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Solo 2nd at stake in Coke-TnT duel today

MANILA, Philippines - Talk n Text and Coca-Cola dispute solo second today while B-Meg Derby Ace hopes to check a two-game slide against slumping Barako Energy Coffee in the PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum. The Llamados and the Coffee Masters battle at 5 p.m. then the Tropang Texters and the Tigers clash at 7:30 p.m. in the final play date before the tourney takes a break for the annual PBA All-Star event in Puerto Princesa, Palawan starting Friday. Barako will be playing witho...

Boxing champ Valero commits suicide after murder rap

CARACAS - Venezuelan world lightweight boxing champion Edwin Valero committed suicide on Monday in his prison cell, the day after being arrested over the murder of his young wife, police said. Valero, 28, who hanged himself by making a rope out of his clothes, was apparently still alive when guards found him but died shortly after arriving at hospital from asphyxiation. The boxer was detained on Sunday after confessing to murdering his 20-year-old wife, Jennifer Carolina Viera de Valero, in...

Realtors fight back to halt Express in OT

MANILA, Philippines - Sta. Lucia Realty bungled a won ballgame in regulation play but went back to work in overtime to salvage a 106-98 win over Air21, 106-98, in the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum last night. Anthony Johnson matched a PBA career-high 43 points, pumping back life into Sta. Lucia’s bid with an 11-point cluster in extension play. Johnson personally bucked Air21’s never-say-die stand, enabling the Realtors to check a three-game slump before the coming PBA A...

Mosley has soft heart for Pacquiao

MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao, the greatest boxer in the planet today, recently said he’s picking Shane Mosley to prevail over Floyd Mayweather Jr. when the two Americans square off on May 1 in Las Vegas. It was time for Mosley to return the favor. The reigning WBA welterweight champion has wished Pacquiao well in his bid for a congressional seat in the May 10 national elections in the Philippines, and said he’d love to visit the country. Pacquiao has welcomed some of his former opp...

Arum: Pacquiao to fight in September if he loses in poll

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao will likely fight in September if he loses in the elections on May 10, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum. Arum said in an interview with BoxingTalks.com’s G. Leon that Pacquiao is expected to resume training for a fight sometime in September if he loses against Roy Chiongbian for the lone congressional seat of Sarangani province. But if the 7-division champ and reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight king is triumphant in his 2nd atte...