What a rush! It was pure as pure could be: UP is the champion of UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball! Exhibiting both depth and grit, it was an epic struggle between the two current titans of Philippine collegiate basketball: the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons and the De La Salle University Green Archers. ...
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Securing the future of Creamline and Choco Mucho players and coaches
With volleyball growing in popularity as a pro sport in the Philippines, how can the players and their coaches be protected in terms of an insurance plan that fits their active lifestyle? Allianz PNB Life (AZPNBL) helps to secure the future of the Creamline Cool Smashers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans with its eAZy Health...
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Postscript to the Paris Olympics: The games at home
As I write this, the news is that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is giving P1 million to every Filipino athlete coming home from the Paris Olympics and P20 million to two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo. This is not unexpected from the government. When Hidilyn Diaz came home a gold medalist from the Tokyo Olympics in...
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Carlos Yulo shines in Olympic vault finals for historic double gold
From a dim Olympic debut in Tokyo, Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Yulo is now twice golden in Paris. As if the first gold medal that he won in the floor exercise finals on Aug. 3 weren’t sufficiently historic, Yulo ruled the men’s artistic gymnastics vault finals for his second gold on Aug. 4. The feat...
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Difficult routine leads gymnast Carlos Yulo to Olympic gold
Revenge is a dish best served golden. Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Edriel Yulo delivered a dazzling 15.000 routine in the men’s floor exercise event finals for the Philippines’ first ever gold in artistic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympics last Saturday, Aug. 3. With the historic win, the Manila native succeeded in his revenge tour...
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Boxer Nesthy Petecio is sole survivor in Philippines’ Day 7 Olympic bid
The Philippines’ flag-bearer, boxer Nesthy Petecio, put on a clinic in her opener in the Paris Olympics with a unanimous decision over India’s Jaismine Lamboria on Wednesday. The 32-year-old silver medalist in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics schooled Lamboria, younger by 10 years, in all three rounds of the match in the 57kg division of women’s...
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Gymnast Carlos Yulo reaches finals of 3 events in Paris Olympics
After braving bold career decisions and the accompanying controversies, Carlos Yulo is now poised to win for the Philippines its first medal in men’s artistic gymnastics in the Olympic Games that opened in Paris on July 26. The 24-year-old Filipino gymnast has advanced to the final round of the floor exercise, vault, and all-around events....
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Quest for gold: Weightlifter Elreen Ando hopes the second time’s the charm
The name Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo needs no introduction. Most Filipinos know who she is—a historic figure, having won the Philippines’ first gold medal in weightlifting in the Olympics; a trailblazer, who proved what Filipino athletes are capable of; and, of course, a national treasure, who turned a nation’s dream into reality. But there won’t be a...
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Quest for gold: Paris is boxer Nesthy Petecio’s ‘final mission’
Nesthy Petecio made it abundantly clear—Paris 2024 is the last time she will compete on the Olympic stage. The lingering injuries she could once ignore, feel more serious now. The rest she used to sacrifice to get in more reps of training, feels as valuable as ever. Father Time is slowly catching up to her...
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Quest for gold: Gymnast Carlos Yulo seeks revenge in Paris
Carlos Yulo entered the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, hoping to become the first-ever Filipino gold medalist in artistic gymnastics. He had all the momentum to pull it off, too. After all, Yulo was the reigning world champion in floor exercises. However, his dreams went up in smoke after committing costly mistakes in the qualifying round....