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Saturday, June 21, 2008 |
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RP athletes ready to fight in Beijing
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WITH barely five weeks left before the Beijing
Olympics, national athletes Harry Tañamor, Sheila Mae Perez and
Ryan Rexel Fabriga are slowly but surely making themselves ready for
their quest for the Philippines’ first gold medal.
Tañamor, who needs to win five matches to
secure the gold medal, said he is ready to fight for the country’s
pride and slug it out against the world’s best athletes in the
biggest sports show on earth.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Rejuvenated China confident of gold repeat
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PARIS: China believes its women’s volleyball team is back to its
best form just in time for the Olympics after suffering an alarming
dip in fortunes following its gold medal heroics of Athens in 2004.
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New home for national athletes
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Members of the national team will soon have a more conducive shelter
rather than the seven-decade Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC)
situated on Vito Cruz Street in Malate, Manila.
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Salarda, Comia shine in Summerskate ’08
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THE country’s most promising ice skaters displayed their skills in
the Summerskate ‘08 held on May 20 to 23 at the SM Mall of Asia.
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Phone Pals get back at
Giants
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REN-REN RITUALO scored on a jumper with only 6.4 seconds remaining
as Talk ‘N Text snapped a five-game losing spell with a 102-101
win over Purefoods Friday in the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference at
the Cuneta Astrodome.
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Melbourne cashing in on
status
as ‘world sports capital’
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MELBOURNE: It is midday Sunday in Melbourne and the trams are
crammed with Aussie Rules football fans wearing their team colors,
sitting beside rival supporters with little more than a good-natured
ribbing.
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Seven share lead at Wegmans LPGA
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PITTSFORD, New York: The South Korean flag was flying high at the
Wegmans LPGA on Thursday, with five of that nation’s golfers among
the seven sharing the lead in the $2 million tournament.
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THE
CROSSOVER
By Raffy Ledesma
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The Boston Massacre
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Despite this writer’s fearless forecast that the Lakers simply had
the better team, the more experienced coach, a deeper bench and the
best player in the game, Kobe Bryant and company simply had no
chance as the Boston Celtics methodically dismantled their so-called
“advantages” in their quest to win an unprecedented 17th NBA
title.
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