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Kwan is Kiddies Chess Queen in Queen City of the South
CEBU City—Adina Vera Kwan crowned herself queen of Cebu by scoring a rare sweep in the Cebu leg of the June 1000GMs (grandmasters) kiddies chess championships Saturday here. In the 11 years-and-under…
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World Cup Game 1: Praggnanadhaa Holds Carlsen to Fighting Draw
Indian wonder boy Rameshbabu Praggnanadhaa held world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway to a fighting draw in Game One of the FIDE World Cup Tuesday in Baku, Azerbaijan. Game Two was…
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Be True To Yourself, Bob Arum (Last of a Series)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--There used to be a time when the cardinal rule was: What Bob Arum wants, Bob Arum gets. Time's a changin', Mr. Arum. Bob, you made it a personal issue…
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(Shocking Exclusive)<br>Arum tells Pacquiao: YOU CLEARLY WON (Part Three of a Series)
SARANGANI--Robert "Bob" Arum may have vomitted, rolled his eyes and choked at the same time when he told Manny Pacquiao those three, little sweet words; "You clearly won." In a stunning revelation…
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EXCLUSIVE<br>Pacquiao’s Kindness is His New Killer Punch (Part Two of Many Parts)
SARANGANI--Manny Pacquiao, recently bloodied by head-butts, elbows, neck choke holds and a referee who will let go all the illegal and dirty moves in the ring to give local boy Brisbane's Jeff…
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EXCLUSIVE<br>Pacquiao: Do Not Go After Arum (Part One)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Manny Pacquiao is still in deep, excruciating pain. The stitches from the head butts he suffered have already started to heal, the glow in his face is back, nary the…
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Pacquiao Finds New Boxing Elixir; Fight Against Vargas Most Difficult
MANILA -- THERE are times when we have to drag ourselves to wake up in the morning to start the day off heading out to work. Monotonous, drudging and uneventful, the daily…
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Sonsona Scores in Majority Decision Win Vs Arellano
CARSON, CA--Former world champion Marvin Sonsona endured fighting with an injured hand and scored a close majority decision win over journeyman Jonathan Arellano at the StubHub Center Saturday here. Shaking off the…
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Mayweather Loses Straw Vote, Booed Anew in Atlanta NBA Eastern Finals Game
ATLANTA, GA--Floyd "Money" Mayweather just can't buy everything, including respect and public opinion despite his fame and fortune. Mayweather, the highest-paid athlete in the world, lost in a straw vote and was…
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NBA Playoffs — Cavs nip Hawks, take Game1 of East Finals
ATLANTA--LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers outmuscled and overpowered the Atlanta Hawks, 97-89, to score a morale-boosting victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Philips Arena, Wednesday. After…
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Can Mayweather-Pacquiao Equal Hagler-Hearns Classic From 30 Years Back?
LOS ANGELES--It's almost 30 years to the day when "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler and Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns performed one of the most beautiful dances of death atop a boxing ring. That fight…
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Hayashi Hopes Mayweather and Pacquiao Live Up to “Fight of Century” Expectations
LOS ANGELES--Like any other fan around the world who lives and breathes boxing, Kazumichi Hayashi hopes to see Floyd Mayweather engage Manny Pacquiao in a type of fight befitting the billing "Fight…
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Mathematics Holds Solution to Pacquiao’s Chances Against Mayweather
LOS ANGELES--Manny Pacquiao should expect Floyd Mayweather to be running all night and not engage him in a phone-booth type of a fight, according to mathematical analysis and available data from CompuBox.…
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Farenas Knocks Out Unbeaten Davis, Gets Right to IBF Title Challenge
CONNECTICUT -- When the bright klieg lights of national television flashed, Michael Farenas wasted no time in showing everyone why he is the most feared and avoided fighter. With the all-important right…
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Castaneda Creates Stir in US Extreme Memory Tourney
SAN DIEGO, CA--Unheralded Filipino Mark Castaneda showed class and potential by scoring a string of upsets and ended up in fourth place in the star-studded 1st Dart Extreme Memory Tournament Sunday here.…
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Chasing A Dream: Michael Christian Martinez Has Achieved the Impossible!
Martinez. HOW much pain could one endure in order to make a dream a reality? A fractured ankle, a torn ligament in the knee and ankle? How much tears could roll down…
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So, So Good! WESLEY RUNAWAY WINNER AT CAT. 18 UNIVE TOURNAMENT
Filipino Super Grandmaster Wesley So completed a wire-to-wire finish and topped the prestigious four-man Category XVIII double-round Unive chess tournament by a mile in Hoogeveen, Netherlands Sunday. So battled top seed Michael…
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Michael Farenas: The ‘Avoided One’ at 130 Pounds
Farenas. LOS ANGELES--While boxing fans and purists have been salivating, waiting and looking for boxing's great fights to unfold and happen, it is also true that unseen hands have conspired not to…
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PHILIPPINES STRIKES GOLD IN 27th SUMMER UNIVERSIADE!
So. THE Philippines' Wesley So struck gold by winning the chess title by triple tiebreak against the best students of the world in the 27th edition of the Universiade in Kazan, Russia…
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Mayol Heads to Mexico With No Fight Contract; IBF Championship Vs Sanchez Still Unsanctioned
LOS ANGELES, CA--Desperate Rodel Mayol, in the twilight of his career, will leave for Mexico Thursday with not much choice but to fight despite not having a fight contract again. Team Mayol…
