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THE Philippine Olympians Association (POA) honored Bounty Agro Ventures Inc. (BAVI), the company behind Chooks-to-Go, with the Arête Award recently. BAVI earned the recognition for honoring the country’s past Olympians by providing them livelihood in t…

Kaillie Humphries is now, officially, an American. And just like that, the US medal hopes in bobsledding at the Beijing Olympics just got much stronger. The reigning world champion in both monobob and women’s bobsledding was sworn in as a citizen in Sa…

BOSTON—Kevin Love knows the euphoria of sinking a three-pointer just before the buzzer. But the five-time National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star has had plenty of lows to offset those highs. “There are days when I don’t want to get out of bed. …

DAKAR, Senegal—LamineDiack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes in an Olympic hosting vote, has died, his family said Friday. He was 88. Awa Diack, niece …

BRUSSELS—The European Union (EU) said Tuesday that it wants China to release “verifiable proof” that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into her sexual assault allegations. Peng, a three-time Olympi…

TOKYO Olympians Carlo Paalam and Irish Magno are back in training camp with 23 other national team members in Baguio City as they prepare for at least three major international competitions in 2022. “We have to sustain our impressive performance in the…

BOSTON—Enes Freedom will now be linked forever to a word he says he fought for his entire life. The Boston Celtics center changed his name from Enes Kanter to Enes Kanter Freedom in celebration of him officially becoming a United States citizen on Mond…

GO for Gold-Air Force grabbed the first semifinals seat in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Champions League men’s tournament with a 25-15, 28-26, 25-20 victory over Basilan Steel Spikers Amin-Anak Mindanao on Tuesday at the Aquamarine Rec…

WHAT ethics are we trying to establish here? EJ Obiena broke ethics when he made a delayed payment of his coach’s salaries from 2018 to 2020 or thereabouts? Since when is the non-payment in time of one’s salaries a crime? It’s a minor offense at the mo…

HIDILYN DIAZ is back home after spending 20 days in Malacca where she managed to get a respite from the hustle and bustle of a celebrity life the moment she won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in July. And now that she’s back, Diaz also…