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Asian Individual Chess Championship
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Antonio, Laylo humble foes, stay unbeaten
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MANDAUE CITY: Grandmaster Rogelio Antonio
Jr. and International Master Darwin Laylo humbled separate foes
Friday to remain unbeaten in the second day of the 6th Asian
Individual Chess Championship at the Cebu International Convention
Center.
The 44-year-old Antonio endured a
long 78-move game as he beat fellow GM Chakkravarthy Deepan of India
in a Ruy Lopez that lasted for five hours to secure his second
straight win in the 11-round tournament organized by the National
Chess Federation of the Philippines.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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13 more athletes earn SEAG slots
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THE Southeast Asian Games Task Force approved on Friday the
inclusion of 13 more athletes in the RP delegation going to the 24th
Southeast Asian Games in Thailand this December.
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Colorado Rockies sweep LA Dodgers
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DENVER, Colorado: Matt Holliday’s three-run homer was the big blow
in a six-run second inning as the Colorado Rockies completed a
four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 9-4 victory on
Thursday.
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RP Cuppers benefit from change of schedule
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KUWAIT CITY: An eleventh hour decision by the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) could have unwittingly given
the Philippines a slight edge over Kuwait in their Asia-Oceania Zone
Group II final tie set to start Friday at the Yarmouk Tennis Club
court here.
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3 fencers eye Olympic slots in World
Championships
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THREE fencers will try to earn Olympic berths in the forthcoming
World Championships slated September 28 to October 7 at the
Peterburgsky Sports Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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7 pugs off to Czech Republic
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SEVEN boxers, led by two-time Olympian Harry Tañamor, left
Wednesday for the Czech Republic to compete in the star-studded
Grand Prix Ostrava.
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World golf groups impose doping
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida: Golf’s global governing bodies announced
the adopting of a doping-test program for professional golfers
starting in 2008, releasing a list of banned substances Thursday.
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