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Bradborn captures Asia-Pacific lawn bowl title
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ROSITA BRADBORN proved Filipinos can also excel in an unfamiliar
sport as she captured the ladies singles crown of the Third
Asia-Pacific Indoor Lawn Bowl Championships on Thursday at the
Bayuemas Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 34-year-old Bradborn overcame pressure in
the last bowl to score the winning shot in the finals over highly
favored Malaysian Nor Hashima Ismael, 21-20, to win her first major
title in nine years.
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Moment of truth for Express, Kings
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IT’S now or never for Air 21 and Barangay Ginebra when they meet
in the deciding Game 7 of the Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference title
series Wednesday at the Araneta Coliseum.
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Jones leads US charge on China’s medal rule
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BEIJING: Lolo Jones leads a United States charge to build Olympic
momentum Tuesday as China maintained its stranglehold on the medals
table, poised to replace the United States as the global sports
power.
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Rome Olympics medal auctioned in Australia
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SYDNEY: A silver medal from the 1960 Rome Olympics has gone under
the hammer in Australia, but the auctioneer said it was still not
known which athlete earned the decoration.Cast with the Italian word
for swimming, nuoto...
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RP’s Go battles Australia’s Carneli
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BEIJING: Feeling fine, looking good and staying focused, tae kwon do
star Tshomlee Go climbs onto the one-meter high mat shortly before
noon Wednesday to face an Australian fighter...
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US basketball team ready to win gold
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BEIJING: A US team of highly paid NBA stars is tasting gold as it
heads into Wednesday’s Olympic basketball medal round aiming to
redeem itself for a dismal bronze at Athens four years ago.
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Yao Ming furious over benching
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BEIJING: China superstar Yao Ming was furious at being benched in
the defeat against Greece where a win could have ensured his
nation’s highest finish in Olympic basketball, the team’s coach
admitted.
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China eyes perfect gold medal record in diving
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BEIJING: World No. 1 He Chong stormed into the final of the men’s
3m springboard Tuesday, as host China looks to keep its perfect gold
medal record in diving at the Olympics intact.
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