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Monday, April 28, 2008

  

Lakers take 3-0 advantage

DENVER, Colorado: Kobe Bryant had 22 points as the Los Angeles Lakers moved one game away from ousting the Denver Nuggets with a 102-84 win in Game 3 of their opening round series on Saturday.

Luke Walton added 15 points off the bench for the Lakers, who cruised to a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven matchup without much resistance from the Nuggets.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

YAO MING’S China will take on the mighty United States in the opening round of the Beijing Olympic basketball tournament, organizers said.

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BACOLOD CITY: A four-cornered fight among the country’s top sports leaders looms in this year’s election for the Philippine Olympic Committee presidency.

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BEIJING: Five-time champion Spain reached the Fed Cup final Sunday after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over China with their third singles victory.

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GRANDMASTER Wesley So extended his unbeaten start to three games to grab sole possession of the lead Sunday in the Philippine Battle of the Grandmasters at the 11th floor of the City State Hotel.

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SHANGHAI: Former world’s No. 1 Greg Norman on Sunday called again for golf to be included in the Olympics, saying it would be due recognition of the sport’s global appeal.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should legalize football betting to stamp out match-fixing, a top coach said Sunday, after police launched a graft probe into five of the 13 teams in the Malaysian Super League.

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BEIJING: China can emerge from the Beijing Olympics as the dominant world sporting power, although it is unlikely to make waves in blue-ribbon events such as athletics and swimming.

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AROUND 1,500 jins from Philippine Tae Kwon Do Association (PTA) chapters and branches in Metro Manila will compete in the 2008 Petron-Smart New Face of the Year Championships slated May 3 to 4 at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

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JUST like his own team, Jonathan Aldave took time to rev up his offensive game.

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NATIONAL Students Basketball Championships senior division winner Southwestern University defeated Jimei University, 69-56, in a goodwill game last week at the Jimei Sports Center in China.

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ALL is set for the staging of the 2008 Burlington Celebrity and Corporate Cup on May 3 at The Arena in San Juan.

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