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Barakos tame Tigers,
‘commish’ out Jan. 17
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By Frank Calapre Correspondent
Red Bull Barako went on an
offensive outburst to repulse the Coca-Cola Tigers, 116-99,
Wednesday to keep their hopes for a semifinal slot alive in the 2007
Smart-PBA Philippine Cup at the Cuneta Astrodome.
The Yeng Guiao-mentored squad had
four players tallying in double figures, while the rest of the team
displayed grit all game long to secure its 10th win in 17 matches
that tied them with the idle Alaska Aces for the third spot.
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Opera,
fireworks to launch Beijing Olympics
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BEIJING: Chinese opera, a massive fireworks display
and a mystery ending will mark the highly anticipated opening
ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, media reported Wednesday.
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Hewitt
eliminated by big-serving Guccione
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SYDNEY: Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt is looking
towards the five sets of next week’s Australian Open after being
bounced out of the Sydney International by big-serving compatriot
Chris Guccione on Wednesday.
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European
Tour set
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JOHANNESBURG: The first European Tour event of 2008
begins Thursday at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington club with
the staging of the 1.1-million euro Joburg Open.
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World
tennis faces image problem
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MELBOURNE: The squeaky-clean world of tennis
approaches its first Grand Slam of the season next week with an
image problem that it is working to put right.
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Brazil
bids for 2016 Olympics at $508M
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Brazil’s Olympic Committee
(COB) on Tuesday presented the outline of their multimillion-dollar
plan to attract the 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro.
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Cebu
hosts National students’ cage tourney
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CEBU CITY: Twelve years after it last hosted the
National Inter-Collegiate and Inter-Secondary Basketball
Championships, also known as the National Students’ Basketball
Championships,
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Arroyo
to appoint new Philracom OIC
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President Gloria Arroyo will appoint today the
son-in-law of Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye as the officer-in-charge
of the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) in a move that will
hopefully resolve the differences...
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