JAKARTA — Enough of cardiac finishes for Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes. This time, it was swift and easy.
Pouncing on three straight bad breaks by Yang Ching-Shun, Reyes cruised to an 11-6 victory over the fifth seed from Taiwan on Sunday to rule the second leg of the San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour hosted by the Indonesian capital for the first time.
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DEFENDING CHAMPION Chan Yung-Jan of Taiwan achieved a rare back-to-back double title conquest yesterday even as Kuwait’s Abdullah Magdas reigned supreme in the boys’ singles at the close of the 16th Mitsubishi Lancer International Juniors Tennis Championships yesterday.
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THE BIG Dome resembled a jungle last night. The Tigers were prowling and there was no network coverage.
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IF PLANS materialize, an Asian cycling training center will soon rise in Tagaytay City with hopes of further raising the standard of the sport in the region.
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I only had one request from colleague Ronnie Nathanielsz when he called the other day to inform me that he had just arrived from the United States where he covered the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales fight in Las Vegas.
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THE TOP three women teams from Luzon hurdled their respective rivals with nary a trouble yesterday to sail into the exciting Boracay stage of the 9th Nestea Beach Volley tournament yesterday.
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A MITSUBISHI Lancer GLX M/T, an 8 days/7 nights Royal Caribbean Mexican Riviera cruise plus two Korean Air business class tickets and a Wilson irons golf set lead the bevy of exciting holes-in-one prizes worth P7 million at stake in the Manila Southwoods Invitational slated this month.
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LIPA City — A brand new car as a hole-in-one prize, attractive giveaways and the fun and competition of a 36-hole tournament spice up Mount Malarayat’s annual member-guest tournament dubbed the Liberica Golf Invitational.
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FORMER PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee head Celso Dayrit has resigned as president of the Southeast Asian Games Federation Council. Dayrit, also head of the fencing association, will formalize his resignation during the council’s final meeting on April 29 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
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AFTER LICKING his wounds from the beating he absorbed from Erik The Terrible, Manny Pacquiao got a measure of success in another ring.
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NORMAN BLACK can now afford to flash that toothy smile of his.
LA Tenorio, the quicksilver guard who helped Ateneo capture the 2002 UAAP basketball crown, has decided to suit up one last time for the Blue Eagles, team manager Paolo Trillo revealed yesterday.
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Games Today (Makati Coliseum)
2 p.m. — Nenaco-San Beda vs Welcoat Paints
4 p.m. — Toyota Otis-Letran vs Magnolia Ice Cream
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PBAP-BOWLMART’S Purvis Granger put on another splendid performance yesterday to post a respectable 1421 series and take the lead in the third Euro-Med Storm International Masters Challenge at the Pearl Bowling Center in Parañaque.
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TWO OF the country’s finest marathoners are set to leave on April 9 for Massachusetts in the United States to see action in the prestigious Boston Marathon.
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BAGUIO — The 2005 Samsung Jungolf Tour resumes at the Camp John Hay course today with the Ryder Cup-style format pitting the Red team against the Blue squad.
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THE 2003 and 2004 Asian Formula Three Promotions Class winners and the 2002 Asian Formula Three Championship overall victor Ambi Pur Team Goddard-Minardi Team Asia is all set to go for the new Asian Formula Three season which opens at the Batangas Race Circuit (BRC) on April 10.
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HIGH-FLYING BEACH volley action resumes today as the Visayas and Mindanao elimination legs of the Nestea Beach Volley 2005 begin at the sand courts of La Salle Greenhills.
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Games today (Rizal Memorial coliseum)
5 p.m. — Opening ceremony
5:30 p.m. — Laguna vs Taguig
7 p.m. — Parañaque vs Cavite
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