Olympics tennis blockbuster: Nadal says Djokovic ‘clear favorite’

Agence France Presse 07/29/2024

Rafael Nadal insists Novak Djokovic will be the favorite when they clash at the Paris Olympics, after the Spaniard battled to victory over Marton Fucsovics in the first round on Sunday. Nadal had left his participation in…

Paris Olympics launched by historic river parade

Agence France Presse 07/27/2024

A historic boat parade down the River Seine launched the Paris Olympics with spectacular French flair Friday, as the City of Light welcomed the world’s greatest athletes for a sporting extravaganza. Braving torrential rain, some 300,000 people…

‘Sabotage’ on French rail network before Olympics: What we know

Agence France Presse 07/26/2024

Arson attacks scrambled France’s high-speed rail network for tens of thousands of passengers on Friday, after what officials called premeditated acts of “sabotage” just hours before the Paris Olympics opened. Friday’s attacks were launched as the French…

Paris Olympics: Know your Cebuano Olympians

Glendale Rosal 07/09/2024

There are currently 22 Filipino athletes who will carry the Philippine flag in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.  Three of them are from Cebu. They are weightlifters’ Elreen Ando and John Febuar ceniza and Judoka Kiyomi Watanabe. …

Eleven swimmers in doping scandal named in China Olympic team

AFP 06/19/2024

Pekín, China– China will send 11 swimmers implicated in a major doping scandal to next month’s Paris Olympics, after the country named its squad for the Games. Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ)…

Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Paris’ Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics

06/15/2024

PARIS (AP) — Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results…

Three Paris-bound Olympic lifters ready — national coach

Glendale G. Rosal 06/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — National weightlifting coach Antonio Agustin Jr. is optimistic that one of the three Olympic weightlifters will bring home a medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics next month. Agustin Jr., one of the national…

Bacyadan beats Venezuelan foe, qualifies for Paris Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 06/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hergie Bacyadan was the latest Filipino to qualify for the Paris Olympics in July during the 2024 Boxing 2nd World Qualification Tournament in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, June 2.  Bacyadan qualified less than…

Carlo Paalam punches a ticket for Paris Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 06/02/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Carlo Paalam accomplished his difficult mission to qualify for the Paris Olympics in an empathic unanimous decision win over Indian Sachin Siwach in the men’s 57kg division semifinals of the 2024 Boxing 2nd…

Paalam beats Armenian, moves closer for Olympics ticket

Glendale G. Rosal 05/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Filipino Olympic hopeful and 2021 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Carlo Paalam pulled himself closer to earning a ticket to the Paris Olympics after winning in the ongoing 2024 Boxing 2nd World Qualification Tournament…

Ando, Ceniza vow to train hard for Paris Olympics after cash windfall 

Glendale G. Rosal 04/16/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Elreen Ando and John Febuar Ceniza vowed to do their best to bring honor not just to the Philippines and Cebu, but to their ever-supportive alma mater — the University of Cebu (UC)…

Ando and Ceniza receive P200,000 each from UC for qualifying in Paris Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 04/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebu City’s very own John Febuar Ceniza and Elreen Ando got extra motivation after receiving a whopping P200,000 cash incentives from their alma mater, University of Cebu (UC) or qualifying for the Paris Olympics…

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