Brazil to invest extra $500 million for Rio 2016
Brazil says it will invest an additional $500 million to prepare athletes ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, hoping to secure a top-10 finish in the medals table on home soil.
Brazil says it will invest an additional $500 million to prepare athletes ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, hoping to secure a top-10 finish in the medals table on home soil.
Usain Bolt made himself a living legend – just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history.
It was a glorious night for Britain as the host nation won three Olympic golds in track and field in about one hour on Saturday. The noise in the stadium was deafening as the crowd of 80,000, which included members of the royal family, roared and celebrated.
Americans have their first shot at judo medals on Monday. Marti Malloy will be competing in the women’s 57-kilogram division and coach Jimmy Pedro said she has been in “awesome” form lately.
While Joseph Diaz Jr. dominated from the first punch of the Olympic boxing tournament, teammate Terrell Gausha waited until the final seconds for an incredible stoppage victory.
Michael Phelps, shockingly shut out of the medals in the 400m medley, will try to bounce back in an event he has long dominated when he launches his Olympic 200m butterfly title defence on Monday.
Swimming legend Michael Phelps suffered a nervy start in his bid to become the greatest Olympian in history on Saturday while Chinese shooter Yi Siling claimed the first gold of the Games.
National Capital Region captured the overall championship anew at the close of the 2012 National SCUAA (State Colleges and Universities) Olympics Sunday at the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo City.
National Capital Region asserted its supremacy in swimming and other fronts in the 2012 National Scuaa (State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association) Olympics at the Iloilo Sports Complex.
Reigning titlist Ariel Tibayan posted a first-round technical knockout win over Jonathan Aguas of Tarlac City to power Nueve Ecija to the overall title in secondary boxing of the 2012 Central Luzon Regional Athletic Association (CLRAA) at the Peoples Park here on Thursday.
Eighteen-year-old Alexis Sy banked on an explosive performance in the step-ladder finals to capture the girls masters crown and lead the Philippines to a second overall finish in the recent 16th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships at the International Bowling Center in Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt. Sy, the 2010 Philippine International Open youth girls [...]
There’s absolutely no problem with the Philippine Dragon Boat Federation in receiving P1 million from members of Congress as a reward for its winning five gold medals and two silvers in last year’s 10th International Dragon Boat Championships in Tampa, Florida. As a matter of fact, even before when PDBF members left for Florida and [...]
The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation received a cool million from the House of Representatives on Monday night for making the country relevant in the sport on a global scale.
