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UPDATE: Petron def. Powerade 97-83 | ROS def. Alaska 107-100

Marcio Lassiter debuts for Petron Blaze against his old team Powerade as the PBA Governors’ Cup kicks off Sunday with a twinbill at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo City. Lassiter was acquired in a multi-player trade with the Tigers during the break and faces his former team in the main game at 6:30 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

source: abs-cbnnews.com Filipino cue artists reigned supreme in the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, with Dennis Orcollo taking home the top prize in the event last Saturday (Sunday in Manila). Orcollo defeated compatriot Alex Pagulayan, 9-8, in the semi-final to set up a finals match-up with Filipino billiards legend Francisco “Django” Bustamante …

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Orcollo wins US Open 10-Ball Championship

Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo took his second straight title inside 15 days as he beat Francisco “Django” Bustamante, 11-5, to win the 4th US Open 10-Ball Championship (formerly Billiards Congress of America), Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Orcollo trounces Bustamante, cops US Open 10-Ball title

source: Renz Ongkiko | interaksyon.com The good news: Retired NBA player Yao Ming will be joining the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese Basketball Association team he co-owns, on their trip to the Philippines. The bad news: The Philippine Sports Commission now has to find sleeping accommodations big enough for the 7-foot-6 Chinese superstar. “The best thing is Yao Ming is coming.

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Yao Ming to join Shanghai Sharks on Philippine trip

MANILA, 28 December — So there you are the first batch of Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players to the national pool that is preparing for the Pusan Asian Games next year has already been named by coach Ron Jacobs.

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Jacobs names pool without Abarrientos

source: Camille B. Naredo | abs-cbnnews.com English football club Chelsea is aiming to play a big role in the continued growth and development of football in the Philippines as they formally opened the Chelsea FC Soccer School yesterday at the Mall of Asia Music Hall. Chelsea partnered with Philippine Azkals mainstays Phil and James Younghusband to set up the soccer school, which opened to …

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Chelsea excited to help develop PHL football

source: InterAKTV | interaksyon.com The Philippine national men’s football team will take on lowly Guam in a friendly match in Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City on June 12. The 148th-ranked Azkals were originally slated to play against China, the No.

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PHL-Azkals to play Guam, not China, on Independence Day

source: interaksyon.com The ASEAN Basketball League semifinals have yet to begin but the two Filipino teams are already eager for an all-Filipino finals. Without downplaying their opponents for the upcoming final four clash, the top-seeded San Miguel Beermen and second-ranked AirAsia Philippine Patriots look forward to regaining the country’s supremacy in the league as they go into postseason …

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Beermen, Patriots hoping for all-Filipino ABL finals

AT THE back of his head, B-MEG coach Tim Cone also has a realistic goal that he personally wants to achieve, besides winning a championship with his new team.

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Cone wants Dalupan’s record

TRIATHLON is indeed the world’s fastest growing sport with another world-class event coming up in Subic when Alaska Milk stages the Olympic-distance Century Tuna 5i50 Triathlon Series Philippines on June 24 at scenic Subic Bay.

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World’s fastest-growing sport