What a moment for Naomi Osaka. For the new Japan. For racial injustice. For female athletes. For tennis.

The four-time Grand Slam winner lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Nesthy Petecio erased a tentative start with power shots in the last two rounds to fashion out a dominant 5-0 win over Congo’s Marcelat Sakobi Matshu on Saturday to easily advance to the Round of 16 in the women’s featherweight division of the Summer Olympic Games’ boxing competitions at the Kokugikan Arena.

TOKYO -- It may be a State of Emergency in Japan, but it’s business as usual inside the Athletes’ Village of the Summer Olympic Games here.

TOKYO -- Philippine Sports Commission chairman William “Butch” Ramirez and Chief of Staff Marc Velasco arrived here on Thursday and expressed their readiness to cheer the country’s 19 Filipino athletes when they head to battle in the Summer Olympic Games.

TOKYO—Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics kept the lid fully sealed on how Friday’s opening ceremony would be like but one thing’s for sure—a lean Philippine crew would be marching around an empty National Stadium proudly clad in traditional barong tagalog created by world-renowned designer Rajo Laurel.

WWE (NYSE: WWE) will launch a search for its next great ring announcer on TikTok as users can upload their most entertaining videos using the hashtag #WWEAnnouncerCon-test. The best performers will earn a trip to SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in Las Ve-gas on Saturday, August 21, where they will serve as a ring announcer at WWE’s biggest event of 2021. The announcer search is presented by Pure Life® Purified Water.

By Jo Aguiluz

For Hero Bautista, incumbent councilor of the 4th district in Quezon City, his greatest life achievement so far is being a dad to his two wonderful sons.