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SPORTS FACTS AND FIGURES 71: OSCAR DE LA HOYA PRAISES FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.
Sun, 18 Aug 2024
Oscar De La Hoya praised Floyd Mayweather, Jr. while talking with Hall of Fame football player Shannon Sharpe in an episode of Club Shay Shay. “Floyd is a great fighter,” De La Hoya said as quoted by Boxing Scene.
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 10: USA DEFEATS FRANCE TO WIN MEN'S BASKETBALL GOLD
Sun, 11 Aug 2024
Stephen Curry poured in eight three point shots, including three at the end of the fourth quarter, to lead the offense of the United States men's basketball team to a gold-medal game triumph over Olympic hos
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 9: AIRA VILLEGAS SETTLES FOR A BRONZE, NESTHY PETECIO FIGHTS FOR A SILVER
Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Aira Villegas settled for a bronze medal in the women’s 50 kg category of boxing of the 2024 Paris Olympics after a loss to Turkiye’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu in their semifinal round match early Wednesday morning (Manila
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 8: CARLOS YULO WINS SECOND OLYMPIC GOLD, NESTHY PETECIO AND AIRA VILLEGAS ENTER SEMIFINALS AND ARE ASSURED OF MEDALS
Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Carlos Yulo concluded his glittering 2024 Paris Olympic Games campaign with another historic first double Olympic gold medalist for the country after ruling the men’s artistic gymnastics vault final at the Bercy
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 7: CARLOS YULO WINS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
Sun, 04 Aug 2024
Carlos Yulo became only the second Filipino athlete to become an Olympic champion after he won the gold medal in the artistic gymnastics men's floor exercises on Saturday in Paris.
His victory earned the Philippines'
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 6: NESTHY PETECIO WINS AGAINST FRENCH AMINA ZIDANI, ENTERS QUARTERFINALS
Sat, 03 Aug 2024
Nesthy Petecio shocked the cheering French home crowd at the North Paris Arena on Friday (early Saturday in Manila) with a dazzling performance against France's heroine Amina Zidani in the round-of-16 of the women's 5
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 5: AIRA VILLEGAS ADVANCES TO THE QUARTERFINALS IN WOMEN'S BOXING 50 KG DIVISION
Sat, 03 Aug 2024
Aira Villegas utilized her marvelous speed in upsetting No. 2 seed Roumaysa Boualam of Algeria to advance to the quarterfinals of the women’s 50kg boxing tournament in the Paris Olympics on Friday.
It was her 29
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 4: NESTHY PETECIO AND CARLO PAALAM ADVANCE WHILE EUMIR MARCIAL AND HERGIE BACYADAN LOSE
Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Nesthy Petecio won over India's Jaismine Lamboria in the women's 57kg preliminaries round of 32 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on Tuesday. Pete
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 3: AIRA VILLEGAS DEFEATS YASMINE MOUTTAKI OF MORROCO IN 50KG WOMEN'S BOXING
Mon, 29 Jul 2024
Aira Villegas opened the Philippines' boxing campaign in the 2024 Paris Olympics and ensured that the country's boxers got off to a strong start. Villegas won by points against Yasmine Mouttaki of Morroco in the round-of-
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS 2: PHILIPPINE BOXING TEAM SHOOTS FOR THE ELUSIVE GOLD MEDAL IN THE CENTENNIAL OF PH OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION
Sun, 28 Jul 2024
The Philippines competed in the Olympics for the first time in 1924, and coincidentally, it was held in Paris, France too. The sport of boxing has produced the most number of Olympic participants for the Philip
