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Nino Alcantara is the first Filipino to win in Australian Open

Francis Casey “Niño” Alcantara is the first Pinoy to win a Grand Slam title in the Philippine Tennis history. Francis is a 16 year old Filipino junior tennis player who recently won in the junior doubles tennis competition with partner 17 year old Taiwanese Cheng-Peng Hsieh in the most recent Australian Open 2009 in Melbourne, [...]

Pacquiao – Hatton match among 2009 Boxing Dream Fights

Manny Pacquiao’s anticipated fight with British superstar Ricky Hatton has already become one of the “Dream Fights” of 2009 according to boxing Web site BoxingTalk.com. Boxing Talk’s Ryan Burton, who has listed 10 of the most anticipated fights of 2009, said a Pacquiao-Hatton match up is sure to present “lots of action”. “After Ricky’s demolition [...]

The Philippines beats China in the first China-ASEAN basketball invitational

The Philippine national team beat China’s Guangxi team 76-72 in the first China-ASEAN CBO men’s basketball invitational. The team from Singapore finished third, defeating Macao SAR of China 82-74 in Pingguo county, Bose city, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Sunday night. Eight teams which also include Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Brunei participated in [...]

Mayweather Versus Pacquiao?

Do you think there will be a Mayweather Versus Pacquiao Fight? It’s a matter of world boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s decision on who to take on for his next fight and big, big purse.  As of now, the eager contenders are Ricky Hatton of Great Britain and Floyd Mayweather of the United States who [...]

Manny Pacquiao to be named “Ambassador of Peace”

On Wednesday, President Arroyo will give Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao the new title “ambassador of peace” after defeating Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya last Sunday. The President will welcome the Peoples Champ in Malacañang after the boxing idol’s arrival. Environment Secretary Lito Atienza announced that Pacquiao’s flight back to Manila will arrive around [...]

Manny Pacquiao destroyed Oscar de la Hoya after Eight rounds

Most viewer are Chanting of “Manny!” when the most talked about boxing game started. When game round 1 started De La Hoya misses with a big uppercut. Seeing them in the ring, Oscar looks significantly taller than Manny, but Manny is much faster and quicker than Oscar. Oscar lands a good right at the start [...]