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With no clear picture as to whom he’s fighting next, former IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. may be getting impatient if not exasperated as his career continues to show slow progress with the lack of big-name opponents.

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As of this writing, the Philippine contingent to the 25th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vientiane, Laos is struggling to finish among the top three in the race for the overall  championship of the biennial event.

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The 253-strong Philippine athletic contingent, still reeling from unresolved domestic problems, hopes to give fellow Filipinos back home a Christmas gift of about 15 gold medals, less than 10 percent of the 379 gold medals at stake, when the 25th Southeast Asian Games gets going in the Vientiane capital of Laos on Wednesday.

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Playing pressure-free and confident, Gabica scuttled Jeffrey de Luna, 11-7, in the final of the men’s 9-ball singles to hand the Philippines its first gold medal after 11 days in the 15th Asian Games here late Monday.
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Gabica, who lost the gold in the 8-ball final, blasted Korean Jeoung Young Hwa, 11-5, in the semis to seal the title duel for the 9-ball gold with De Luna who earlier routed Taiwan’s Yang Ching Shun, 11-7, hours after he snatched a thrilling hill-hill duel over Yukio Akagariyama of Japan, 11-10, in the quarters.
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When Alcano knocked in the 9-ball on the 28th rack the eight or so of us huddled around the small TV set jubilated and felt proud to be Filipinos.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134220 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1329637 [AuthorName] => FULL POINT By Nimrod Quiñones [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) ) )
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With no clear picture as to whom he’s fighting next, former IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. may be getting impatient if not exasperated as his career continues to show slow progress with the lack of big-name opponents.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 533011 [Title] => There's no need to reinvent the wheel [Summary] =>

As of this writing, the Philippine contingent to the 25th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vientiane, Laos is struggling to finish among the top three in the race for the overall  championship of the biennial event.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529859 [Title] => RP bets seek 15 golds in SEAG [Summary] =>

The 253-strong Philippine athletic contingent, still reeling from unresolved domestic problems, hopes to give fellow Filipinos back home a Christmas gift of about 15 gold medals, less than 10 percent of the 379 gold medals at stake, when the 25th Southeast Asian Games gets going in the Vientiane capital of Laos on Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1337581 [AuthorName] => Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374738 [Title] => Gaga emerges richest, most bemedalled [Summary] => DOHA — He has long stayed in the shadows of pool icons Bata Reyes and Django Bustamante with no big victory to speak of. But with the Asian Games gold medal win in 9-ball singles, the diminutive Antonio "Gaga" Gabica can now walk tall and proud of his feat with a silver medal in 8-ball to boot.

Playing pressure-free and confident, Gabica scuttled Jeffrey de Luna, 11-7, in the final of the men’s 9-ball singles to hand the Philippines its first gold medal after 11 days in the 15th Asian Games here late Monday.
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Gabica, who lost the gold in the 8-ball final, blasted Korean Jeoung Young Hwa, 11-5, in the semis to seal the title duel for the 9-ball gold with De Luna who earlier routed Taiwan’s Yang Ching Shun, 11-7, hours after he snatched a thrilling hill-hill duel over Yukio Akagariyama of Japan, 11-10, in the quarters.
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When Alcano knocked in the 9-ball on the 28th rack the eight or so of us huddled around the small TV set jubilated and felt proud to be Filipinos.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134220 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1329637 [AuthorName] => FULL POINT By Nimrod Quiñones [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) ) )
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