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by Pirate IRWIN Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Olympics chief Thomas Bach faces “the toughest decision of his presidency” as he weighs whether Russian and Belarus athletes should be allowed to compete in the 2024 Games, a senior former IOC executive has told AFP. The signs coming from bodies such as the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in the past fortnight suggest athletes from Russia and […]
Hopes programs and support for PHL athletes to continue in the next administration (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte praised the Filipino athletes who participated in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, for bringing honor to the country. Philippine athletes won 52 golds, 70 silvers, and 104 bronze medals in 37 out of 39 sports that they had joined. During the program, 178 medalists were awarded the Order of Lapu-Lapu by President Duterte. […]
by Lisa MARTIN Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Russian and Belarusian athletes were on Thursday banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine, with organisers bowing to international pressure and threats of a boycott. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had just a day earlier said athletes from the two countries would be allowed to compete as “neutrals” in the Games, which start on Friday. It said that was the “harshest […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Three athletes attending training events for the Beijing Winter Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, Chinese officials said Thursday, with the country on high alert against the coronavirus ahead of the Games. Beijing 2022 organisers have left nothing to chance with the games set to start in February, restricting entry to the capital and insisting on daily virus tests for thousands of athletes who will be kept within a “closed-loop” […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave an additional P100,000 allowance for each of Philippine athletes joining the Tokyo Olympics and the Paralympics. This was on top of the $1,000 allowance given by the Philippine Sports Commission. President Rodrigo Duterte’s additional support was approved upon the recommendation of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, and the PSC. The following are the Philippine athletes participating at the Olympics who would […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The Southeast Asian Games, which were due to take place in Vietnam this year, have been postponed because of the pandemic and will most likely be held in 2022, a member of the organising council said Thursday. The regional Olympics were scheduled to be held in Hanoi and 11 other locations from November 21 to December 2. But Vietnam is struggling to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, and many Southeast […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate formally recognized a number of Filipino athletes who won medals in the recently concluded 30th Southeast Asian Games. The Upper House in particular commended Christine Hallasgo, Sarah Noveno Dequinan, Fernando Jose Casares, Jeniel Bata-Anon, Brandhon Kyrielle Aquino, Baby Jessica Canabal, Noelito Jose, Jr, and John Michael Pasco in adopting Senate Resolutions 245, 246 and 281 introduced by Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator Win Gatchalian respectively. Zubiri said Hallasgo […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures, supporters attending the opening ceremony at the Philippine Arena today, Nov. 30, are seen going big on their attires in support of their athletes.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AFP) — More than 500 North Koreans are converging on Pyeongchang in South Korea for the 2018 Olympics, in a historic cross-border exchange between two countries still technically at war. AFP looks at what we know so far about the visitors from the isolated, nuclear-armed state. Kim’s sister The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit South Korea for Friday’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony and meet with South […]
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a “peace Olympics” after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Eight days before the opening ceremony, 10 North Korean skiers and skaters were to fly in on a chartered Asiana Airlines plane, in a rare direct flight […]
(Agence France Presse) — The Philippines is targeting 50 gold medals at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia, one of their biggest tallies on foreign soil, the head of the country’s delegation said Friday. Chef de mission Cynthia Carrion-Norton said 50 was a “reasonable” target based on estimates by the national commissions of each sport which will compete from next week in Kuala Lumpur. “The president of each sports commission promised me and it […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Botswana star Isaac Makwala was barred from running in the men’s 400 meters world final on Tuesday because he was suffering from an infectious disease, athletics’ governing body confirmed. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) issued a statement after the Botswana team claimed the 30-year-old Makwala was fit and healthy and should not have been turned away from the warm-up track ahead of the final. However, the IAAF insisted […]
