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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Britain’s Galal Yafai defeated Carlo Paalam to win the Olympic flyweight title on Saturday, denying the Philippines a first boxing gold medal in the country’s history. The men’s middleweight final produced a shock as Ukrainian top seed Oleksandr Khyzhniak was knocked out in the third round of his bout by Brazil’s Hebert Sousa. The 28-year-old Yafai, a former car-factory worker, won on split points in an enthralling contest against Paalam […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Smooth-talking Keyshawn Davis said Friday that he is “bigger, stronger, faster, smarter” and will end the United States’ 17-year wait for men’s Olympic boxing gold. The 22-year-old, who has a 3-0 professional record, was deducted a point in the second round but still defeated Armenia’s Hovhannes Bachkov on unanimous points in their lightweight semi-final in Tokyo. The US, who once reigned over Olympic boxing, have seen the men’s medals dry up […]
(Eagle News) – Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial gave the country its Olympic bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics after his fight in the men’s middleweight division with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak. With Marcial’s bronze, the Philippines now has three medals – 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze – at the Tokyo Olympics. A fourth medal is assured for the country as fellow boxer Carlos Paalam advanced to the finals after an earlier win over […]
SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Devin Booker added 20 to power three-time defending champions United States past Australia 97-78 Thursday and into an Olympic men’s basketball final against either France or Slovenia. The Americans were 24-18 behind after the first quarter and 45-42 adrift at halfway, but stormed back during a dominant third term to stay on track for a fourth consecutive gold medal. It was revenge for Gregg Popovich’s […]
(Eagle News) – Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam gave his all and defeated Japanese boxer Ryomei Tanaka on Thursday, Aug. 5 by unanimous decision, and is now just a win away from another Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The 23-year old Paalam dominated all three rounds of the men’s flyweight division in the Tokyo Olympics, defeating the hometown favorite 27-year old Tanaka. The Filipino boxer started the first round with fists blazing, while his […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former world champion Manny Pacquiao says he feels young again after a two-year layoff as he prepares to fight unbeaten world champion Errol Spence for two welterweight boxing crowns. The 42-year-old Filipino southpaw, an eight-division world champion, faces American Spence on August 21 at Las Vegas for the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Council crowns. “I could have fought several easy opponents,” Pacquiao said Wednesday. “I picked the […]
KAWAGOE, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics women’s golf tournament could be cut to 54 holes, organizers said Wednesday, because of an approaching tropical storm due to hit Kasumigaseki Country Club at the weekend. “We have notified the players that we may have to be forced to reduce to a 54-hole competition,” International Golf Federation official Heather Daly-Donofrio told a media briefing at the course in Saitama prefecture on Wednesday evening. “We will not change […]
KENDARI, Indonesia (AFP) — As Ameruddin Pora’s relatives gathered in his living room, shouting at the final of the Olympics badminton women’s doubles, he locked himself in his room to watch his daughter win Indonesia’s historic gold medal. Apriyani Rahayu, 23, and her veteran partner Greysia Polii picked up the badminton-mad country’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo on Monday, and its first-ever Olympic medal in the women’s doubles. “Everyone was screaming with joy outside, […]
by Martin PARRY SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — NBA stalwart Patty Mills says Australia have bottled up all their previous Olympic failures and plan to let them loose against the United States in their crunch basketball semi-final on Thursday. The world’s third-ranked team, known as the “Boomers”, have been trying to finish on the Olympic podium since the Melbourne Games in 1956 but have yet to make it despite contesting the bronze medal match four times. […]
(Eagle News)– Two Filipina golfers are competing at the start of the rounds for the women’s golf tournament in the Tokyo Olympics today, Wednesday, Aug. 4. The two golfers are Yuka Saso who won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women’s individual and women’s team event in Asian Games golf competitions, and team mate Bianca Pagdanganan,a dual medalist in the 2018 Asian Games who won a bronze in the women’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry has reportedly agreed to a historic contract extension with Golden State while forward Carmelo Anthony will join pal LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers. Curry will sign a four-year deal worth $215 million with the Warriors, his agent told ESPN. He will be the first player in NBA history to sign two contracts worth more than $200 million. Anthony confirmed reports he will […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — New Zealand’s Lisa Carrington continued an extraordinary nine-year unbeaten streak to win the 200-meter single-kayak sprint in Tokyo on Tuesday, then backed it up to claim gold in the 500m. Carrington’s golden double makes her New Zealand’s most successful female Olympian, with four golds and one silver over three Games dating back to London 2012. Three of the gold medals came in the 200m solo sprint, an event the 32-year-old has […]
