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[Title] => RP divers’ performance plunging
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Diving officials warned 2005 Manila Southeast Asian Games triple gold medal winner Sheila Mae Perez and some national team mainstays that they must stay in shape or face the specter of losing their berths in the national squad.
"We’ve been receiving several negative reports that the divers were not training properly," a source told The STAR, adding that the divers’ lack of focus could cost them their spots in the RP team bound for the 2007 Bangkok Southeast Asian Games slated Dec. 6-16.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => PBC revamps bowling team
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The Philippine Bowling Congress (PBC) revamped its national team and vowed to bounce back from its debacle in the 2006 Doha Asian Games after its fancied men’s and ladies squads came home empty-handed despite coming in as one of the favorites.
"We’ re starting from scratch," said Philippine Olympic Committee secretary-general and bowling chief Steve Hontiveros.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-22 00:00:00
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[Title] => Alcano, Kiamco join RP Open 9-ball
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Ronnie Alcano and Warren Kiamco join the stellar cast vying for top honors in the second Philippine 9-ball Billiards Open, both looking to add the title to their growing list of victories when the event is staged March 26-31 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Alcano, the reigning world 9-ball champion who recently won the world 8-ball title in Dubai, arrives today from Tokyo, Japan where he competed in the Japan 9-ball Open topped by Fil-Canadian Alex Pagulayan, while Kiamco will be coming in from the US where he won three in the last three weeks.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Best Pinoy jins seek Olympic berths in world meet
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The Philippine Taekwondo Association will field its best team in the first of two Olympic qualifiers – the World Championships – hoping to send four of its bets to the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
"Of course, we’re sending our best team but we have to qualify first before we start thinking of giving the country its first ever Olympic gold," said taekwondo chief and Philippine Olympic Committee chair Robert Aventajado.
The world tilt is set May in Beijing, China while the other Olympic qualifier will be held in September.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-17 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP tankers train sights on Beijing
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Asian Games veteran Miguel Molina heads a crack roster of swimmers gunning for berths in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the FINA (International Swimming Federation) Championships slated March 25-April 1 in Melbourne, Australia.
Aquatics chief Mark Joseph yesterday said some of the members of the squad will leave on March 20 hoping to improve on their respective times in the event which also serves as part of their buildup for the 2007 Bangkok Southeast Asian Games in December.
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[Title] => Cojuangco urges AFP to release nat’l athletes
[Summary] => VIGAN, Ilocos Sur – Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr. yesterday asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines to release members of the national team under its wing to be able to begin their training in preparation for international events like the 2007 Bangkok Southeast Asian Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP launches bigger, tougher World Pool
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The Philippines braces for a bigger, better World Pool Championship in November with defending champion Ronnie Alcano leading five seeded Filipino players in the 9-ball event which features the finest pool players in the world.
The country secured the rights to host the annual event, offering a total pot money of P20 million and scheduled Nov. 3-11, after Harvey Davis of ESPN-Star Sports and Raya Sports signed a memorandum of agreement, making the Philippines the host of the annual event for the second straight year.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-01 00:00:00
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[Title] => SEAG slots at stake in Clark nat’l triathlon
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Slots for the RP team seeing action in the Bangkok Southeast Asian Games late this year will be staked when the 2007 National Triathlon Championship unfolds today at the Clearwater and Country Club inside the Clark Special Economic Zone in Clarkfield, Pampanga.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => POC sets uniform rule for NSA polls
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The Philippine Olympic Committee yesterday passed a resolution standardizing elections in the various national sports associations (NSAs) to avoid future leadership controversies that have been hounding RP sports for years.
"The POC General Assembly approved a resolution which gives us uniform guidelines in how elections should be conducted," said POC president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco Jr. after emerging from the assembly at his residence in Dasmariñas Village, Makati.
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