TAIPEI – Powerade Team Pilipinas mixed it up with old Asian nemesis South Korea and had a glimpse of what to expect in Tianjin as the Nationals were outran, outhustled and outgunned.
The Koreans put everything on display in topping the Filipinos, 83-80, in the 31st William Jones Cup basketball competition at the Hsinchuang Gymnasium here last night.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Light welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will fight Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas later this year.
The Filipino will meet Cotto in a 145-pound (65.8-kilogram) bout on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Monday after finalizing the match between his company’s two most prominent boxers.
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MANILA, Philippines – The spirits war sizzles to the very end. And after 48 minutes of Game Seven tonight, there will only be one team to be toasted – either Ginebra or San Miguel.
The Gin Kings and the Beermen clash for the last time this conference in a fitting climax to a stirring best-of-seven showdown for the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference crown.
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MANILA, Philippines – San Miguel just won’t give the title of the Motolite-PBA Fiesta Cup to defending champion Barangay Ginebra without a fight. One good fight that is.
The Finals of the season-ending conference now boils down to one game as the Beermen beat the Kings, 98-84, Wednesday night at the Araneta Coliseum for a 3-3 standoff in the best-of-seven series.
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MANILA, Philippines – The Powerade RP team leaves today for the Williams Jones Cup competition in Taipei, which serves as the final stage of the Nationals’ preparation for the Fiba-Asia championship set Aug. 6-16 in Tianjin, China.
The Nationals take on Jordan at 7 p.m. Saturday to kick off their Jones Cup stint which will also be used by national coach Yeng Guiao and his staff as the final basis for the s
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MANILA, Philippines – Yeng Guiao and Jong Uichico, two of the Philippine Basketball Association’s most successful coaches, together in one team?
For flag and country, this is possible. It would be better if Jong will join us and scout for the team because he has been around the international scene for seven years now. He still has the feel of our opponents, which would definitely help us a lot. – Yeng Guiao,
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MANILA, Philippines – IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said the other day choosing opponents is not his business and as a fighter, he’ll take on anyone lined up by his manager Cameron Dunkin and promoter Bob Arum.
Asked about undisputed world superflyweight titlist Vic Darchinyan’s constant whining for a rematch, Donaire said, “I would love to make it happen but let him talk to Cameron and Bo
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MANILA, Philippines – Jayjay Helterbrand yesterday joined the Ginebra Kings in one up-and-down drill then retreated to the sidelines.
His left thigh was still tight and his status still uncertain on the eve of the crucial Game Five of the Ginebra-San Miguel showdown for the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference championship.
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MANILA, Philippines – Ginebra coach Jong Uichico believed his San Miguel counterpart Siot Tanquingcen was playing “mind game” on league officials and referees when he hit the officiating despite coming out triumphant in Game Four of the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference that leveled their best-of-seven series Sunday.
Uichico said Tanquingcen could be employing a psy-war tactic for an added boost for his Bee
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MANILA – The Philippines dominated the first day of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II semifinal tie as its netters, Treat Huey and Cecil Mamiit, posted wins over their Pakistani opponents in straight sets.
“I’m happy with their performance,” RP Davis Cup coach Chris Cuarto told abs-cbnNEWS.com. The Philippines, currently with a 2-0 advantage over Pakistan, is just one victory away from reaching the
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