A pair of sensational Filipinas in Hidilyn Diaz and Yuka Saso bannered the latest edition of Newsmakers.
Diaz, the country’s weightlifting queen who won the silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, is set for her fourth straight Olympics while Saso finished tied in sixth in the LPGA Lotte Championship.
Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi, seven-time NBA All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge, and the controversial VisMin Super Cup also made the headlines the past week.
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