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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 |
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Host Thailand goes for gold
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BANGKOK: Host Thailand is aiming for top spot on the medals table at
the 24th Southeast Asian Games starting this week and is gunning for
their eighth consecutive gold in the football competition.
The 10-day biennial showpiece officially opens
Thursday in the northeastern city of Korat, with attention also
focused on medal hopefuls ahead of next year’s Beijing Olympics.
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Ho joins seeds in second round
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Unseeded Joshua Tan Ho of the Philippines downed
wild card Leander Lazaro, 6-1, 6-3, to join top seeds Francis Casey
Alcantara, Ralph Kevin Barte and Pablo Olivarez 2nd in the second
round of the Phinma-ITF Junior Circuit Week 2 Tuesday at the Rizal
Memorial Tennis Center.
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RP lady booters take on defending champ Vietnam
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NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Back-to-the-wall Philippines, coming off a draw
that looks like a loss more than anything else, tries to stay alive
in the final four hunt in women’s football action of the 24th
Southeast Asian Games when it clashes with Vietnam.
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Red Bull eyes win No. 8 vs. Coca-Cola; Alaska
meets Sta. Lucia
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SECOND-RUNNING Red Bull shoots for its eighth win when it battles
newly-rejuvenated Coca-Cola while Alaska meets Sta. Lucia Realty in
the 2007 Smart-PBA Philippine Cup Wednesday at the Araneta Coliseum.
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Japan beats Taiwan, earns Olympic berth
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TAIPEI: Asian’s baseball giant Japan smacked 14 hits and its
pitchers allowed only three hits to crush Taiwan 10-2 Monday in the
Asian Baseball Championships and win a spot in the 2008 Olympics.
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Jazz sign coach Sloan to contract extension
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah: The Utah Jazz signed coach Jerry Sloan to a
contract extension on Monday that will stretch his 20-year tenure
with the National Basketball Association club.
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Bowler Rivera to join SEAG
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REIGNING World Masters bowling champion Biboy
Rivera regained his slot in the SEAG-bound national team after
getting a go-signal from his doctors on Monday.
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