A TOP Thailand sports officials yesterday apologized for the statement made by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra alleging that the Philippines had commited cheating to pad its gold medal haul in the Southeast Asian Games which finished its halfway mark with the hosts still on top of the medal tally.
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EXCITEMENT GOT the better of Rubilen Amit on the eve of her Southeast Asian Games debut, but the top Filipina cue artist made sure she has got the better of anyone else crossing her path on the way to the finals of the women’s 8-ball singles.
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ROWER Benjie Tolentino, a veteran of Sydney Olympics, lifted the morale of the Filipinos yesterday with another mighty show to become only the second Filipino athlete to win a third gold medal in the SEA Games at the La Mesa Dam.
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FOR THE second straight day, the gold medals slipped away from the Filipino bowlers who collapsed in the second phase of the men’s and women’s trios finals at the Pearl Bowling Plaza in Parañaque City.
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FOR THE second straight day, the gold medals slipped away from the Filipino bowlers who collapsed in the second phase of the men’s and women’s trios finals at the Pearl Bowling Plaza in Parañaque City.
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UNBEATEN PHILIPPINES and Thailand dispute the No. 1 position when they clash today in the Southeast Asian Games baseball championship at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — In what could be the defining match of the recurve competition, top Philipine hope Jasmine Figueroa takes on defending champion Chutina Sakulchai of Thailand in the quarterfinals of the event at the Remy Field.
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Shiela Mae Perez, the first triple-gold medalist in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, looks forward to a busy schedule next year as she prepares for the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
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CANLUBANG – The Philippines dropped six shots in the closing three holes allowing Singapore to take the surprise lead in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games Thursday at The Country Club.
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JAYVEE AGOJO is not shy to admit that she’s eight pounds overweight since moving to the United States on a four-year golf scholarship at the Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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CECIL MAMIIT and Eric Taino were two men in a hurry yesterday as they hardly worked up a sweat in entering the semifinals of the men’s singles and doubles of the tennis event in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
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ONE DAY after the most unforgettable episode of his storied sporting life, long distance star Eduardo Buenavista is quitting the rigors of some of the oval events and plans to channel his main energies to running the marathon.
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Malaysian student Kimbeley Yap, a former bronze medalist in the Southeast Asian Games pool, overcame a hamstring injury to win the women’s triathlon Thursday.
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BACOLOD CITY — Building a competitive football team won’t happen overnight. It’s going to take years, according to Thailand’s head coach Chanvit Phalajivin on Thursday.
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IN THE past few days we have been witness to intense rivalry among nations, participants and fans in the ongoing 23rd Southeast Asian Games being hosted by the Philippines. Sadly however, this has not been confined to the sporting venues where such rivalries are supposed to be settled.
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