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Sports a great leveler

By Joaquin M. Henson | July 21, 2006 - 12:00am

At a round-table discussion with STAR CEO Miguel Belmonte and The STAR sports staff at the Ramon Cojuangco Building in Makati last week, PLDT chairman Manny Pangilinan or MVP said media support is necessary for...

Sports

Asuncions enter badminton final

May 28, 2006 - 12:00am

Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion surprised everybody, including themselves, when they upended former Olympic silver medallists Tri Kusharjanto and Minarti Timur, 21-15, 21-18, yesterday to advance to the finals of the...

Sports

Asuncions advance to mixed doubles quarters

By Joey Villar | May 26, 2006 - 12:00am

Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion smashed through Japan’s Jun Takemura and Yasuyo Imabeppu’s defenses and fashioned out a morale-boosting 21-12, 21-19 victory yesterday to barge into the quarterfinal round of...

Sports

World ranking points staked in ’06 RP Open

By Joey Villar | August 31, 2005 - 12:00am

The International Badminton Federation will sanction the RP Open next year, giving local shuttlers a chance to get world ranking points as in the case of the mixed doubles pair of Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion. This...

Sports

Beware of sandbagging pros

By DROP SHOT By Michael O. Yu | August 15, 2005 - 12:00am

My partner and I had a very unfortunate experience of being unfairly treated and taken advantage of by the organizers of the Adidas Badminton Challenge held over last weekend at the Portside Badminton Plaza.

Freeman Cebu Sports

JVC Asian tiff boost to RP badminton

August 3, 2001 - 12:00am

The JVC Asian Badminton Championships will not only provide Filipino players the exposure they need to raise the level of their game but will also give local badminton a tremendous boost when it is staged Aug. 22-26...

Sports

RP hosts JVC Asian badminton tourney

July 27, 2001 - 12:00am

The JVC Asian Badminton Championships, which gathers the best and the brightest players in the region, fires off Aug. 22 at the Philsports Arena with 250 players from 25 countries expected to vie for top honors in...

Sports