ATHENS — For the second straight Olympics, the taekwondo jins are thrust into the spotlight as medal hopes following a meltdown of the boxing team whose four fighters were eliminated in embarrassing succession at the Athens Games.
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ATHENS – Five Filipino runners have competed in the Olympic Games’ featured final-day attraction – the marathon – so far. But none of them has elicited as much interest as the man who will carry the country’s colors in the Athens Games here – Eduardo Buenavista.
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WITH MEXICAN Marco Antonio Barrera backing out, the road is now paved for a megabuck clash at super-featherweight between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales, another Mexican hotshot who holds the World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) 130-lb crowns.
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ATHENS — A member of the Philippine media team visited a doctor to have his blood pressure checked.
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ATHENS – For long jumper Lerma Bulauitan-Gabito, it must feel like being a gladiator facing the lions. Under these circumstances, her chances of survival can be described two ways: nil and none.
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HERE’S TO the sports officials and athletes in Athens still looking for the elusive Olympic gold.
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ATHENS — Sung Chon Hong, the man mainly responsible for the Philippines’ emergence as a taekwondo power in Southeast Asia, is optimistic about his three athletes’ medal chances in the 28th Olympic Games here.
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IT’s been such a long time since we last heard from Los Angeles-based player agent Mike Gonzales,
the PBA’s contact person for the SK Knights, we were beginning to wonder if the Koreans would make it to the planned campus tour in mid-September, as originally scheduled.
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INDONESIA — The Philippine Team failed to keep in step with a fast-starting Malaysian and Thailand sides yesterday, pooling a three-over 219 total to be in fifth spot after the first 18 holes of the 44th Putra Cup.
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AS THE Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) prepares for the opening of its 2004-2005 season, the league’s member ballclubs continue reaching out to its fans.
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IN A match lacking in magic and flair, Antonio "Nickoy" Lining pulled one off to close the deal.
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