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Friday, February 20, 2009 |
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RP sports’ brightest stars gather in PSA Awards
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THE best of Philippine sports in 2008 gather together tonight when
they are honored in a simple two-hour rite during the San Miguel
Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual
Awards Night at the Alegria Lounge of the Manila Pavilion Hotel.
Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, the world’s
best pound-for-pound fighter today, sits on top of the 60-man honor
roll list as he will be bestowed the Athlete of the Year award by
the country’s sports writing fraternity.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Wesley bows to Russian in Aeroflot chess meet
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Filipino Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed a nerve-wracking loss
against IM Pavel Ponkratov of Russia in the second round of the
Aeroflot Chess Festival 2009 at the Hotel Gamma-Delta in Izmailovo
Tourist Complex in Moscow, Russia.
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Battle of Champs finalist wins opener
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SPIKERS from the University of the Philippines, the University of
the East and the Rizal Technological University bucked the winds as
they held off separate foes Thursday at the start of the first leg
of the 2009 Petron Ladies Beach Volleyball Tournament at the sand
courts of the UE-Caloocan campus.
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POC asks NSAs to settle leadership conflict soon
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The Philippine Olympic Committee ordered the officials of the
cycling and badminton sports associations to settle their respective
leadership conflicts as soon as possible.
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RP 5’s lack of tune-up games worries coach Guiao
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DESPITE the postponement of tune-up games, RP team coach Yeng Guiao
is looking at two possible options to prepare the squad for the
Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) event in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, in April.
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BOXER
SHORTS
By Ed C. Tolentino
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Peñalosa: ‘I will
destroy Juanma Lopez!’
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Gerry Peñalosa has no qualms about riding into the sunset this
year, but the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion
is promising to scorch just one more ring superstar before he calls
it a day.
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