Thursday, June 3, 2021

Tennis: Injured Barty retires from French Open, leaving women's draw wide open

PARIS - World number one Ash Barty retired from her second round match at the French Open on Thursday with an injury, leaving the women's draw at the claycourt Grand Slam without its top two seeds following Naomi Osaka's earlier withdrawal.


Second seed Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam winner, pulled out after her first round following a row over her decision to boycott post-match media duties citing mental health concerns.


Australia's Barty, who lifted her maiden major at Roland Garros in 2019, was trailing 6-1 2-2 against Poland's Magda Linette when she decided she could no longer continue, having started the match with taping on her left thigh.


She had also struggled with the injury during her opening win and later said she suffered a flare-up through her left hip during the weekend.


"It's heartbreaking," Barty told reporters.


"We have had such a brilliant claycourt season, and to kind of get a little bit unlucky with timing more than anything to have something kind of acute happen over the weekend and just kind of run out of time against the clock is disappointing.


"It won't take away the brilliant three months that we have had, as much as it hurts right now."


Romanian world number three Simona Halep, the 2018 champion in Paris, also pulled out from this year's tournament due to a leg injury, meaning fourth-ranked Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus is the highest surviving seed this week.


The 25-year-old Barty's return to Roland Garros ended in disappointment after she opted to not defend her title last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.



She had faced problems with her movement on court on Tuesday against Bernarda Pera but her physical condition improved against the American after receiving medical attention before the deciding set.


The top-seeded Australian called the trainer on court once again on Thursday after the first set, which she lost in just 27 minutes, hoping to be able to play on after receiving help.


She returned to Philippe Chatrier court after the medical timeout and played four more games before shaking hands.


Barty said she suffered the injury during training.


"It was a small miracle that we were able to get on court for that first round. Again, today it was no better and getting worse again," she said, adding that she hoped to be fit for Wimbledon which starts on June. 28.


"I just tried to give myself a chance and see how it felt. Obviously practising we've had our restrictions and essentially tried to stay as fresh as possible and not aggravate it in any way, but in a match that's unavoidable at times.


"Yeah, it got worse today and it was becoming at the stage where it was unsafe." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Berhampore, India; editing by Jon Boyle and Toby Davis)


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/tennis-injured-barty-retires-from-french-open-leaving-womens-draw-wide-open

LOOK: Dasmarinas keeps self busy ahead of Inoue fight

Filipino boxer Michael Dasmarinas went down to business upon his arrival in the US, and made his final preparations for his world title fight against Japan's unified bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.


The 25-year-old nicknamed "Hot 'n Spicy" trained at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, California for the final touches ahead of the WBA-IBF bantamweight title bout on June 19.


The Bicolano lefty earned the mandatory shot by outclassing fellow Filipino Kenny Demecillo in March 2019.


Dasmarinas and Inoue will be squaring off at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada.


The Pili, Camarines Sur native owns a 30-2-1 (20 KOs) record. 


Inoue, meanwhile, owns a 20-0 (17 KOs) record. Although his most recent bout was a quick demolition of Jason Moloney in October 2020, his most notable fight was his decision victory over now WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/look-dasmarinas-keeps-self-busy-ahead-of-inoue-fight

The World Tonight | ANC (3 June 2021)

What Does Jesus Really Look Like?

 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.  Isaiah 53:3


From the impressions made on the walls of the catacombs of Rome to the mansions of the wealthy, Jesus Christ has been the inspiration for the world’s great art, and the face of Jesus has been the inspiration of all the world’s great artists.  Rubens, Raphael, DaVinci, Titian, Michelangelo, and thousands of others, have all taken brush and pallet in hand and painted the face of Jesus as they pictured it in their mind.  The painting of the face of Christ done by Warner Sallman hangs in many homes, yet, when I finally cross heaven’s threshold, for some reason, I do not expect Christ to look just like the person portrayed by the artists.


Visit St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and there you will find the famous painting by Holman Hunt where Christ stands at the door and knocks.  But what does Christ really look like?


If you really want an answer, you must turn to the pages of the Gospels and read what His biographers wrote.  These were men who walked with Jesus for three years and experienced the impact of His life on theirs.  “But did they actually tell us what Jesus looked like?” you may be asking yourself.  No, but they did give to all mankind profiles of the face of Jesus, profiles which allow us to see beneath the actual physiognomy and discover the real man.


The images which your mind’s eye may develop may be different from mine, but the person will be the same.  As I read the Gospels and ask myself what Jesus looked like, the first profile that comes together in my mind’s eye is a profile of compassion.  Jesus reached out to men and women neglected and ignored by others, and felt what they felt.  He suffered as they suffered.  He touched the untouchables such as the leper, the widow, the blind beggar, the outcasts of society‑‑men and women with whom I can identify.


Another profile that becomes apparent is that of tenderness.  Unlike weakness, tenderness reveals sensitivity.  He related to children, yet was a man’s man who could take a whip and drive the money changers from the temple.  His face undoubtedly revealed strength of character and firmness.  No weak‑kneed, emasculated character who had lace on his handkerchief, Jesus had depth of personality that revealed real love for men and women.


Other profiles I see are purity, suffering, compelling love, justice, empathy and a score of other virtues and emotions.  When I see Jesus I do not expect to see a halo about His head or a crown of thorns on His brow.  Neither do I expect someone to take me by the hand and lead me over, saying, “Sala, I want to introduce you to Jesus.”  You see, at the age of 12 someone introduced me to Him; and though I have never seen Him in the flesh, I know Him, for He has walked with me and guided my life.  John, the same one who wrote the Gospel that bears his name, said, “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2, KJV).


Jesus Christ has become all things to all races and all people, the reflection of our own faces, the image of ourselves, and rightly so.  But to all, He is the Son of God who became flesh and lived among us.  He’s the glory of the Father, the second Person of the Trinity, the One who ever lives to intercede for those who will believe in Him.


How do you picture Jesus?  Make sure that what comes to your mind, comes firsthand.


Resource reading: Isaiah 53:1-5.


https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/what-does-jesus-really-look-like/

Olympics: EJ Obiena beats reigning Olympic pole vault champ in Swiss tilt

EJ Obiena topped reigning Olympic gold medalist Thiago Braz of Brazil en route to a gold medal finish in the Gothenburg Athletics Grand Prix in Sweden Thursday while continuing to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.


The Filipino pole vaulter opened his 2021 outdoor season by clearing 5.70 meters, to beat his training partner, Braz, who cleared 5.65 meters.


"A great start to the 2021 Outdoor season!" said Obiena in his social media post following the victory.


Norway's Pal Haugen Lillefosse finished with a bronze by clearing 5.60 meters, followed by Cole Wash of the United States.


Obiena will next compete on Sunday in Hengelo, Netherlands. 


Obiena is one of the nine Filipino athletes competing in Tokyo, along with rower Cris Nievarez; weightlifter and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz; gymnast Carlos Yulo; boxers Eumir Marcial, Irish Magno, Carlo Paalam, and 2019 AIBA Women’s world champion Nesthy Petecio; and taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/olympics-ej-obiena-beats-reigning-olympic-pole-vault-champ-in-swiss-tilt

Ravena vs. Ravena: Thirdy can't wait for first official game against Kiefer

The hype continues to build for Kiefer Ravena and his upcoming stint with the Shiga Lakestars in Japan's B.League.


This, even as the PBA is adamant that the veteran guard cannot play in a different league because he has a live contract with the NLEX Road Warriors.


Among those most excited for Ravena is his younger brother Thirdy, who has already spent a season in the B.League with the San-En NeoPhoenix and recently signed a contract extension with the club.


San-En wasted no time in hyping up the future match-ups between the Ravena brothers, especially as the Lakestars and the NeoPhoenix both play in the Western Conference of the B.League.


"I'm definitely happy for him," Thirdy said in a brief interview posted on the team's official YouTube account. "He's been wanting to play overseas ever since he was young, so I know that his dream of playing outside of the Philippines has finally happened."


"I'm excited as well, because I know that I'm gonna face him. That game should be pretty exciting," he added.


When Shiga and San-En face off in the next B.League season, it will be the first time that Thirdy and Kiefer have played against each other in an official game.


They played together for the Ateneo Blue Eagles in 2014, as well as for the Philippines in the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers in February 2020. But they have yet to take the court as opponents.


"I've never played against him in an official game," said Ravena.


"Knowing that we're in the same Western Conference, I know that we're gonna play with each other," he also said. "A lot of people have been messaging me, and probably him, that they're very excited to watch us as well."


"We've never played (against) each other so that should be fun. And, yeah, I can't wait for that to happen."


Shiga won both of its matches against San-En last season, 100-73 and 81-77. Both teams failed to make the playoffs, with Shiga finishing sixth in the conference with a 23-36 record, and San-En at ninth with their 12-47 slate.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/ravena-vs-ravena-thirdy-cant-wait-for-first-official-game-against-kiefer

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After the Fact | ANC (3 June 2021)

Olympics: 'We cannot postpone again,' Tokyo 2020 boss says of COVID gloom

Rocky Swift, Reuters


TOKYO - The head of Japan's Olympics organising committee ruled out on Thursday another suspension of the Games, despite deep disquiet at the prospect of thousands of athletes and officials arriving during a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.


Already postponed from last year at the cost of an extra $3.5 billion, a scaled-down version of the Games, with no foreign spectators, is set to start on July 23.


But with a slow vaccine rollout, Tokyo and nine other regions under a state of emergency, and rising numbers of severe coronavirus cases, most Japanese oppose hosting the Olympics.


Most of the capital's city council, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, agree, the Tokyo Shimbun paper reported on Thursday.


Illustrating the public anxiety, residents in one training venue, Ota City, were furious over a decision to give preferential vaccinations to staff attending to visiting Australian softball players, media also said.


However, organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto countered the gloom, telling the Nikkan Sports newspaper: "We cannot postpone again."


Hashimoto, who competed in seven summer and winter Olympics as a cyclist and skater, also told the BBC that while Japanese were understandably worried, they should be reassured that a "bubble situation" was being carefully constructed.


"I believe that the possibility of these Games going on is 100% that we will do this," she added. "One thing the organising committee commits and promises to all the athletes out there is that we will defend and protect their health."


Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga also appeared confident of pulling off a successful Olympics and Paralympics as he plans a snap vote afterwards, the Asahi newspaper said.



NO HIGH-FIVES


Authorities have not decided whether Japanese spectators will be allowed to attend Olympics events. There are fears that shouting, hugging and high-fiving could promote contagion.


In the latest upsets in the run-up to the Olympics, Kurume City pulled out of hosting Kenya's training camp, while a player on Ghana's Under-24 team tested positive after arriving for a friendly match.


Taiwan's baseball team, which is ranked fourth in the world, pulled out of the final qualifying tournament for the Olympics as it could not find anywhere safe to practice at home and was worried about health risks at the event in Mexico.


Even so, Taiwan still hopes its athletes will have a chance to compete, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told reporters, saying efforts by Japan and international Olympic officials to put on the event were highly appreciated.


Though avoiding the rates of some other nations, serious cases of COVID-19 are rising in Japan, where the infection tally stands at nearly 750,000, with more than 13,000 deaths.



The nation's most senior medical adviser said on Thursday that public health guidance, including his, was not reaching the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in charge of the event.


"We are now considering where we should give our advice," Shigeru Omi told lawmakers. "If they want to hold (the Games), it's our job to tell them what the risks are."


Though Olympic advertisements are sprinkled around Tokyo, it is a far cry from the usual glitz and buzz, with many sponsors unsure how to proceed with events. Thousands of volunteers have quit also, public broadcaster NHK said this week.


Hashimoto acknowledged the sadness of having no outside spectators at an event that is normally an enormous global party.


"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that they (athletes) can compete in the Games," she said in the BBC interview.


"To not be able to have family members and friends who have supported them all along must be a very painful thing and that has caused me pain too." (Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto, Chang-Ran Kim and Rocky Swift in Tokyo, Ben Blanchard in Taipei; Writing by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Clarence Fernandez)


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/olympics-we-cannot-postpone-again-tokyo-2020-boss-says-of-covid-gloom

Donaire: Let's stop Asian hate, any kind of hate

Shortly after his WBC bantamweight title win, Nonito Donaire Jr. made a statement against the growing number of attacks against Asians in the US.


The "Filipino Flash" admitted that even his dad, Nonito Sr., became wary of going outdoors due to possibly being attacked on the streets.


“I want to make the statement that we’re all one,” Donaire said in the ring after knocking out erstwhile unbeaten champion Nordine Oubaali the fight. “If we could help each other, then we should help each other."


"Let us stop Asian hate. My elderly father is afraid to go out. Let’s stop the hate, any kind of hate.”


Donaire, who is now the oldest bantamweight fighter ever to win a world title, also paid tribute to his wife Rachel for being his boxing coach-manager.


"I wanna give the biggest shout-out to the FIRST EVER FEMALE HEAD TRAINER TO COACH A WORLD CHAMPION and..... #ANDNEW WBC CHAMPION TRAINER BELT recipient @racheldonaire," Donaire said in his Facebook post.


It was Rachel who was calling the shots in Donaire's corner in his past few fights.


Even during training, Donaire's wife oversees the boxer's strength and conditioning.


"I am grateful to my Queen for all that she does, not only in the gym but also the house to make camp run smoothly. Let me say, that it has NOT been easy for her being a female in this sport," he said.


"She's taken a lot of hits for being my manager and trainer. Called a b*tch and saying she doesn't know fighting when she was a champion in her own right when all she did was fight for me. I am grateful that now she is getting the respect she's always deserved for being in my corner."


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/donaire-lets-stop-asian-hate-any-kind-of-hate

Mobile Legends: Smart to partner with Moonton for MSC 2021

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang developers Moonton will be partnering with telco company Smart for the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup that starts June 7. 


The tournament, postponed last year due to the pandemic, will be held online. 


Twelve teams from the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam will compete for a $150,000 prize pool. 


Blacklist International and Execration will represent the Philippines in the tournament. 


“Our esports athletes have proven that we Filipinos have what it takes to dominate competitive esports. We are rooting for them again at the MSC, which is a huge platform to showcase their skills in the international arena and inspire more Filipinos to cultivate their passion in gaming, hone their skills, and chase their dreams with a much bigger purpose like carrying our flag," Jane J. Basas, Smart’s Senior Vice President said in a press release. 


Smart has also supported the Philippine national team in the Southeast Asian Games. 


Mobile Legends: Bang Bang fans can watch the tournament on Smart’s official Facebook page and on Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’s official social media channels.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/mobile-legends-smart-to-partner-with-moonton-for-msc-2021

Shrock assures Azkals will bite despite change in venue of FIFA qualifiers

Philippine national football team captain Stephan Schrock admitted the change in venue may have brought some inconvenience to the team.


But he assured they will be ready to play wherever the joint qualification of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup takes place.


"At the end of the day, it doesn't matter where we have to go," said Schrock in the team's official Facebook page.


"We're having major progress everyday. You see people coming out of their shells. For 6-7 days, we're all together in the pitch and it's good to see everyone enjoying the time together and all the work we put in."


The 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup were supposed to take place in a bio-secure bubble in Suzhou, China. But the games were moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following positive COVID-19 tests among players from Syria and Maldives.


The Philippine Azkals are currently training in Doha, Qatar.


"I'm very confident we can put a very good performance in Dubai," said Schrock. "For us, I think it's good we can finally play for the country and make them proud."


The Filipino-German said it is a big thing for them to be able to play which is why they are open to compete everywhere.


"I don't care if we play in China or Germany or go all the way back to Manila. I just want to enjoy the game," he said.


But Schrock admitted it makes their match against China more manageable since they won't have to play in the opposing team's home turf.


"It's clearly easy to play in a neutral venue against China, than in their own venue with 30,000 to 35,000 people supporting them," he said.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/shrock-assures-azkals-will-bite-despite-change-in-venue-of-fifa-qualifiers

PBA: For Eala, Ravena's case shows players' contracts must adapt to changing times

Former PBA commissioner Noli Eala said Kiefer Ravena will have to respect the uniform players contract (UPC) in relation to his decision to play for the Shiga Lakestars in Japan's B.League.


But he admitted Ravena's case also shows the league will have to revisit and revise the UPC to adapt to the changing times.


"The decision by Kiefer to sign with a Japan B-League team is bold and ambitious. Excited for him. I am all for athletes looking for opportunities abroad. Sports is global and universal. Having said that, however, I still believe live contracts have to be respected," Eala said in a series of Twitter posts. 


"The PBA is a pro league. Players with live contracts cannot simply enter into another agreement to play elsewhere arbitrarily. The UPC is a keystone of stability of the PBA. Must be respected. The middle ground is to revise the UPC to reflect the changing times. PBA must adapt." 


The Shiga Lakestars announced on Wednesday that they have already signed Ravena, who has a live contract with the NLEX Road Warriors.


While the NLEX management supports the player's career growth, it said in a statement that Ravena will still have to abide by the contract he signed with the team and the PBA. 


"We understand and support Kiefer’s desire for personal advancement. However, as a member of the PBA, we are duty bound to abide by the rules and regulations that govern the league," NLEX said in a statement posted on the team website Wednesday night. 


"The Japan engagement of Kiefer will need to conform to the terms of the UPC as well as the rules and policies of the PBA."


The PBA has opposed the signing with the Japan B.League team even before the NLEX came out with the statement.


"Hindi pwede," PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said Wednesday, citing the league rules barring Ravena from signing with any other team outside the PBA.


But Eala said the issue between Ravena and the PBA must be dealt with reasonably, without any threat of a ban or fine against the player.


"Contractual issues must be dealt with reasonably. Bans or fines are counter-productive. League policies must be clear and based on principles of fairness and equity for all," he said.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/pba-for-eala-ravenas-case-shows-players-contracts-must-adapt-to-changing-times

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As unpredictable Tokyo Olympics looms, Japan’s sponsors struggle to adapt

Eimi Yamamitsu and Maki Shiraki, Reuters


TOKYO—With less than two months left until the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan's Asahi Breweries still doesn't know whether fans will be allowed into stadiums to buy its beer.


Japan has scaled back its Olympic plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a slow vaccine roll-out. Now, foreign spectators won't be allowed in the country and organizers have yet to decide how many domestic spectators, if any, can attend.


More than 60 Japanese companies together paid a record of more than $3 billion to sponsor the Tokyo Games, an event most Japanese now want cancelled or delayed again. Sponsors paid another $200 million to extend contracts after the Games were delayed last year.


Many sponsors are uncertain how to proceed with advertising campaigns or marketing events, according to 12 officials and sources at companies directly involved in sponsorship.


Asahi has the exclusive rights to sell beer, wine and non-alcoholic beer at the stadiums. But it won't know more until there is a decision about domestic spectators, a spokesman said. That is expected to happen around June 20, toward the end of the current state of emergency in Tokyo.


Even if spectators are allowed, the Tokyo government has no plans to allow alcohol at its public viewing sites outside venues, a representative said.


Asahi hasn't made major marketing changes yet, the spokesman said. In May it started selling its "Super Dry" beer with a new Tokyo 2020 design, as planned.


From the start, Japan seized on the Olympics as a rare marketing opportunity: Tokyo's bid touted "omotenashi" — exquisite hospitality.


But sponsors have grown frustrated with what they see as slow decision-making and have complained to organizers, according to one of the sources, an employee of a sponsor company.


"There are so many different scenarios that we can't prepare," said the source, who like most of the people interviewed at sponsors declined to be identified because the information isn't public.


Companies have vented to organizers, while lower-tier sponsors complain their concerns aren't being heeded, the source said.


Sponsors are divided into four categories, with global sponsors, who usually have multi-year deals, at the top. The other three tiers are companies whose contracts are solely for the Tokyo Games.


In response to Reuters questions about sponsors' facing difficulty because of the delayed decision on spectators, the Tokyo organizing committee said it was working closely with partners and all stakeholders.


It also said the committee was still talking with relevant parties about how to handle spectators, and was considering factors such as effectiveness, feasibility and cost.


About 60% of Japanese favor cancelling or delaying the event, a recent poll showed. Japan's government, the International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers have said the Games will go ahead.


LOST OPPORTUNITY


For global sponsor Toyota Motor Corp, the Games were a chance to showcase its latest technology. It had planned to roll out about 3,700 vehicles, including 500 Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedans, to shuttle athletes and VIPs among venues.


It also planned to use self-driving pods to carry athletes around the Olympic village.


Such vehicles will still be used, but on a much smaller scale - a "far cry from what we had hoped and envisioned," a Toyota source said. A full-scale Olympics, the source said, would have been a "grand moment for electric cars".


A Toyota spokeswoman declined to comment on whether there were any changes to its marketing.


Wireless carrier NTT Docomo Inc had considered campaigns to demonstrate 5G technology, but the company is waiting to see what organisers decide about domestic spectators, a representative said.


Travel agencies JTB Corp and Tobu Top Tours Co launched Games-related packages in mid-May, but their websites indicate those could be cancelled.


Tobu Top Tours "foresaw that situations would change by the minute," but is selling its packages as planned, a spokesman said. The travel agency and JTB said they would refund customers if no spectators are allowed or the Games get cancelled.


Olympic sponsors had planned to offer Japan's top CEOs itineraries that included welcome parties with celebrities and famous athletes, private cars and lounges, the employee at the sponsor company said.


Some companies have now reduced those plans to Games tickets paired with hotel stays or gifts, the person said.


"There's a much more direct and immediate impact, obviously, on local advertisers, local participants and local businesses because of that lack of tourists and attendees," said Christie Nordhielm, an associate teaching professor of marketing at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.


REPUTATION RISK


Some domestic firms, worried about opposition to the Games, have called off plans for commercials featuring Olympic athletes or supporting Japanese national teams, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter, and the employee at the sponsor, who was briefed on the issue.


"I'm worried that by airing Olympic ads, it could be negative for the company," said a source at a domestic sponsor. "At this point, no amount of publicity we could get would make up for what we paid."


International advertisers still want to focus on Japan because of the Olympics, said Peter Grasse, founding producer of Mr+Positive, a Tokyo-based advertising production company.


But their message has shifted away from the standard images of Olympic triumph.


"I don't think people have written those triumphant scripts," Grasse said. "It's a much more kind of muted respect for humanity."


Some top-tier global sponsors, whose contracts run until 2024, are scaling down Tokyo promotions and deferring budgets for Beijing in 2022 or Paris in 2024, said a second person with direct knowledge of the matter, and the employee of the sponsor company who was briefed on the issue.


But domestic sponsors don't have another Olympics.


"That's why we can't simply quit," said the source at the domestic sponsor. "Even if the marketing is ineffective." ($1 = 109.4000 yen) (Reporting by Eimi Yamamitsu, Maki Shiraki, Ritsuko Shimizu, and Ju-min Park; Additional reporting by Yuki Nitta, Chang-Ran Kim, Sam Nussey and David Dolan; Editing by Nobuhiro Kubo, David Dolan and Gerry Doyle)


https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/03/21/as-unpredictable-tokyo-olympics-looms-japans-sponsors-struggle-to-adapt

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