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Taiwanese athletes welcomed at Asian Games but still can’t compete under their flag
Taiwan’s athletes and team officials arrive during the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) SHAOXING, China — Taiwan’s baseball team took the field Tuesday sporting caps and jerseys not with “T” for Taiwan, but “CT,” for Chinese Taipei. China claims the democratic self-governing…
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Asian Games 2023: Filipino athletes to watch out for in China (Part 2)
Some of the names expected to deliver for the Philippines in the Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou. The Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 in 2023 is the next big field of play for Filipino athletes after the Olympics and outside of their respective world championships. From among the 396 athletes from 40 sports who will bring…
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World Athletics Championships: Keely Hodgkinson says athletes don’t get recognition they deserve
Keely Hodgkinson is among the contenders for 800 metres victory at the World Athletics Championships Keely Hodgkinson believes athletics stars never get the credit they deserve. The 21-year-old is in Budapest ahead of her assault on the 800 metres title at the World Championships. Emma Raducanu’s US Open win in 2021 catapulted her to stardom…
Read MoreMalacañang doubles athletes’ bonuses | Inquirer Sports – rezal404
Malacañang doubled the cash incentives for podium finishers in the recent Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) Para Games and more importantly vowed on Wednesday to lend a hand to the athletes’ support crew as well. “We all know that you did not become champions by doing it alone.…
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Marcos ‘a little embarrassed’ about lack of support for athletes, coaches – rezal404
These athletes who took part in the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 12th Asean Para Games get recognition from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, during the awarding of incentives to the medalists at the Ceremonial Hall in Malacañan Palace. (Photo from the Facebook page of Radio Television Malacañang) MANILA,…
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Court says Caster Semenya can appeal testosterone limit for female athletes – rezal404
FILE PHOTO: Athletics – World Athletics Championships – Women’s 5000 meters – Heats – Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. – July 20, 2022 South Africa’s Caster Semenya in action during the heat REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo Europe’s top human rights court ruled in favor of Olympic runner Caster Semenya on Tuesday, saying courts in Switzerland should…
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Obiena says breakthrough Olympic gold by Diaz-Naranjo has national athletes ‘pumped’ for Paris Games – rezal404
Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz reacts while competing in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) Ernest John Obiena is the first Filipino to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. But the pole vault superstar is…
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Bachmann wants active PSC role in selecting Asiad athletes – rezal404
PSC chairman Dickie Bachmann during the SEA Games send-off ceremony. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER As the 19th Asian (Asiad) Games looms over the horizon, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) won’t confine itself merely as a funding partner to the national team. PSC chair Richard “Dickie” Bachmann on Tuesday wants the agency to be more active in the…
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Bachmann vows more support for national athletes – rezal404
Carlos Yulo was the country’s best performer individually, with two gold medals to his name. —TEAM PHILIPPINES PHOTO PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA—For nearly two weeks, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair Richard Bachmann celebrated the victories and feats of Filipino athletes and shared their agony in defeat in the just-concluded 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. By witnessing…
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Athletes involved in doping at 31st SEA Games named, medals stripped – rezal404
Vietnam’s Quach Thi Lan celebrates winning gold in the women’s 400m hurdles final during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at My Dinh National Stadium, Hanoi on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP) HANOI — The Southeast Asian Sports Council has announced the names of 10 athletes involved in doping…
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