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Gold eludes shoot team again
the skeet team of Paul Brian Rosario, Patricio Bernardo and Gabriel Tong came through with 334 points in the team competition yesterday but this could only give the Philippines the silver medal at the close of shooting competition in the 24th Southeast Asian Games at the Sports Authority of Thailand Shooting Range in Bangkok, Thailand.
Seag champs to miss action
Taekwondo star Donald Geisler, wushu fighter Rene Catalan, gymnast Roel Ramirez, karate queen Gretchen Malalad and pool champion Alex Pagulayan Jr. are among those who are not returning to defend their titles in the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Thailand next month.
Take bad calls in stride, POC chief tells cagers
Philippine Olympic Committee President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr. yesterday advised members of the Philippine men’s and women’s basketball teams to stay cool should they encounter a raw deal from game officials in the 24th SEA Games in Thailand which officially starts tomorrow.
Teen bowler is awed by SEAG stint but may pull a surprise
Great things start from small beginnings. For Holly Josef, all she wanted was to topple bottles of cologne with a toy ball. Little did she know it was going to be the start of a career in bowling.
Advantage Thailand, says Mamiit
RP’s top tennis player Cecil Mamiit was very candid about the subject and admitted that the tennis team to the Southeast Asian Games will be hard-pressed to duplicate its three-gold medal harvest in the 2005 edition of the games hosted by the Philippines.
Thailand foots bill for hard-up SEAG teams
BANGKOK (Reuters) — Hosts Thailand will foot the bill for three cash-strapped countries to send teams to this week’s Southeast Asian Games, an official said on Monday.
For Baculi, birthday celebration can wait
Tomorrow, Philippine men’s basketball coach Junel Baculi turns another year. But there will be no celebration. Not on this day, anyway.
PBA aspirants want RP five in 2012 Olympics
With the pro league’s obligation to amateur basketball, the candidates for the Philippine Basketball Association commissionership expressed strong support in forming a better national team that will seek a berth for the 2012 London Olympics.
Shakey’s V-League Second Conference Best-of-3
The battle for the Shakey’s V-League Second Conference crown boils down to a deciding third game today with University of Santo Tomas hoping to keep the momentum of its Game Two win and San Sebastian College raring to bounce back and score a breakthrough victory.
Miñoza nominated for special Asian award
HONG KONG — The magical 2007 seasons of Frankie Miñoza and Liang Wen-chong were further stretched yesterday as they were unveiled as leading candidates for the Asian Tour’s second annual UBS Special Achievement Award.
Junior netters star in Penang
PENANG, Malaysia — Sally Mae Siso continued her domination of the 2007 Malaysia Junior Tennis Circuit following another double championship performance yesterday in the Penang Open International age group tournament at the Universiti Students Malaysia (USM) hardcourts here.
Bring 'em on, says Donaire
After proving that he is not a one-hit wonder, Filipino flyweight Nonito Donaire Jr. boasted over the weekend that "I want to fight all the best fighters…ready to fight anybody from 112 lbs to 118 (bantamweight)" and looking forward to "take them all down." Moments after keeping his International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight crown with a vicious eight-round stoppage of Luis Maldonado of Mexico in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Becierra completes rare HK double
Hong Kong Amateur Open champion Dante Becierra closed out with a three-over 75 and ruled the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau-Asian Golf Monthly International Amateur Open by a whopping 12-shot victory to complete a rare sweep of Hong Kong’s premier amateur events Sunday.
Mixed martial arts promise slambang Sunday
Mixed martial arts’ own “Thrilla in Manila” will come off the wraps on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum with some of the biggest names in the sport in action.
Tough hombres
The test of a good boxing manager is not being able to get the best from a ward, but also his ability to pick good fights for him. And a good fight doesn’t necessarily mean the toughest he could get everytime. What he needs to get is one that would be the best for a given situation in a fighter’s career.
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