LA SALLE’S ambitious bid to unseat Far Eastern as king of UAAP basketball received a major boost yesterday when the league’s technical committee upheld the appeal of the host school to let scrappy guard Ryan Araña suit up for Game Two at the Araneta Coliseum.
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BANGKOK — Ten NOCs (National Olympic Committees) in the Southeast Asian region have warmly accepted the assurance that the 23rd Southeast Asian games will definitely be hosted by the Philippines in 2005.
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SPRING COOKING Oil-Laguna blasted Brunei’s national team, 138-81, Friday to keep alive its hopes of making the semifinals in the 4th Shell Invitational basketball tournament at the indoor stadium in Berakas, Brunei.
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TAGAYTAY CITY — National Master Darwin Laylo gave up a pawn for tempo and space on his way to a 56-move win over fellow NM Rolando Nolte yesterday in the 11th round of the National Chess Championships at the Tagaytay International Convention Center here.
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University of the East bets Heidenberg Dimarucut and Rodil Sertan scored similar easy wins yesterday to reach the men’s singles round-of-16 in the Del Monte 202 Cup First Philippine Collegiate Badminton Open at The Zone in Malugay, Makati.
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NO LESS than six divisional championship races are set to be disputed on Oct. 17 at the Santa Ana Park as the Philippine Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (Philtobo) stages the much anticipated 5th Philtobo Grand Championship Day.
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THE SECOND leg of the Juvenile Colts and Fillies will be held today with seven colts and eight fillies fighting it out for the top honors in their respective division in the two Philracom-sponsored R1-Million races at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.
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FRANCIS CASEY Alcantara of Malay-balay, Bukidnon outclassed fellow unseeded John Franc Gil Largo of Cebu City, 6-1, 6-3, yesterday to capture the boys’ singles title in the Futures Foundation- Asian Tennis Foundation (ATF) 14-Under Series at the Ynares Socio-Cultural Sports Center in Pasig City.
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GRANDMASTER-ELECT Mark Paragua drew with International Master Igor Smirnov of Ukraine yesterday in the second round of the 3rd Alushta GMT in Alushta, Ukraine.
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SUBIC – Philippine Air Force’s Rubie de Leon and Theresa May dela Rosa earned the right to face tournament favorite Michelle Laborte and Cecille Tabuena of the Philippine Navy in the finals of the 2004 Petron Ladies’ Beach Volleyball Tournament’s 3rd leg at the sand-courts near the Boardwalk here ye
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