Batang Pinoy 2017 Events moved from this month to November, athlete substitution deadline today

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September 4, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Visayas qualifying leg for Batang Pinoy 2017, originally planned for this month in Dumaguete City, was rescheduled and will take place from November 10 to 16. However, despite changing to a later date, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) affirmed the athlete substitution deadline remains the same, today, September 4. …

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DFL men’s open quarterfinals scheduled tomorrow in Bago

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August 31, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Bago City-based football fans will witness top-quality games tomorrow when the Negros First – Dynamic Football League quarterfinals kick off at the Manuel Y. Torres Sports Complex in Bago City. Eight teams from the three divisions will battle for the semi-final spots of the tournament. La Carlota City FC will …

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Grassroots program urged for women’s basketball

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August 31, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. While Gilas Pilipinas program has been successful for the Philippines men’s basketball, strengthening the women’s caging is also urged through grassroots development initiative as the country prepares for next year’s Asian Games and the 2019 Southeast Asian Games which the country is hosting. Following the dismal performance of the Philippine …

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Tay Tung rules Milo Olympics-Visayas

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August 31, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. With two weeks to go before the opening of the 2017 Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) on September 15, 2017, the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts is sending a strong message to their rivals by dominating the 2017 Milo Olympics Visayas Leg held in …

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Gigantic task looms as PH set to host 2019 SEA Games

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August 30, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. If Malaysia, this year’s host of the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG), will serve as the benchmark for the 2019 hosting of the games, then it will take a lot of tough and serious efforts to be at least closer to Kuala Lumpur’s standard. This was stressed yesterday by Weightlifting Association …

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Ceres FC standouts join Azkals lineup

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August 30, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. With a week left before the Azkals-Yemen match kicks off at the Panaad Stadium for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers, the national team has started their training at the North Football Field in Talisay City. Among those suiting up for the Thomas Dooley squad are eight members of …

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J’ Trend faces Antones Lines in BUS Memorial Cup finals

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August 30, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The J’ Trend Controls (JTC) routed BACIWA, 101-80, while Antones Lines Transporters beat once again Judge Marketing, 75-67, on Monday to arrange a final showdown in the 1st Bing Uy Soyao Memorial Cup at the JGC gym at Goldenfield Complex. The father and son-in-law tandem of Melvin Baclay and Jerel …

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In Egypt Alcantara wins PH’s gold in World Cadet tourney

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August 29, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Negrense Angeline Alcantara, a mainstay of Hanah Taekwondo Gym, captured the gold medal in the 44kg category of the 2017 World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. Alcantara brought home the top plum after prevailing over Oksana Smirnova of Russia, 18-3, in the finals. She narrowly missed …

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‘Tupas, Marcial’s SEAG wins a motivation to aspiring boxers’

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August 29, 2017
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By Jerome S. Galunan Jr. Philippine boxing national head coach Nolito Velasco hailed the successful gold medal campaign of Fil-British John Marvin Tupas and Eumir Marcial in the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a big motivation for the country’s foray in international stage. Tupas stopped Malaysia’s Adli Hafidz Mohd Pauzi in …

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