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Team Philippines at Paris Olympics August 3
SCHEDULE: Team Philippines at Paris Olympics 2024 August 3 Philippine Time 2:00 am – Nesthy Petecio (PHI) vs Amina Zidani (FRA) – boxing, women’s 57kg round of 16 4:10 pm – EJ Obiena (PHI) – athletics, men’s pole vault qualification 9:30 pm – Carlos Yulo (PHI) – gymnastics, men’s floor exercise final – MEDAL ROUND 9:46…
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Andy Murray pleased to retire ‘on own terms’ after tennis career ends at Paris Olympics: ‘It just felt right’ | Tennis News
Andy Murray says he is pleased to end his tennis career “on my own terms” and believes the Olympics was a fitting endpoint with the event “unbelievably special to me”. Murray retired after he and Dan Evans lost in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Paris Games on Thursday, to America’s Taylor Fritz…
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EJ Obiena gets hyped ahead of pole vault qualifications
FILE–Team Philippines’ top pole vaulter EJ Obiena finally begins his campaign in the Paris Olympics 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) MANILA, Philippines—One of Team Philippines’ stars will finally take the spotlight on Saturday in the Paris Olympics 2024. EJ Obiena will be seeing action in the qualification of the men’s pole vault competition at Stade de…
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Zak Chelli vows to take down hometown hero Callum Simpson as Stephen McKenna threatens Joe Laws with one-round KO | Boxing News
Callum Simpson revelled in the support of his Barnsley hometown as he weighed in ahead of Saturday’s British and Commonwealth title challenge against Zak Chelli. Simpson will fight Chelli for the belts at super-middleweight with rising lightweight star Caroline Dubois taking on Maira Moneo for the WBC Interim title as chief support live on Sky…
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PH bet Jarod Hatch makes early exit in Paris Olympics swimming
FILE–Team Philippines swimmer Jarod Hatch. –AP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—Jarod Hatch’s run in the Paris Olympics 2024 ended in the heats of men’s 100m butterfly swimming competition at Paris La Defense Arena on Friday (Manila time). The Team Philippine swimmer ended up in eighth and last place in his respective race after clocking in 54.66 seconds. Overall,…
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Olympics 2024: Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan successfully defend lightweight men’s double sculls title | Olympics News
Ireland rowers Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan completed back-to-back Olympic titles after defending the lightweight men’s double sculls title in Paris. The pair stormed to gold at Tokyo three years ago and repeated the feat with a brilliant performance at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Friday. McCarthy and O’Donovan, who had qualified with the fastest…
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Aira Villegas’ birthday wish? A medal for Team Philippines
Team Philippines’ Aira Villegas, red, hugs Algeria’s Roumaysa Boualam after defeated her in their women’s 50kg preliminary boxing match at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher) MANILA, Philippines—What better way for Team Philippines boxer Aira Villegas to celebrate her birthday than moving closer to an assured medal…
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Stephen McKenna on Joe Laws clash: ‘He’s afraid. I can see it in his eyes’ | Boxing News
Joe Laws confronted Stephen McKenna at the public workouts ahead of their fight this weekend. The two will box on the Zak Chelli vs Callum Simpson undercard at the Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley, live on Sky Sports. At Thursday’s event in the town centre, security had to separate the pair as Laws squared up to…
Read MoreAs gender row engulfs Paris Olympics boxing, what is testosterone
Algeria’s Imane Khelif (C) arrives for her women’s 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match against Italy’s Angela Carini during the Paris Olympics 2024 at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s swift defeat of her Italian opponent at the Paris Olympics…
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Andy Murray: Grit, Glory & Legacy – watch full documentary on Friday
Reflections on Sir Andy Murray’s career – his determination, greatest achievements and the legacy he leaves – from stars including Navratilova, Henman, Draper, Raducanu and more. Watch the full documentary on Sky Sports Tennis at 8am.
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