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Tennis: Patrombon in Q'finals of ITF Juniors
MANILA, March 12 (PNA)-- Jeson Patrombon
on Thursday pulled off another big upset over world no. 30 and third
seed Dominic Thiem of Austria to barge into the quarter-finals of the
Grade One International Tennis Federation juniors in Nonthaburi,
Thailand.
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Chess: "Battle of GMs" backed by Phoenix Petroleum
MANILA, March 12 (PNA) -- Phoenix
Petroleum, Inc. has agreed to sponsor the coming “Battle of GMs” chess
championship for the second straight year.
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RP's best cue masters to compete in US World Pool Masters
MANILA,
March 12 (PNA) -- Just like his compatriots, Marlon Manalo said he is
ready and confident for the forthcoming 2010 PartyPoker.net World Pool
Masters slated on May 12 to 16 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
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Palace confident Pacquiao will win vs Clottey -- Olivar
MANILA,
March 12 (PNA) — Malacanang wishes pound-for- pound boxing champion
Manny Pacquiao the best in his coming fight with Ghanaian challenger
Joshua Clottey on Sunday at the Cowboys' Stadium in Arlington, Texas,
USA.
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Boxing: RP's Moralde falls in Asian Youth Boxing C'ship
TEHRAN,
Iran, March 11 (PNA) -- Engelbert Moralde, the last Filipino fighter
standing in the 19th Asian Youth Boxing Championship, bowed out quietly
Tuesday night, putting to an end the PLDT-Team Philippines’ gold medal
hopes at Tehran’s Shahid Shiroudi Complex in the Iranian capital.
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Chess: So, Torre guests at EdPam Angeles Cup
MANILA, March 11 (PNA) -- The Philippines'
top chess players Super Grandmaster Wesley So and Asia’s first
Grandmaster Eugene Torre will be the guests of honor in the first Atty.
Edgardo “EdPam” Pamintuan Chess Cup on April 3 at the Marquee Mall in
Angeles City, Pampanga.
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Tennis: Patrombon advances to round 16 of ITF
MANILA, March 11 (PNA) -- Filipino tennis
ace Jeson Patrombon on Wednesday upset 16th-seed American Campbell
Johnson to join compatriot Francis Casey Alcantara in the round 16 of
the Grade 1 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Juniors in Nonthaburi,
Thailand.
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Pichay/Davis Chess listup on
MANILA,
March 11 (PNA) -- Registration for the first Pichay and Davis Cup chess
festival is ongoing with the event slated March 28 at the Blue Wave Mall
along Macapagal
Avenue near Mall of Asia in Pasay City.
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A SEABA gold as Asiad ticket for RP women's cage team
MANILA,
March 9 (PNA) -- The RP women's basketball team must first hurdle the
FIBA (international basketball body)-sanctioned Southeast Asian
Basketball Association (SEABA) tournament if it wants to join the
Philippine delegation to the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games in December.
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Boxing: Rufino vies for OPBF feather title on Saturday
MANILA, March 6 (PNA) -- Filipino champion
Vinvin Rufino hopes to win the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing
Federation featherweight title with countryman Rey Danseco as one of the
judges when he takes on his Japanese counterpart Naoki Matsuda on March
6 at the fabled Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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