Diplomatic pouch!

Maxine Esteban got a huge motivational boost for her campaign in the Paris Olympics as the Filipino-Ivorian fencer climbed to No. 27 in the world ranking, the highest ever achieved by any Philippine-born fencer in the world list.

With Gilas Pilipinas’ Olympic fate hanging in the balance, head coach Tim Cone said they are not in Riga, Latvia to just be competitive.

Maxine Esteban got a huge motivational boost for her campaign in the Paris Olympics.

Two more Filipinos have officially punched their tickets to Paris in track and field’s John Cabang Tolentino and Lauren Hoffman.

Korean singer Jin of the boy band BTS will serve as an Olympic torchbearer in the build-up to this year's games being held in Paris.