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ROACH PREFERS SEPTEMBER FIGHT FOR PACQUIAO
Fri, 18 Jan 2013
MANILA(PNA)- Having the welfare of his prized pupil in mind, Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach yesterday said that if he had his way, he doesn?t want Manny Pacquiao to fight this coming April.
?Yes, I would advise all those concer
Somodio returns to the Wild Card Gym
Mon, 14 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA)- Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach has ruled out a tune up fight for Filipino prized pupil Manny Pacquiao before meeting Juan Manuel Marquez for the fifth time, but, nevertheless looks forward to vaulting back from what
Philippines Hosts FIBA-Asia Tourney
Sun, 13 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) -- The window of opportunity for the country to regain the respect of the international basketball community is believed to have been opened when FIBA Asia decided to transfer its 27th championship to Manila from Beirut, Lebanon.
40 years after the country last hosted the event in 1
POC AIMS TO IMPROVE SEAG RESULT
Sat, 12 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) -- Saying that repeating the embarrassing sixth place the country suffered in the last Southeast Asian Games two years ago would not be acceptable, Philippine Olympic Committee chair Tom Carrasco yesterday vowed that the POC will be buckling down to work the whole year if only to imp
TRIBUTE TO GONZALO 'LITO' PUYAT
Tue, 08 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) - In the international basketball scene, they called him ?Lito,? the two-term International Basketball Federation president who stood at the forefront of the fight for open basketball and contributed greatly to its success. As vice president of the then Asian Basketball confederation (n
FORMER FIBA PRESIDENT PUYAT DEAD AT 79
Mon, 07 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) - Former two-time International Basketball Federation President Gonzalo ??Lito? Puyat II died after complaining of asthma early yesterday morning. In his term as president, the proposal was made to open basketball competitions to professional players.
Puyat, a scion of rich and power
Pacquiao?s Allies cry foul over Parkinson?s
Sun, 06 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) - Bad. Premature. Unfair. And to say the least, unethical.
These, in a nutshell were the immediate reactions of Manny Pacquiao?s closest allies on opinions expressed by a pair of Filipino physicians and carried by media o
Looking Back at Philippine Boxing 2012
Sat, 05 Jan 2013
MANILA(PNA)- Besides multi-titled Nonito Donaire?s perfect four-of-four batting average in year 2012, other Filipino fighters came up with a sprinkle of victories in various boxing arenas in their separate attempts to present the country with world championships.
Somewhere until in the middle of
2012 The Year of Donaire
Fri, 04 Jan 2013
MANILA(PNA) - Boxing is now a seven letter word. It?s spelled ?D-O-N-A-I-R-E.?
Fil-American Nonito Donaire Jr. is not only a boxer but a full-blown superstar athlete. By the end of last year, the 30-year-old Talibon, Bohol-born Dona
World Big League Softball Series in Delaware
Thu, 03 Jan 2013
MANILA (PNA) -- The Philippines will be defending its Big League World Series Championship in a new venue this year ? in Sussex County in Delaware.
This developed after the Williamsports-based executive committee of the Little League International Board of Directors approved relocating the Wor
