It’s hard to miss Stefanos Tsitsipas in the crowd, towering at 6’4” with soft blonde curls resting just above his...
He’s tall, tisoy and show-biz good-looking. So, naturally, when townsfolk in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, see him pass by wearing a Philippine team uniform, they excitedly exclaim: “Azkals!”
Mark Anthony Barriga knows what he wants and how to get it. He just didn’t have any idea that the thing he wanted would come to him so soon: the chance to compete in the London Olympic Games.
He’s always been compared with boxing great Manny Pacquiao, but newly crowned WBO super bantamweight champ Nonito Donaire, Jr. may soon find that, along with the fame and fortune that come with the championship, he must also contend with the controversies waiting in the wings to hound those who stray in the limelight.