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GUANGZHOU – Johnny Arcilla and RJ Gonzales powered past lowly Sri Lanka, 6-1, 6-1, while the enduring partnership of Cecil Mamiit and Conrad Treat Huey advanced without swinging a racket in the first round of doubles play yesterday in the Asian Games tennis competitions at the Aoiti Tennis Center.

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Rubilen Amit racked up three victories in a busy Thursday, including an emphatic 8-2 rout of Norway’s Line Kjoersvik to barge into the semifinal round of the 2010 Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship at Robinson’s Galleria.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 531534 [Title] => China takes sprinting golds at East Asian Games [Summary] =>

HONG KONG (AP) — China's Su Bingtian and Tao Yujia held off Japanese rivals to take the 100-meter sprint titles at the East Asian Games on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-12 18:14:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529943 [Title] => Liu expects new records without high-speed suits [Summary] =>

Olympic 200-meter butterfly champion Liu Zige expects to keep breaking world records even without the high-performance swimsuits that will be banned starting next year.

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[DatePublished] => 2005-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213375 [Title] => Tañamor settles for bronze in world tourney [Summary] => BANGKOK — Harry Tañamor bowed to China’s Zou Shiming in their light-flyweight semifinal clash and settled for the bronze medal in the World Amateur Championships at the Nimibutr Gymnasium on Friday.

Tañamor, 23, succumbed to the Chinese fighter’s hit-and-run tactics and absorbed a 13-21 decision that ended the hopes of the Filipinos in the annual championships.
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Losing to South Korea in South Korea has become a haunting habit for the Filipino cagers at the Asian Games. Twice, the Philippines came close to upending the Koreans on their homecourt and twice, the Filipinos lost by the skin of their teeth.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179012 [Title] => Filipino tracksters flounder [Summary] => BUSAN, South Korea – Southeast Asian Games double gold medallist Eduardo Buenavista submitted a national record despite finishing eighth in the 10,000 meters and Lerma Bulauitan Gabito missed out on the bronze in the women’s long jump at the start of athletics competition at the Busan Main Stadium here.

The 23-year-old Buenavista timed in 29:02.36 in his first attempt on the event and wiped out the 18-year-old mark of his present coach Mario Castro but he could only take eighth overall against awesome opposition.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175566 [Title] => Why not bring in the Australian national team? [Summary] => (Editor’s note: The following is the fifth part of an article on Philippine basketball and the national team.)

Why not the Australian national squad? But Uichico should have probably asked for Lindsay Gaze’s help if the real Australian national team, mostly made up of young players, would face the Philippines prior to Busan. Australia is ranked eighth in the world, and it placed a strong fourth during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378903 [AuthorName] => Jeremaiah Opiniano [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Netters enter next round in doubles
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GUANGZHOU – Johnny Arcilla and RJ Gonzales powered past lowly Sri Lanka, 6-1, 6-1, while the enduring partnership of Cecil Mamiit and Conrad Treat Huey advanced without swinging a racket in the first round of doubles play yesterday in the Asian Games tennis competitions at the Aoiti Tennis Center.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1337581 [AuthorName] => Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624896 [Title] => Amit faces ex-world champ [Summary] =>

Rubilen Amit racked up three victories in a busy Thursday, including an emphatic 8-2 rout of Norway’s Line Kjoersvik to barge into the semifinal round of the 2010 Yalin Women’s World 10-Ball Championship at Robinson’s Galleria.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 531534 [Title] => China takes sprinting golds at East Asian Games [Summary] =>

HONG KONG (AP) — China's Su Bingtian and Tao Yujia held off Japanese rivals to take the 100-meter sprint titles at the East Asian Games on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-12 18:14:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529943 [Title] => Liu expects new records without high-speed suits [Summary] =>

Olympic 200-meter butterfly champion Liu Zige expects to keep breaking world records even without the high-performance swimsuits that will be banned starting next year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-07 10:19:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304798 [Title] => Ousted BAP forces SEAG issue, sues POC [Summary] => Unable to persuade the Philippine Olympic Committee to reinstate the Basketball Association of the Philippines, officials of the ousted cage body decided to bring its case to the court in what they claim as a step that would enable the country to stage basketball in the coming Southeast Asian Games.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213375 [Title] => Tañamor settles for bronze in world tourney [Summary] => BANGKOK — Harry Tañamor bowed to China’s Zou Shiming in their light-flyweight semifinal clash and settled for the bronze medal in the World Amateur Championships at the Nimibutr Gymnasium on Friday.

Tañamor, 23, succumbed to the Chinese fighter’s hit-and-run tactics and absorbed a 13-21 decision that ended the hopes of the Filipinos in the annual championships.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181163 [Title] => Mongolia barbecued [Summary] => Mongolia was the undisputed whipping boy and laughing stock at the recent 14th Asian Games basketball competitions in Busan. It was excruciatingly painful to read the boxscores of each Mongolian massacre. The winless Mongolians were barbecued and crushed by an average losing margin of, believe it or not, 44 points, in five lopsided games. Obviously, Mongolia didn’t belong in the 12-nation tournament. The Mongolians never came close to scoring a win. They lost to South Korea by 80 points, Japan by 50, Qatar by 38, United Arab Emirates by 25, and Kuwait by 27. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180054 [Title] => RP 5 jinxed in South Korea [Summary] => It was like South Korea was destined to win the gold at the 14th Asian Games basketball competitions in Busan. And because Lady Luck had glowing plans for the hosts, the Philippines just couldn’t be accommodated.

Losing to South Korea in South Korea has become a haunting habit for the Filipino cagers at the Asian Games. Twice, the Philippines came close to upending the Koreans on their homecourt and twice, the Filipinos lost by the skin of their teeth.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179012 [Title] => Filipino tracksters flounder [Summary] => BUSAN, South Korea – Southeast Asian Games double gold medallist Eduardo Buenavista submitted a national record despite finishing eighth in the 10,000 meters and Lerma Bulauitan Gabito missed out on the bronze in the women’s long jump at the start of athletics competition at the Busan Main Stadium here.

The 23-year-old Buenavista timed in 29:02.36 in his first attempt on the event and wiped out the 18-year-old mark of his present coach Mario Castro but he could only take eighth overall against awesome opposition.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097213 [AuthorName] => Lito Tacujan [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175566 [Title] => Why not bring in the Australian national team? [Summary] => (Editor’s note: The following is the fifth part of an article on Philippine basketball and the national team.)

Why not the Australian national squad? But Uichico should have probably asked for Lindsay Gaze’s help if the real Australian national team, mostly made up of young players, would face the Philippines prior to Busan. Australia is ranked eighth in the world, and it placed a strong fourth during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1378903 [AuthorName] => Jeremaiah Opiniano [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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