Tag: dream
Bea De Leon realizes dream to share Araneta floor with Gumabao
Creamline Cool Smashers’ Bea de Leon and Michele Gumabao in a PVL All-Filipino Conference game at Smart Araneta Coliseum. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Bea De Leon fulfilled a longtime dream on Thursday, sharing the floor with idol Michele Gumabao in front of 17,396 fans at Smart Araneta Coliseum. De Leon starred with nine points…
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Mbappe, PSG face fight to keep Champions League dream alive
Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward #07 Kylian Mbappe (R) celebrates after Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward #10 Ousmane Dembele (C) scored an equalizer during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and FC Barcelona at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on April 10, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA /…
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo may have bid her Olympic dream au revoir, but her legacy will remain untainted
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo—REUTERS Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the Philippines’ unrivaled Olympics heroine, is not going to the Paris 2024 Games. But shed no tear for the greatest Filipino weightlifter of all time, even as Father Time denied her a fifth straight appearance—which she doggedly chased in the last two years—in the Olympics. “I love this sport, I don’t…
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Ababa gets Asian Tour dream going with playoff win at Apo
Jonel Ababa celebrates after knocking down a 16-foot birdie putt. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jonel Ababa knows that he is playing the best golf of his life, and at 39 years old, believes that he is nearing his last shot at international fame and fortune. That’s why he worked doggedly hard to salvage a playoff victory over…
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Maxine Esteban nears Olympic dream
Fencer Maxine Esteban off to a strong start for Ivory Coast in bid to qualify for Paris Olympics. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Filipino-Ivorian fencer Maxine Esteban will compete in a final Olympic-qualifying tournament in Washington D.C. on March 15, looking to officially book a ticket to the Summer Games slated in Paris this year. Esteban, who switched…
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Sky Brown continues pursuit of two-sport Olympic dream as she advances to third round at World Surfing Games | Olympics News
Sky Brown wants to compete in two sports, surfing and skateboarding, at the Olympic Games this summer; Brown has advanced to the third round of the World Surfing Games as she looks to qualify for Paris 2024; Brown became GB’s youngest medallist with her park skateboarding bronze in Tokyo Last Updated: 25/02/24 8:44pm Sky Brown…
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Pacquiao accepts his Olympic dream is over
FILE–Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines wipes his face during a press conference after his defeat to Yordenis Ugas of Cuba in the WBA Welterweight Championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 21, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) A “saddened and disappointed” Manny Pacquiao conceded Monday his Olympic boxing…
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Lewis Hamilton’s ‘childhood dream’ fueled Ferrari switch
(FILES) Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton (L) speaks with Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc after the Sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on October 21, 2023 ahead of the United States Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP) Lewis Hamilton said his “childhood dream” to race for…
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Uratex Dream zoom to 4-0 in PBA women’s 3×3
Uratex Dream in the PBA women’s 3×3. –PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines–Uratex Dream took care of business to close in on a sweep of the elimination round of the PBA 3×3 women’s Invitational last Monday. Sustaining their strong showing from opening week, the Dream fended off Gilas Pilipinas A, 21-19, and Gilas Pilipinas B, 20-16, to…
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Louis Rees-Zammit: Wales rugby star targets NFL dream but can he make success of move to America? | Rugby Union News
Louis Rees-Zammit is not the first rugby player try his hand at making it in the NFL, but can he succeed where others have faltered and what sets him apart from his peers? The 22-year-old Wales international, who played his club rugby at Gloucester, announced on Tuesday he is joining the NFL’s International Player Pathway…
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