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…
Petro Gazz routs Baguio City in Champions League opener
LIPA CITY, Batangas—Petro Gazz beat a younger Baguio City squad, 25-10, 25-13, 25-10, in the opener of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) 2021 Champions League on Saturday at the Aquamarine Recreational Center here. Relying heavily on…
Hidilyn skips worlds
OLYMPIC champion Hidilyn Diaz won’t compete in next month’s weightlifting world championships in Tashkent citing her lack of preparation. “I only trained for one week and even weeks of preparation won’t be enough,” Diaz told BusinessMirror over the pho…
Vietnam SEA Games schedule set
ORGANIZERS of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam announced on its web site on Friday that the biennial multi-sport Games postponed from last year will be held from May 12 to 23 next year. The specific dates were posted on Vietnam’s national Olym…
Vietnam officially confirms mid-May 2022 sked for 31st SEA Games – Tolentino
ORGANIZERS of the 31st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam is hosting in Hanoi confirmed that the games will be played in May 2022, Philippine Olympic Committee President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said on Saturday. But the Vietnam SEA Games Organi…
Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Manila Galleria Receive IHG Giving for Good Award 2021
We are more than honored and grateful to receive the IHG Giving for Good Award for both hotels – Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria and Holiday Inn Manila Galleria for the year 2021. Since the founding of the program in September 2018, Giving for Good month …
Yulo secures gold in vault
CARLOS YULO triple-twisted in the air with a flourish and landed excellently on both feet with a smooth flair and unbent poise to clinch the men’s vault gold medal on Sunday in the 50th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. Some…
Russian triathlete 1st DQ from Tokyo, banned for 3 years
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—In the first formal disqualification of a Tokyo Olympics athlete for doping, Russian Igor Polyanskiy has been banned for three years, World Triathlon said on over the weekend. Polyanskiy admitted doping with EPO, an endurance boos…
A PHirst for the golden girl
THE country’s first Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting definitely knows the challenges and rigors of not owning a home. Hidilyn Diaz, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist pointed out that owning a home is quite important for her. Coming from a hum…