Category: Sports

As we enter 2024, the Palau National Olympic Committee, with respective national sports federations, are facing the first six months of the year to send national athletes to qualification events to the Paris Olympic Games in July 2024. The first team to go travel from February 4 to 9, 2024 is the Wrestling Team travelling […]

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Steve Wilks has had a roller coaster ride in his first season as defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers. Faced with a tricky task of taking over a successful defense that still had the same position coaches and system of his predecessor DeMeco Ryans, […]

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 24 points, including making a key floater with 17.1 seconds left, and the Trail Blazers spoiled former teammate Damian Lillard’s return to Portland with a 119-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Lillard finished with 25 points for the […]

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Repeat championships in the NFL used to be more common. Over the first 39 Super Bowls, it happened eight times. But no team has done it since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won two in a row following the 2003-04 seasons. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City […]

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Japan maintained its pursuit of a record-extending fifth Asian Cup title on Wednesday by advancing to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win against Bahrain. The pre-tournament favorite has bounced back from a surprise 2-1 loss against Iraq in the group stage and will play Iran in the next round. Goals from Ritsu Doan, […]

Jaime Nagata is breaking the glass ceiling for Palauan women by smashing into the 1000 club – a powerlifting competition held by the Civic Action Team every year. Called the 500/1000lb Club, powerlifters must lift in three events (squat, bench press and deadlift), and the combined weights should add up to 500 or 1000 lbs […]