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 – David Noel again took charge as he led Barangay Ginebra to a 106-98 win over San Miguel Beer in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead of the 2008-09 Motolite-PPBA Fiesta Conference finals Monday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
Noel shot a game-high 29 points, 13 of which came in the final quarter when the Kings pulled away again after the Beermen managed to tie the game. The Beermen were down by as much as
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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, Philippines – Gabe Freeman came through with a key four-point binge then David Noel missed three charities at the finish as San Miguel Beer once again got back at Barangay Ginebra, 106-104, forcing a 2-2 deadlock in the Motolite PBA Fiesta Conference best-of-seven finale at the Araneta Coliseum last night.
Freeman put in a game-high 23 points including a follow-up basket and two free throws inside the la
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MANILA, Philippines – National coach Yeng Guiao said he is hard-pressed in naming the final 12 of the 14 training team members to the national team that will compete in Tianjin, China next month.
“That will be the most difficult decision probably coming in the next three weeks,” said Guiao, head coach of Powerade Team Pilipinas, during practice Tuesday night at The Arena in San Juan.
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MANILA, Philippines – IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said yesterday he’s not taking Panama’s Rafael Concepcion lightly in their 12-round battle for the interim WBA Superflyweight crown and that’s why he can’t wait to start training at Robert Garcia’s gym in Oxnard this week.
Donaire, 26, isn’t giving up his IBF crown – at least, not yet and not until his manager Cameron Dunkin and promot
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MANILA, Philippines – Ginebra ace guard Jayjay Helterbrand captured the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) honors in the PBA reinforced tourney for the second straight year.
Helterbrand repeated as Fiesta Conference best player, winning the coveted award this season over Burger King’s Arwind Santos, San Miguel’s Dondon Hontiveros, Coca-Cola’s Asi Taulava and Talk n Text’s Jimmy Alapag.
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Princess Snell: Princess Tinkerbell Cristina Marjorie Pedere Snell, better known simply as Princess Snell (born on April 14, 1992 in Pacita, Laguna, Philippines), is a Filip...
Arturo D. Brion: Personal:
Birthdate: December 29, 1946
Birthplace: Manila
Father: Edon B. Brion, retired RTC Judge, from San Pablo City
Mother: Laura S. Dizon, from S...
