MANILA, Philippines—First of all, I want to make it clear that I have absolutely nothing against the athletes we sent to the just-ended 29th Olympiad in Beijing.
MANILA, Philippines—Host nation China, which spent a mind-boggling $40 billion to host the 29th edition of the ongoing Olympic Games in Beijing, is taking a big step toward capturing its first Olympic overall title by staying ahead of perennial winner the United States in the gold-medal race.
MANILA, Philippines—Battle-tested Harry Tañamor launches his bid for Olympic glory against a virtually unknown opponent from Ghana as light flyweight boxing competitions begin Wednesday in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing.
MANILA, Philippines—Everything is in readiness for Friday’s opening of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, considered as the most expensive sporting event in modern times.
MANILA, Philippines—The amazing victory last Sunday of former World Pool champion Alex Pagulayan over world No. 1 Dennis Orcollo in an all-Filipino final in the Singapore leg of the 2008 Guinness 9-Ball Tour showed once more that the Philippines is set to regain billiards supremacy from rival Chinese Taipei.
MANILA, Philippines—During a congressional hearing on sports a few years back, multi-titled bowler Paeng Nepomuceno expressed his disappointment over the lawmakers’ little regard for bowling, a non-Olympic sport, by rating it well below sports in the Olympic calendar.
