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Pound: Drug-testing failing due to lack of will

World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound. AP photo

Dick Pound has written a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency assessing the current state of drug-testing. It doesn’t paint a pretty picture.

Posted: May 16th, 2013 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

WAP joins clamor for Olympic wrestling

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Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (Credit: AP/Paul Sancya)

The Wrestling Association of the Philippines has joined the clamor lodged by its international federation to convince the International Olympic Committee to reconsider its decision to strike off the sport from its calendar starting the 2020 Games.

Posted: February 17th, 2013 in Editors' Picks,Featured Gallery,Headlines,Other Sports,Section | Read More »

A very private Ronda Pilipinas

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ROGER, my Canadian neighbor, has sold his beach house he had touted could withstand earthquakes and tsunamis.

Posted: January 19th, 2013 in Commentary,Featured Columns,Headlines,Section,Southpaw | Read More »

Int’l sports bodies join aid drive for ‘Pablo’ victims

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The International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia have joined the global assistance campaign to benefit the victims of Typhoon “Pablo” in Mindanao.

Posted: December 30th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Headlines | Read More »

Fearing IOC wrath, POC poll body ditches Go

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Fearing the wrath of the International Olympic Committee more than a sanction from local courts, the election panel of the Philippine Olympic Committee Monday declared athletics chief Go Teng Kok ineligible to run for POC president.

Posted: November 27th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Headlines | Read More »

Only IOC can pick own members, POC has no say

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The Philippine Olympic Committee has no say on the choice of the next International Olympic Committee representative to the Philippines.

Posted: September 12th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Headlines | Read More »

Peping Cojuangco’s daughter as PH’s IOC rep?

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A FATHER-and-daughter tandem may be in the works in the Philippine Olympic Committee.

Posted: September 10th, 2012 in Headlines | Read More »

Frank Elizalde’s choice–the IOC or bust

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There he was, in what could be his last official act as the Philippine representative to the International Olympic Committee.

Posted: August 25th, 2012 in Commentary,Featured Columns,Headlines,Section,Southpaw | Read More »

It’s a record foul IOC performance in London

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IT DID not look as gory as though the defending titlist had faltered and fallen at the first hurdle, but the International Olympic Committee, starring its stern-faced president Jacques Rogge, did balk and fumble at the opening of the 2012 London Games.

Posted: July 30th, 2012 in Bare Eye,Commentary,Editors' Picks | Read More »

British police probe black market Olympic tickets – report

A fan holds up a ticket while waiting for a preliminary boxing bout to start at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London. AP/Patrick Semansky

British police have launched an investigation into the black-market sale of Olympic tickets by three official ticket agents covering the Games, a Sunday newspaper reported.

Posted: July 29th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

IOC head: London Olympics boost gender equality

Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee delivers a speech during the Opening Ceremony of the IOC session in central London's Royal Opera House, Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has praised London as a “diverse, vibrant, cosmopolitan” city and thanked it for hosting the games for a record third time.

Posted: July 28th, 2012 in Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Powerade unveils ion4 to help PH

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There’s more to sweating than just losing water. Powerade, the official sports drink of the 2012 London Olympics, developed a better way of rehydrating as it unveiled its new drink to accompany the Philippine contingent throughout the competition.

Posted: June 27th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Allegations of a black market for Olympic tickets

TOPSHOTS. The national flags from countries participating in the London 2012 Olympic Games hang over Regent Street in central London on June 15, 2012. Union Flags hung out to honor the Queen's diamond jubilee weekend were replaced with 158 national flags from countries sending competitors to London for the Games, as a promotion for the busy shopping area of Regent Street. The flags of the other 46 competing countries were installed elsewhere in the area.   AFP / LEON NEAL

The International Olympic Committee has launched an investigation into allegations that Olympic officials and agents have been offering tickets to the upcoming London Games on the black market.

Posted: June 17th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

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