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Pressing their bid to restore their respective sports back in the Olympics, the world bodies of baseball and softball have merged into one organization – the World Baseball Softball Confederation – during a meeting held last weekend in Tokyo, Japan.

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In fact, this has been the sport’s most productive stint in any Asiad, according to Philippine Taekwondo Association president Robert Aventajado, who lauded the RP jins’ determined bid despite mixing it up with the world’s best and near-misses for medal rounds in other bouts.
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Danila, 23, timed in two minutes and 10.44 seconds to add to her early victories in the 100-m freestyle, 200-m and 100-m backstroke.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1670816 [AuthorName] => Rebecca C. Rodriguez [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253164 [Title] => Support for RP athletes pouring in [Summary] => Commitment by government to sports development will not cease pouring into the training and preparation of national athletes for major international competitions.

Eric Buhain, chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), assured this even as he cited the unceasing support to the agency from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), principal source of funding of the sports arm.
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Mendoza, eyeing no less than a stint in the Athens Olympiad, fought back from 0-4 down, bucked a strained left arm to force a 14-all tie and thought he had completed the stirring come-from-behind victory with a key hit.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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Pressing their bid to restore their respective sports back in the Olympics, the world bodies of baseball and softball have merged into one organization – the World Baseball Softball Confederation – during a meeting held last weekend in Tokyo, Japan.

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In fact, this has been the sport’s most productive stint in any Asiad, according to Philippine Taekwondo Association president Robert Aventajado, who lauded the RP jins’ determined bid despite mixing it up with the world’s best and near-misses for medal rounds in other bouts.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301884 [Title] => Danila cops 4th gold but teener steals show [Summary] => Lizza Danila, assured of a berth in the national team competing in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, claimed her fourth gold medal by ruling the 200-meter freestyle yesterday even as upsets rocked the penultimate day of the Bank of Commerce National Tryouts at the Rizal Pool.

Danila, 23, timed in two minutes and 10.44 seconds to add to her early victories in the 100-m freestyle, 200-m and 100-m backstroke.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 283919 [Title] => Freeman 86th Anniversary Run [Summary] => After deliberating whether to push through with the race or not due to time constraints, we finally decided to push the green light. So on July 17, The Freeman 86th Anniversary 10K Run will be staged at the Cebu Business Park. Actually, The Freeman's general manager Boy Mendoza and marketing manager Tina Poblador were a bit hesitant because of the reason cited earlier. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135707 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1753444 [AuthorName] => SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259168 [Title] => Bring on the speed, baby [Summary] => You hear those familiar words: "On your mark…" (Your heart races.) "Get set…" (Don’t dive just yet – disqualification is embarrassing.) "Go!" (Create a big splash after.) Time to ignore the other competitors, the spectators and the rest of the world. Time to swim like an agile great white shark.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1670816 [AuthorName] => Rebecca C. Rodriguez [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253164 [Title] => Support for RP athletes pouring in [Summary] => Commitment by government to sports development will not cease pouring into the training and preparation of national athletes for major international competitions.

Eric Buhain, chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), assured this even as he cited the unceasing support to the agency from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor), principal source of funding of the sports arm.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247008 [Title] => Olympic dream vanishes for all Pinoy fencers [Summary] => Filipino Walbert Mendoza was in the threshold of realizing an Olympic dream but absorbed a heart-breaking 14-15 decision to Kazakh Eugeny Frolov yesterday in their semifinal duel in the Asia-Oceania Olympic Fencing Qualifier at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

Mendoza, eyeing no less than a stint in the Athens Olympiad, fought back from 0-4 down, bucked a strained left arm to force a 14-all tie and thought he had completed the stirring come-from-behind victory with a key hit.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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