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Woods reaches quarterfinals
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TUCSON, Arizona: Tiger Woods needed 20 holes to subdue Australian
Aaron Baddeley Friday and reach the quarterfinals of the $8 million
WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.
It was the second hard-fought win in three days
for Woods, who avoided a first-round upset Wednesday by firing four
straight birdies to hold off J.B. Holmes.
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Purefoods, Sta. Lucia to meet in
Game 5 without top shooters
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BOTH Purefoods and Sta. Lucia Realty will face each other without
their respective top shooters in Game 5 of their best-of-seven
Finals series for the Smart-PBA Philippine Cup crown Sunday at the
Araneta Coliseum.
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Barrios clarifies Yap penalty
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WHEN Purefoods and Sta. Lucia Realty play on
Sunday, both will be a man short each—prolific scorer James Yap
for the Giants and Joseph Yeo for the Realtors.
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ACSAT, UE pairs enter semifinals
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ASIAN COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ACSAT) pair Raisalyn Noleal
and Venus Benecio registered three wins and one loss in the elims to
advance in the next round of the 2008 Petron Ladies’ Beach
Volleyball Tournament first leg Saturday at the sand courts of the
University of the East-Caloocan campus.
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Noosa Shoes drubs Burger Kings
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NOOSA SHOES made a rousing debut in the 2008 PBL
Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup with a 73-63 victory over Burger King on
Saturday at The Arena in San Juan.
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Bayrons heavily favored
in Konica-Minolta golf
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JAY BAYRON, last year’s winningest amateur, will debut as a
professional in the Konica Minolta National Pro-Am set March 4 to 8
at The Riviera’s Langer in Silang, Cavite.
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Li, Sharapova in semis
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DOHA: China’s Li Na, who hopes to challenge for a medal at the
Beijing Olympics, and Maria Sharapova, who’ll be one of the
favorites in the Chinese capital, both stormed into the Qatar Open
semifinals on Friday.
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Yao, McGrady power Rockets
to 11th straight win
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana: The Houston Rockets shot down the top team
in the National Basketball Association Western Conference on Friday,
posting a 100-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets.
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Ronaldo focused on
physio, not resumption of career
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PARIS: Three-time former world footballer of the year Ronaldo has
shelved thoughts about playing again and is focused on the lengthy
and testing physiotherapy sessions needed to recuperate his injured
left knee.
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Leipheimer tops 5th stage
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SOLVANG, California: American Levi Leipheimer took a big step toward
his second straight Tour of California cycling title Friday with a
victory in the 24km time-trial fifth stage.
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Styger rules Whistler
race
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WHISTLER, Canada: Swiss Nadia Styger won the Whistler women’s
World Cup downhill race Friday, finishing ahead of runner-up Lindsey
Vonn and Julia Mancuso.
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World Cup chairman told
to apologize for racial slur
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JOHANNESBURG: A South African rights body told a local organiser of
the 2010 football World Cup on Friday to apologize for using the
word “kaffir”, a term considered grossly offensive by the black
population.
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No more errors, Ferguson warns United
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MANCHESTER, England: Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that Manchester
United cannot afford any more slip-ups between now and the end of
the season if they are to retain the Premier League title.
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Clemens lawyer responds to photo claim
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HOUSTON, Texas: The lawyer of Roger Clemens responded on Friday to
reports that photo evidence exists that may contradict the embattled
baseball star’s sworn testimony before Congress.
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Rodriguez comes up $10M loser
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LOS ANGELES: Venezuelan pitcher Francisco Rodriguez was a loser in
his salary arbitration case Friday but still matched the record sum
awarded to any Major League Baseball player in the system—$10
million.
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