Tag: rio de janeiro

Filipina taekwondo jin Kirstie Elaine Alora plunges into action Saturday morning (Sunday evening in Manila) confident of winning a medal ...

Usain Bolt tilted his head backward and screamed. He plaintively raised his palms to the sky, tugged hard on his ...

Kirstie Elaine Alora’s coach is confident that the Filipino taekwondo entry and the country’s lone remaining hope here has what ...

Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and US teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and ...

Emphatically stopping a stretch of three straight close games, the Americans advanced to the semifinals by sprinting past Manu Ginobili ...

The world gymnastics chief has blamed China’s “robotic’’ style in Rio for the once-dominant team’s worst Olympics in over 30 ...

More cuts will be made to services for athletes at the Paralympics next month unless additional funding is rapidly secured ...

The Philippines suffered twin defeats in athletics Tuesday with Eric Cray failing to get past the semis of the men’s ...

Floyd Mayweather tipped American boxing’s hot prospect Shakur Stevenson to excel as a professional after the talented bantamweight eased into ...

Usain Bolt stepped up his quest for a third straight Olympic sprint sweep on Tuesday as Brazilian heroine Marta was ...

The most decorated athlete in Olympic history insisted again Sunday that his swimming career is over, less than 24 hours ...

There’s a big room for improvement for Filipina swimmer Jasmine Alkhaldi when she competes here in Rio, which is actually ...

The Filipino boxers in this Rio Olympics will still have to rely on the luck of the draw if they ...

Andy Murray became the first player to win two Olympic tennis singles gold medals Sunday and admitted his epic four-set ...

Miguel Tabuena finally broke par at the Olympic Golf Course Sunday but still did not get the result that he ...

Mary Joy Tabal of the Philippines could not handle Brazil’s noontime heat Sunday and finished way outside her targeted time ...