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WNBA star, US Olympian Delle Donne reveals she is gay
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Elena Delle Donne wants to carry on some traditions, like US women winning Olympic basketball gold, while trying to change others, like learning an athlete is gay being...
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Baseball, skateboarding among 5 new Olympic sports in for Tokyo 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Baseball won a return to the Olympics as youth-friendly surfing, skateboarding, climbing, as well as karate, also got places among 5 sports approved for Tokyo 2020 on...
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Rio apologizes after Olympic Village suffers another theft
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Security at Rio's Olympic Village was handed a further blow Wednesday when Danish athletes revealed they have had items stolen while organisers issued a public apology to...
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Serena Williams in no mood for quitting as Olympics approach
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Serena Williams insisted Wednesday, August 3 that retirement is not on her agenda as the 34-year-old American superstar targets a sixth Olympic gold medal.World number one...
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Westbrook in serious negotiations to stay with OKC Thunder - report
MANILA, Philippines – All-Star guard Russell Westbrook’s representation is in serious talks with the Oklahoma City Thunder on a contract renegotiation that could keep the point guard in OKC up to the...
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Fil-Japanese judoka Kodo Nakano becomes surprise 13th Olympian
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – At the last minute, the doors to Rio opened for Fil-Japanese judoka Kodo Nakano who will get to compete in the 2016 Olympics and add more beef to the Philippine participation...
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Olympic Village shaken by bomb scare close to Games opening
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A bomb scare hit the Rio Olympics Athletes Village Wednesday afternoon, August 3 just a day after a similar incident forced authorities to clear the Olympic Aquatic Center due...
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Rio 2016: Eric Cray
Eric Shauwn Cray was the first Filipino athlete to qualify for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. And the 27-year old Filipino-American hopes that the Olympics, his first, will be memorable in more ways...
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Manny Pacquiao will face Jessie Vargas in ring return - report
MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao now has an opponent for his ring return on November 5 as he will reportedly face WBO welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas in a 12-round encounter. Pacquiao’s...
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Fil-Am Phillipe Nover battles ex-champ Renan Barao at UFC Fight Night 95
MANILA, Philippines – A tough test awaits Filipino-American fighter Phillipe Nover as he squares off with former bantamweight champion Renan Barao at UFC Fight Night 95 on September 24. The...
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5 women to watch at the Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The Olympics has come a long way since 1896, when not a single woman competed at the first modern edition in Athens. This year, the United States will send more women than men...
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PH boxer Suarez draws Great Britain's Cordina, Ladon receives bye
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino lightweight Charly Suarez will have to get past the taller Joe Cordina of Great Britain when the first round of Olympic boxing kicks off in Rio de Janeiro, while light...
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Olympics: 271 Russian athletes to be allowed into Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The International Olympic Committee on Thursday, August 4 approved 271 Russian athletes to take part in the Rio Games after a major doping review eliminated 118...
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Pitpitunge parts ways with PXC, inks one-bout gig with upstart MMA company
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino fighter Crisanto Pitpitunge has parted ways with Pacific Xtreme Combat (PXC).Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao confirmed to Rappler that Pitpitunge’s exclusive contract...
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Rio 2016: Brazil booed off as Neymar flops in South Africa draw
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil and superstar Neymar were booed off as their quest for a maiden Olympic football gold medal began with a 0-0 draw against 10-man South Africa on Thursday, August...
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CESAFI games to be shown on Aksyon TV this season
CEBU CITY, Philippines - The basketball competition of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc (CESAFI) will been seen on a wider national scale this season.This after VIVA Sports, which will still...
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Some boxer named Muhammad Ali will compete at the Rio Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Rio Olympic spectators might be forgiven for thinking they are hearing things when the boxer Muhammad Ali steps in to the ring.Two months after the death of the heavyweight...
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Olympic boxing enters new era with pro fighters, no headgear for men
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Olympic boxing enters a controversial new era when the action in the ring begins on Saturday in Rio with professionals involved for the first time in a vastly revamped...
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Team USA basketball players will stay on a cruise ship for Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – American men's and women's basketball teams are staying on the cruise ship Silver Cloud at the Rio Olympics, a major step up from their fellow Olympians in the athletes...
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PH Olympian Ian Lariba not bothered by opponent change
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Ian Lariba of the Philippines said she was not bothered by a sudden change in opponent, adding that she’s ready to take on anybody in the singles event of women’s table tennis...
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