TARLAC PROVINCE , Philippines – A former high school dropout and a daughter of a rice farmer took the opening day spotlight as they captured the first two gold medals in yesterday’s start of the Palarong Pambansa at the Tarlac Recreational Park in San Jose town here.
Cebu pride Ivan Castaneda, who stopped schooling for three years due to poverty until he had saved enough money as a catering service waiter
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TARLAC PROVINCE, Philippines – The Palarong Pambansa goes full blast today as action in boxing, athletics, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, chess, sepak takraw and football fires off in various fronts here.
Boxing is tipped to draw a big crowd when it unwraps at 5 p.m. at the Ma. Cristina Park in San Vicente, Tarlac City while the centerpiece track and field and medal-rich swimming will be held at the
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MANILA, Philippines – San Miguel Beer started strong and finished even stronger as it walloped Barako Energy Coffee, 106-82, to gain a piece of the lead in the PBA Fiesta Conference at the Astrodome last night.
The Beermen seized control early behind the exploits of Dondon Hontiveros and Alex Cabagnot and finished pulling away on the sterling efforts of Dorian Peña, Jay Washington and Olsen Racela.
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Lily Pecante led the Filipino lifters to another impressive showing in the 2010 World Masters Bench Press Championships held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Pecante led the Philippined two-gold and one-bronze medal haul as she successfully defended her 90-kilogram division title with no contest after her foreign rivals seemed to have evaded her.
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MANILA, Philippines — Shawn Daniels delivered an all-around performance for Talk ‘N Text to lead his team to a 100-92 win over Alaska Wednesday night in the KFC-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.
Daniels finished with 25 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks as the Tropang Texters improved to 2-2 and spoiled the impressive debut of Aces import Diamon Simpson.
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MANILA, Philippines – Determined to meet its 10-gold medal expectation in the Guangzhou Asian Games this November, the Philippine Sports Commission has vowed to give the country’s top athletes the proper nutrition and the best training possible.
PSC chairman Harry Angping has set a meeting with all coaches, athletes and national sports association officials to talk about proper nutrition needed by the natio
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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Sports Commission has put premium in a sport where the country has the strongest chance of winning a gold medal in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games this November – boxing.
PSC chair Harry Angping yesterday disclosed he will pour P8 million to fund the national men and women boxers’ training in the next 10 months leading to the quadrennial event where the country hopes to win
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MANILA, Philippines – Sending Filipino cyclists to the 2012 London Olympics is the ultimate goal of the major supporters of the 711-Roadbike Phils.squad, whose next overseas stint is the six-stage Tour of Thailand hitting the road tomorrow in the country’s mountainous northern province.
“We hope that with the help of our major supporter, 7-Eleven, we might see a Filipino cyclist competing in the 2012 Olym
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MANILA, Philippines – The first Gov. Evelio Javier International Motocross Championship fires off April 24 with 50 multi-titled Filipino and foreign riders clashing for top honors in various categories in Valderrama, Antique.
The event will be held in honor of the province’s favorite son and hero, Evelio, according to former Valderrama Mayor Ray Roquero during yesterday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s UN Ave.
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MANILA, Philippines – Six-time world champion Paeng Nepomuceno may have aged, but he’s still as sharp and deadly as before when he was the most dominant force in the local bowling world.
The 53-year-old lefty and only four-time winner of the prestigious World Cup proved this last Sunday by beating his younger rivals to bag the MBA Open Masters bowling championship at Paeng’s Midtown Bowl at Robinson’s
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Manny Pacquiao: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (IPA: /'pækjaʊ/; born December 17, 1978), known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino boxer. He is the former WBC li...
Lito Atienza: Jose Livioko Atienza, Jr. (born August 10, 1941), or simply Lito Atienza, is a former Mayor of the City of Manila and is recently appointed by President Gloria ...
