VIGAN CITY – A lot has changed in the Tour Pilipinas: Hi-tech bikes, new sponsors, better strategies, new faces vying for summer’s biggest prize.
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER Nelson Mariano II erased the bitter memory of last month’s game-fixing scandal in Tagaytay City when he beat GM Shukrat Safin of Uzbekistan Tuesday to clinch his second grandmaster norm in the $40,000 Dubai Open chess championship in the United Arab Emirates.
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GINEBRA, BANKING on a vastly improved game from import Torraye Braggs, put away FedEx, 125-110, last night as it continued to show signs of a resurgence in the Gran Matador PBA Fiesta Conference at the PhilSports Arena.
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REIGNING SEA Games 10,000 meters champion Eduardo Buenavista stamped his class anew but it was steeplechase specialist Rene Herrera who stole the thunder by ruling the 1500-m in the on-going Thai National Open athletics championships in Bangkok Tuesday.
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UNHERALDED RAMIL Bisera, never a winner on the local golf tour, shot a gutsy level-par 72 yesterday to stay in the lead by two strokes halfway through the R1million PGAP-Julio Cup championship at the Villamor Golf Club course.
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FILIPINO BOXING superstar Manny Pacquiao might as well put plans of challenging Mexican marvel Erik Morales in the back burner.
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