Keely Hodgkinson: Britain’s Olympics gold medallist on path to more success in 2025 | Athletics News

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Geraint Hughes is granted exclusive access with Olympic 800m Gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson at her training base in the Pyrenees Geraint Hughes is granted exclusive access with Olympic 800m Gold medallist Keely Hodgkinson at her training base in the Pyrenees If you become an Olympic…

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End of drought puts PH booters on path of Capellas’ system

The Philippines avenged an earlier defeat to Tajikistan. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Philippine men’s football team has a good reason to feel more optimistic after it finally put an end to a winless run that dates back to more than a year ago. “[We can] only [think] of good things, only positive things,” Zico Bailey said…

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Minus equestrian, pentathlon opens Olympic path for PH athletes

Juliana Sevilla, Princess Arbilon and Shyra Aranzado finish with medals at the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) 2024 Laser Run World Championships. Modern pentathlon, now more accessible to Filipinos has suddenly become a pathway for athletes to make it to the Olympics. With the discipline discarding equestrian in favor of obstacle course racing, Filipinos…

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Wembanyama on upward path as NBA season winds down

Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs greets the crowd after they defeated the New York Knicks at Frost Bank Center on March 29, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. Ronald Cortes/Getty Images/AFP Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs may be headed to a bottom-of-the-table finish, but the sensational French rookie has no doubt…

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Nxled takes best path among PVL newcomers

Nxled Chameleons coach Taka Minowa. –PVL PHOTO Nxled’s maiden Premier Volleyball League (PVL) campaign turned out to be a relative success compared to other newcomers—even head coach Taka Minowa was pleasantly surprised at what his Chameleons accomplished. “Since I met [the Chameleons] the first day, I thought maybe we can win one or two (games)…

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Karriss Artingstall believes 2024 is realistic for world title shot | ‘I’m on the right path’ | Boxing News

Karriss Artingstall believes she will be ready to fight for world honours in 2024. In the Macclesfield fighter’s last bout, Artingstall stopped a former world title challenger when she forced Vanessa Bradford to retire in two rounds. “Still things to work on but I’m happy to get the job done in that kind of style.…

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Current UST Tigers draw comparisons to ’06 squad, but path to glory may take longer

UST assistant coach Japs Cuan is part of the last Tigers team that won the UAAP championship in 2006. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—One team won the championship. The other is currently languishing in the cellar of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament. Could these University of Santo Tomas teams be any more different? But…

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Loss of key players forces Creamline to forge path to title defense using time-tested approach

Creamline’s Risa Sato (center) fires a kill against the Farm Fresh wall. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ As the errors piled up, so did Creamline’s resolve to find a way around them. With its core that dominated the Premier Volleyball League losing two vital pieces, the Cool Smashers continue applying the tested trial and error approach in…

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Syrian crowd-pleaser stands in Marcial’s Paris path

Eumir Marcial (right) celebrates his knockout win. —ASIAN GAMES POOL HANGZHOU, CHINA—The Olympic dream is slowly becoming real for Eumir Marcial. All he needs is one more victory. While that is easier said than done, what with the hard-punching Filipino punching above his weight—literally—here at the 19th Asian Games, Marcial is brimming with confidence that…

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