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Basketball is the Philippines' national pastime, a sport played in every street corner in the country with such passion and grit.

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Wheelchair Warriors

National team mainstay OJ Clariño scored in the 26th minute as University of Santo Tomas nosed out University of the East, 1-0, Sunday at the start of second round action of UAAP Season 74 men’s football at the Ateneo field.

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Tigers, Maroons show way in UAAP soccer

Rajko Toroman won't be the coach of the national team, but he isn't saying goodbye to Philippine basketball just yet. Toroman's contract with SMART-Gilas ended last October, and the coach revealed that he received no offer from the SBP, effectively ending his tenure with the national squad.

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Toroman out as SMART-Gilas coach, in talks with San Miguel

Appealing for drastic intervention, representatives of various sectors launched on Sunday a P60-million artificial reef project aimed at rehabilitating the island’s almost totally destroyed coral reef system.

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5,000 ‘reefbuds’ to repair Boracay’s coral reef system

Anthony Johnson, Nakiea Miller and Al Vergara each had a double-double as the Philippine Patriots hammered out an 86-72 drubbing of Westports Malaysia Dragons Sunday night in the Asean Basketball League (ABL) at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

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ABL: Philippine Patriots drub Westports Malaysia Dragons, 86-72

THE Westports Malaysia Dragons will seek to bounce back from their first defeat of the season when they take on 2010 champions Philippine Patriots in an Asean Basketball League match at Ynares Sports Arena in Manila today.

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BASKETBALL / ABL: Dragons in search of tonic

MANILA, Philippines – Three world boxing champions, two each in billiards and wushu, and one in dragon boat, headline the list of major awardees to be recognized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during its March 3 Annual Awards Night at the Manila Hotel.

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PSA fetes world champs in awards

THREE world boxing champions, two each in billiards and wushu, and one in dragon boat, headline the list of major awardees to be recognized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) during its March 3 Annual Awards Night at the Manila Hotel. Reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight champion Brian Viloria lead the 18 other personalities who will be honored for their achievements …

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Boxing champs Viloria, Nietes, Julaton lead PSA awardees

MANILA: An undefeated Philippine boxer has died after sustaining head injuries during a fight and falling into a coma, a hospital official said yesterday.

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Philippine boxer dies after fight

THE Springdale Football Club has decided to make an appeal to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) regarding the three-year suspension slapped on all of its teams and its head coach Mario Ceniza by the Cebu Football Association (CFA).

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Springdale FC to appeal 3-year suspension