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Thursday, October 02, 2008 |
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Bañares advances to knockout round
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REIGNING national junior champion Jericho Bañares introduced
himself to big time pool with a flourish.
The country’s top bet in this year’s World
Junior Pool Championship took the measure of Thorsten Hohmann of
Germany, 9-7, to secure a spot in the knockout phase of the World
Ten Ball Championship Wednesday at the Philippine International
Convention Center.
It was the second win of Bañares against the
former World Pool Championship winner in as many meetings. He also
scalped Hoh-mann during the Mandaluyong Mayor’s Cup of the
Philippine Pool Tour.
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Thome, Danks lift White Sox into playoffs
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CHICAGO: Jim Thome shattered a scoreless deadlock with a towering
homer in the seventh as the Chicago White Sox clinched the American
League Central Division title with a 1-0 win over Minnesota on
Tuesday.
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Venus
makes short work of Groenefeld
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STUTTGART, Germany: Venus Williams was cool as ice in needing just
over an hour to see off German Anna-Lena Groenefeld and reach the
second round at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) event in
Stuttgart Tuesday.
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Barrios expects more competitive PBA
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COMMISSIONER Sonny Barrios expects a more competitive league as the
Philippine Basketball Association opens its 34th season with the
2008 KFC-PBA Philippine Cup on Satur-day at the Araneta Coliseum.
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Weather vital in marathon swimming
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Weather will play vital role in the marathon swimming competition of
the First Asian Beach Games.
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Leblanc questions Armstrong’s motives in return to cycling
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PARIS: Former Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc has
questioned Lance Armstrong’s motives for returning to race riding
next year.
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Ateneo enters Petron volley quarterfinals
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ATENEO beat Hope Christian High School, 25-18, 25-16, to clinch a
quarterfinal seat in the Season 2 of Petron Treats Boys’
Volleyball League on Sunday at the Arellano University Gymnasium.
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Magpantay triumphs
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JONAS MAGPANTAY rallied from two-rack deficit to beat Digno
Calindilla, 9-7, and rule the Elbow Room 9-Ball Tournament Tuesday
night at the Elbow Room Billiards and Bar in Metro Walk, Ortigas.
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Escudero to help PSC get more budget
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SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero vowed to support efforts to
provide the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) with additional
funding if it would craft a viable program aimed at winning an
Olympic gold medal in 2012.
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