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                    [Title] => Asuncions 'accidental' champs in Laos
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Siblings Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion marked their return to the international scene with a come-from-behind victory, beating the Thai pair of Siriwat Matayanumati and Pattaraporn Piyapintu, 17-21, 21-15, 21-16, to capture the mixed doubles gold in the Laos International Challenge in Vientiane, Laos last week.

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Another high-profile sportsman has joined bowling legend Paeng Nepomuceno in airing questions about practices of Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta or PBA Partylist, implying he may have been misled into endorsing Manny Pacquiao, and not the partylist’s intended nominees for congress.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 482093 [Title] => Asuncions carry hopes of local bets [Summary] =>

Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion hope to flash their old brilliance and at the same time draw inspiration from the home crowd as they head the local challenge in the mixed doubles event of the $120,000 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Badminton Championships which gets under way tomorrow at the Philsports Arena.

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But it’s okay, said Nelson Asuncion, father of the sister-brother tandem.

"We’re training locally and hopefully they’ll start competing again abroad starting May," said the eldest Asuncion.
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The brother-and-sister tandem jumped from 20th to 15th last week, and remained in full stride following a round-of-32 finish in the mixed doubles of last week’s Yonex Korea Open which is considered a super series.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352539 [Title] => RP. badminton campaigns abroad [Summary] => This one is obviously for badminton fanatics. We get so little news about the activities of our country's best badminton players in the sports pages, and it was the badminton buff in me that said if neither the big newspapers nor the local dailies are going to print anything about Philippine badminton, then Bleacher Talk will.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133719 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701811 [AuthorName] => Rico S. Navarro [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352725 [Title] => RP. badminton campaigns abroad [Summary] => This one is obviously for badminton fanatics. We get so little news about the activities of our country's best badminton players in the sports pages, and it was the badminton buff in me that said if neither the big newspapers nor the local dailies are going to print anything about Philippine badminton, then Bleacher Talk will.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133719 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701811 [AuthorName] => Rico S. Navarro [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347786 [Title] => Euro team snares MVP Cup [Summary] => This time, the Europeans are going home with the MVP Cup.

Behind big wins in mixed doubles and women’s singles, the best of Europe humbled the finest of Asia and ruled the MVP Cup, a successful three-day Ryder Cup-style badminton tournament at the Araneta Coliseum.

Despite a victory by perennial world No. 1 Lin Dan of China over Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark in the closing men’s singles, the Europeans rounded up the final points tally at 10-8. They lost to the Asians last year, 11-7.
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What was important, the Pinoy siblings said after the match, was that they managed to put up a fight, a real good fight, before their cheering countrymen.

"Like in any other sport, you need to face a better opponent for you to get better," said Kennevic after he and sister Kennie bowed to Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl, 24-22, 17-21, 18-21.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347450 [Title] => Asuncions face tall order vs Danish duo [Summary] => Local bets Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion should have been relieved with former world No. 1 Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of England not returning to the 2nd MVP Cup, a unique event that pits the best of Asia against Europe’s finest.

Instead, the brother-sister tandem is still wary of their new foes — the Danish pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter-Juhl — ranked ninth in the world and fourth in their continent.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Asuncions 'accidental' champs in Laos
                    [Summary] => 

Siblings Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion marked their return to the international scene with a come-from-behind victory, beating the Thai pair of Siriwat Matayanumati and Pattaraporn Piyapintu, 17-21, 21-15, 21-16, to capture the mixed doubles gold in the Laos International Challenge in Vientiane, Laos last week.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 571034 [Title] => Monsour, Asuncions wary of PBA Partylist [Summary] =>

Another high-profile sportsman has joined bowling legend Paeng Nepomuceno in airing questions about practices of Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta or PBA Partylist, implying he may have been misled into endorsing Manny Pacquiao, and not the partylist’s intended nominees for congress.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 482093 [Title] => Asuncions carry hopes of local bets [Summary] =>

Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion hope to flash their old brilliance and at the same time draw inspiration from the home crowd as they head the local challenge in the mixed doubles event of the $120,000 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Badminton Championships which gets under way tomorrow at the Philsports Arena.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390051 [Title] => Asuncions drop to 15th in world badminton ranking [Summary] => After zooming to their career best 11th in the world last month, siblings Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion of the Philippines have slipped four notches lower in the international badminton rankings.

But it’s okay, said Nelson Asuncion, father of the sister-brother tandem.

"We’re training locally and hopefully they’ll start competing again abroad starting May," said the eldest Asuncion.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383511 [Title] => Asuncions leapfrog to 11th in world ranking [Summary] => The Philippines’ Kenny and Kennevic Asuncion took another big step in their bid to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics when they moved to 11th spot in the world ranking of mixed doubles.

The brother-and-sister tandem jumped from 20th to 15th last week, and remained in full stride following a round-of-32 finish in the mixed doubles of last week’s Yonex Korea Open which is considered a super series.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352539 [Title] => RP. badminton campaigns abroad [Summary] => This one is obviously for badminton fanatics. We get so little news about the activities of our country's best badminton players in the sports pages, and it was the badminton buff in me that said if neither the big newspapers nor the local dailies are going to print anything about Philippine badminton, then Bleacher Talk will.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133719 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701811 [AuthorName] => Rico S. Navarro [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 352725 [Title] => RP. badminton campaigns abroad [Summary] => This one is obviously for badminton fanatics. We get so little news about the activities of our country's best badminton players in the sports pages, and it was the badminton buff in me that said if neither the big newspapers nor the local dailies are going to print anything about Philippine badminton, then Bleacher Talk will.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133719 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1701811 [AuthorName] => Rico S. Navarro [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347786 [Title] => Euro team snares MVP Cup [Summary] => This time, the Europeans are going home with the MVP Cup.

Behind big wins in mixed doubles and women’s singles, the best of Europe humbled the finest of Asia and ruled the MVP Cup, a successful three-day Ryder Cup-style badminton tournament at the Araneta Coliseum.

Despite a victory by perennial world No. 1 Lin Dan of China over Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark in the closing men’s singles, the Europeans rounded up the final points tally at 10-8. They lost to the Asians last year, 11-7.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347794 [Title] => Asuncions put up brave stand [Summary] => Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion didn’t mind losing to a European pair ranked 10th in the world.

What was important, the Pinoy siblings said after the match, was that they managed to put up a fight, a real good fight, before their cheering countrymen.

"Like in any other sport, you need to face a better opponent for you to get better," said Kennevic after he and sister Kennie bowed to Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl, 24-22, 17-21, 18-21.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347450 [Title] => Asuncions face tall order vs Danish duo [Summary] => Local bets Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion should have been relieved with former world No. 1 Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of England not returning to the 2nd MVP Cup, a unique event that pits the best of Asia against Europe’s finest.

Instead, the brother-sister tandem is still wary of their new foes — the Danish pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter-Juhl — ranked ninth in the world and fourth in their continent.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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