Brazil held to 1-1 draw by Switzerland

AP 06/18/2018

Rostov-on-don, Russia — Brazil joined the list of big teams struggling to win their opening matches at the World Cup in Russia. The five-time champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland on Sunday, a few…

Brazil wins Miss Asia Pacific International 2017; Ilene de Vera is fourth runner-up

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2017

THE LAST crown for November went to Brazil. Early favorite Francielly Ouriques of Brazil was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2017 on Wednesday evening, November 29 during the pageant  held at Resorts World Manila in Pasay City.…

YEAR OF JOY

Glendale G. Rosal 12/30/2016

Tabal in Olympics, IronMan Asia-Pacific C’ships in Cebu highlight endurance sports in 2016 The past year was one for the record books for Cebu in terms of endurance sport. Topping the list of historic moments was Mary…

The gift of tongue

Clint Holton Potestas 12/13/2016

“I DO not trust my tongue,” I excuse myself for my incapacity to determine if the coffee has the raisins or the chocolate. “You have to be aggressive,” Miko Simangan replies, then inquires if I could identify…

Tabal to further hone skills abroad

Glendale G. Rosal 12/08/2016

EVEN after a successful year in marathon, Cebuana Olympian Mary Joy Tabal is still looking forward to improving her skills next year. The four-peat champion of the 40th National Milo Marathon and the first Filipina to compete…

JOYOUS MOMENT: Cebu’s Joy Tabal bags fourth straight Nat’l Milo Marathon title

Glendale G. Rosal 12/04/2016

City of Iloilo — Despite all the success she has had this year — which included a stint in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, Cebu’s Mary Joy Tabal didn’t think she’d be able to…

Tabal joins first race since Rio Olympics

PR 11/14/2016

CEBUANA Olympian Mary Joy Tabal of the Motor Ace Kawasaki Racing team gauged her capacity in a high-level race once more as she competed in the Great Eastern Half Marathon yesterday in Singapore. Tabal finished seventh, clocking…

Hidilyn Diaz in Cebu today

Glendale G. Rosal 09/01/2016

THE country’s lone medalist in the recently concluded Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Hidilyn Diaz, will be in Cebu today to spearhead a sports seminar on Sunday. Diaz, silver medalist in women’s weightlifting in the…

ANXIOUS MOMENTS

PR 07/28/2016

Mary Joy Tabal has four days left before she will be leaving for the biggest race of her life — the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has spent the last month in Japan to…

GIVING HER ALL

Glendale G. Rosal 07/14/2016

With less than a month left from the biggest race of her sterling career, Cebuana marathoner Mary Joy Tabal is giving her all in the remaining stretch of her training in Japan to make sure that she’ll…

‘Juma’ the jaguar killed in Olympic torch event

06/23/2016

A jaguar named Juma trotted out for the Olympic torch’s passage through Brazil’s Amazon was killed shortly afterward when it escaped its handlers and threatened a vet, the Brazilian military said on Tuesday. The feline — whose…

Plastic water bottles

Philip S. Chua 04/25/2016

ABOUT 50 billion plastic bottles of filtered water are consumed around the world each year. This does not include the billions of other plastic materials littering the globe, choking our environment in more ways than one. In…

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