Archive for December, 2009
A close aid of seven-division world champion Manny Pacquiao said that the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr. had allegedly pulled out of their scheduled March 13 mega-fight. Read the rest of this entry »
For the eighth straight season, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will play on ‘Christmas Day’ with four teams seeing action in a double-header treat on Friday in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Astrodome in Pasay City. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – The long wait is over for arnis, the traditional Filipino martial art, to become the national sport.
And it took a senator and an arnis expert as well, to give the sport, being practiced around the world the recognition it deserves.
“We’ve done it. Now we have the law,” said Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri who, along with Representatives Henry Teves and George Arnaiz, authored the law making arnis the country’s national martial art and sport.
Republic Act 9850 was signed by President Arroyo on Dec. 11, a move that was welcomed by Zubiri and the countless arnis practitioners in the country, from the grandmasters to those who’ve just taken up the sport. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Ericson Marquez and Carl Viray dropped a 2-3 setback to Parikshit Samant and Rishikesh Bhosle of India in the boys’ 15-under category in the Challenge stage in the first International Juniors soft tennis tournament at the Yokkaichi Dome Arena in Yokkaichi, Japan.
Anyone who had the privilege to watch Z “The Dream” Gorres compete inside of the boxing ring knew one thing: this Filipino super flyweight could fight! However, no one ever expected to see him in a fight for his life after decisively outpointing Luis Melendez on November 13 in a bout which should have catapulted Gorres back into the world title frame. Read the rest of this entry »
MANILA, Philippines – Four Filipino chess players based in the United States made respectable finishes in a series of chess tournaments held in the US.
The Virginia-based FIDE Master (FM) Anton Paolo del Mundo, a former Ateneo de Manila University stalwart, won the 14th annual Northern Virginia Chess Championships in Arlington.
Del Mundo finished in a tie for 1st place with FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat of Mongolia and International Master (IM) Adu Oladapo of Nigeria after tallying 4.5 points each in five outings. Read the rest of this entry »
Las Vegas has finally crossed the finish line to land the March 13 mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, sources close to both fighters said Saturday.
The MGM Grand Garden, despite a seating capacity of only 16,200, appears to have won out over the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which could seat 100,000 for the bout. Read the rest of this entry »
The year is ending with San Miguel Beer on top of the heap.
The Beermen outplayed the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the crunch, squeezing out a 91-86 win in overtime to grab the lead over the Alaska Milk Aces in the KFC PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday night. Read the rest of this entry »
Boxing Monthy, the British-based magazine, has named Manny Pacquiao as its choice for Fighter of the Year for 2009.
In a decision that did not come as a surprise to everyone in the know, Pacquiao’s selection stemmed from his two victories against topnotch opposition, the second-round demolition of Englishman Ricky Hatton in May and the Filipino’s brutal stoppage win over Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in November. Read the rest of this entry »
Celebrating Pacman’s 31st B-day.
Jason Urbiztondo came into the game with the mindset of giving Johnny Abarrientos the highest respect — just off the court though and not inside of it.
It paid off. Read the rest of this entry »
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Legendary Filipino bowler Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno proved to be a big hit at a diplomats’ bowling tournament in Turkey last weekend, helping raise a “modest sum” for victims of recent typhoons back home.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Nepomuceno was the center of attraction in two bowling tilts last December 5 and 6, highlight of the celebration of six decades of RP-Turkey ties. Read the rest of this entry »
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s conditioning expert Alex Ariza is getting a little peeved with the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr who keep demanding drug tests in addition to those conducted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and continue to play on the unsubstantiated allegations of Floyd Mayweather Sr that Pacquiao is on some performance-enhancing drug. Read the rest of this entry »
Two-time Olympian Harry Tañamor breezed his way to the gold medal round of the 25th Southeast Asian Games following a clinical 12-4 win over Htet Aung of Myanmar in the semifinals of the light-flyweight class Sunday in Vientiane.
The 31-year-old Tañamor danced and jabbed his way to victory, dictating the tempo of the fight from the onset and never giving his young, inexperienced opponent a chance to get on track. Read the rest of this entry »
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