected person. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics: Battling cold a challenge for Pinoy rower Nievarez at qualifiers

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at May 07 12:52 AM

Nievarez is the Philippines' remaining rower with a shot at reaching the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Read more »

Pfizer/BioNTech to supply vaccines for Olympic athletes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 08:16 PM

US drugs giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Thursday announced a deal with the International Olympics Committee to provide vaccines to competitors and staff at the Tokyo games. Read more »

PH's Cris Nievarez stays alive in Olympic rowing qualifiers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 05:49 PM

The Philippines can still send a rower to the Olympic Games. Read more »