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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 873837 [Title] => Duremdes powers Mighty to victory [Summary] =>Kenneth Duremdes flashed vintage form to help power Mighty Sports to its second straight championship in the MCAA-Danny Espiritu Cup basketball championship at the packed RTU gym in Mandaluyong City recently.
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[DatePublished] => 2010-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2858/spo10thumb.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 579076 [Title] => Tropang Texters roar to record 9th straight [Summary] =>Powerhouse Talk n Text established a franchise record with a ninth straight win after blasting Air21, 126-100, in the 2010 PBA Fiesta Conference at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium last night.
[DatePublished] => 2010-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/3940/spo1thumbp.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 435629 [Title] => Ex-mayor gets 11 months for physical injuries [Summary] =>Cebu - Former Sta. Fe Mayor Roger Ilustrisimo was convicted yesterday by the Sandiganbayan and was sentenced to 11 months in prison after he was found guilty of hitting a day care worker more than four years ago.
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In a statement from New York, Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Lauro Baja Jr. said that the Philippines spearheaded the passage of five important resolutions during its month-long presidency of the UNSC, which ended last Wednesday.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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