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Sunday, March 29, 2009 |
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Alcantara, Berta win
Lancer
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By Emil C. Noguera, Correspondent
Grand slam champion Francis Casey
Alcantara and partner Daniel Berta of Sweden thwarted Ben McLachlan
and David McLachlan of New Zealand, 6-3, 6-0, to clinch the boys’
doubles title Saturday in the 20th Mitsubishi-Lancer International
Juniors Championships held at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center.
Alcantara and Berta won four
break points and smashed eight aces and nine service winners to
finish off the hard-hitting McLachlan siblings in just an hour.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Talks on ‘Manny
vs. Money’ still alive
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A mega Fight between Filipino
boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and former pound-for-pound king Floyd
“Money” Mayweather Jr. is still a very good idea after all.
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Chess match
between So, Antonio to be re-played
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Former Rep. Prospero “Butch”
Pichay, who is president of National Chess Federation of the
Philippines (NCFP), ordered Saturday the quick and uneventful draw
between defending champion Grandmaster Wesley So...
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Ginebra Kings
slaughter Barako Bulls for 2nd win
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DEFENDING champion Barangay
Ginebra bounced back with a 111-103 win over Barako Bull Saturday to
end its five-game losing skid in the 2009 Philippine Basketball
Association-Motolite Fiesta Conference eliminations...
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Gallego rules
Tokyo billiards tourney
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Veteran Filipino cue artist Ramil
Gallego swept all his assignments including his 9-3 demolition of Ro
Li-wen of Chinese Taipei in the finals to rule the 2008 Japan Open
9-Ball Championship held in Tokyo.
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Federer, Djokovic
advance to third round in Miami
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MIAMI: World No. 2 Roger Federer
and number three Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the
Miami ATP Masters 1,000 tournament Friday (Saturday in Manila)
with victories over qualifiers.
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Billiards leaders
want polls stopped
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THE disgruntled leaders of
Billiards Snooker Congress of the Philippines (BSCP), led by
President Ernie Fajardo and Chairman Yen Makabenta, are seeking a
temporary restraining order to halt the groups’s March 31
election.
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James leads Cavs
to 11th straight win
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CLEVELAND: LeBron James scored 25
points Friday (Saturday in Manila) as the Cleveland Cavaliers
notched their 11th straight National Basketball Association (NBA)
victory, 107-85 over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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UM-D tops beach
volleyball Mindanao tilt
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University of Mindanao-Davao
(UM-D) led the Mindanao qualifiers after posting separate victories
in the women’s and men’s divisions Saturday in the 2009 Nestea
Fit Beach Volley National Circuits...
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MARTIAL TALK
By Perry Gil S. Mallari
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Roland Dantes: An
ambassador for ‘arnis’
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The martial art of arnis had just
lost one of its most assiduous ambassadors. Roland Dantes (Rolando
Tangco Pintoy in real life) passed away on March 16 at the age of 67
because of heart failure.
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