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ICHINOMIYA, Japan (AFP) — Just 16 and still afraid of the water, hot-shot Japanese surfer Minori Kawai has set her sights on Olympic gold after a stunning victory at the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Games. Kawai won last month’s Chiba Open in her own backyard and feels she will have a psychological edge when the sun-swept sport makes its Olympic debut three years from now. “It’s given me a huge lift in confidence,” the […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai teenager became the youngest known winner of a professional golf tournament on Sunday, overcoming huge pressure to secure a two-shot victory at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in Pattaya. There were gasps from the crowd as Atthaya Thitikul — aged just 14 years and four months — calmly slotted home a must-win final putt on the 18th to see off Ana Menendez of Mexico. Her victory smashes the current […]
MUJU, South Korea (AFP) — International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and South Korean President Moon Jae-In will next week discuss the possibility of joint Korean teams competing at next year’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the German said Friday. Seoul’s new president — who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North — made the suggestion at the World Taekwondo Federation championships in Muju last weekend. In South Korea’s Pyeongchang next year, Moon said he would like to […]
(Reuters) — Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saved three successive penalties to give them a 3-0 shootout win over Portugal after their Confederations Cup semi-final had ended goalless on Wednesday. Bravo stopped Portugal’s first three spot kicks from Ricardo Quaresma, Joao Moutinho and Nani while Chile converted their first three to win the clash of South American and European champions. That meant that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, who usually goes last in the shootout, did […]
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday (June 28) that he has trained hard and is ready to defend his WBO welterweight belt against former schoolteacher and rank outsider Jeff Horn in Brisbane on Sunday (July 2). The 38-year-old Filipino, who is seeking a dominant win over Horn to try to coax Floyd Mayweather Jr into a re-match, said his trainers Freddie Roach and Justin Fortune have had to stop him from working […]
(CCTV) — Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport in the world. Using a combination of Olympics sports – such as boxing, Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai (to name but a few) – MMA fighters are among the most well conditioned and skilled athletes. It takes years of dedication and intense training to become a world champion. Take 32-year-old MMA fighter Aung La N Sung, for example. The aptly named ‘Burmese Python’ from Myanmar’s […]
https://youtu.be/16R6noHrGZY Masayang dinaluhan ng mga kawani ng Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) ang isinagawang opening ng 2017 Eagle Broadcasting Corporation o EBC CUP. Limang teams kasama ang kanilang mga pamilya ang ipinakilala sa opening ceremony na ginanap sa New Era University (NEU) gym. Matapos ang masayang opening ay sinimulan na ang mga game sa basketball. Unang nagharap sa hard court ang powerhouse team na Blue team laban sa underdog na White Team na kinabibilangan naman ng […]
Usain Bolt has no regrets as he prepares to hang up his spikes in August and says he is looking forward to watching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a spectator. The reigning Olympic and World champion in the 100m and 200m will run his last race on Jamaican soil at the second annual Racers Grand Prix at the National Stadium in Kingston. (AFP Video)
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Working together as a team, self-sacrifice and character building is what attracted these parents to enroll their kids in China’s first American football youth league. The children are part of a 16-team tackle football league run by GSG Sports, a venture-backed Beijing company that has found a winning formula selling American football to parents who want their children, most of whom don’t have brothers and sisters, to learn about teamwork. Parents […]
OAKLAND, United States (Reuters) – Kevin Durant scored a game-high 38 points and Stephen Curry hit six three-pointers as the Golden State Warriors cruised to a lopsided 113-91 win Thursday (June 1) night in the first game of the NBA Finals. The highly-anticipated meeting between the defending champion Cavaliers and the top-seeded Warriors did not disappoint initially, with sensational dunks by the Cavaliers’ LeBron James as well as the Warriors’ Durant and JaVale McGee during […]
OAKLAND, United States (Reuters) – LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant spoke to the media on Wednesday (May 31) ahead of Thursday’s opening game of the NBA Finals. The season that has had little in the way of drama will come to a gripping close over the next two weeks, when two familiar foes fittingly battle in the finals for an unprecedented third consecutive year. James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are four wins away […]
(Eagle News) – Mahigit 400 Pilipinong atleta ang ipapadala para lumahok sa 29th Southeast Asian Games ngayong taon. Ayon ito sa inisyal na listahan na inilabas ng Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Hinihintay na lamang na mabuo ang final roster ng indoor hockey at ng men’s at women’s volleyball squads para ganap na makumpleto ang listahan. Ayon sa komite, ang mga kalahok na Filipino athletes ay sasabak sa 255 events mula sa kabuuang 405 featured events na idaraos […]
