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Thursday, July 03, 2008

  

Zheng makes history


LONDON: Venus and Serena Williams cruised closer to another Wimbledon final on Tuesday, but they were upstaged by pint-sized Zheng Jie’s history-making performance.

Zheng became the first Chinese player to reach the Final 4 of a Grand Slam, a timely national boost as the Beijing Olympics looms, with a famous 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 win over Czech 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova.

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COLLEGE OF ST. BENILDE (CSB) held University of Perpetual Help Dalta System (UPHDS) scoreless in the final 2:23 to post a 61-54 win Wednesday in the 84th National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament...

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GARY DAVID sizzled with 30 points as Air21 rallied past Purefoods 113-103 to formalize its entry in the semifinal round Wednesday in the 2008 Smart-PBA Fiesta Conference at the Araneta Coliseum.

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MICHAEL DIMALANTA and Elizabeth Stern topped their respective events Sunday in the 2008 Philippine National Championship Figure Skating at SM Mall of Asia International Skating Rink.

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THE Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) named long champions Henry Dagmil and Marestella Torres to the Olympic-bound RP delegation.

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OMAHA, Nebraska: The US Olympic swimming trials produced a brace of backstroke world records—for Aaron Peirsol and Natalie Coughlin—and two more Beijing Games berths for Michael Phelps on Tuesday.

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BEIJING: Eight Chinese athletes have been banned after being tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs during a crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics, state press reported on Wednesday.

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TWO of the best collegiate teams in the region will arrive Thursday in Cebu City to see action in the 6th Asian University Basketball Championship (AUBC) slated July 5 to 10.

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