Star Snippets: Akinori Iwamura, Vergel Meneses and more

November 5, 2009 | Posted by benjie

Japanese second baseman Akinori Iwamura of Tampa Bay Rays was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night, November 3 in exchange for right –hand relief pitcher Jesse Chavez plus $4.85 million.

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LA Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is now recovering in Metropolitan Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua after he was accidentally shot in the leg by his instructor in one of his target shooting sessions last Tuesday, November 3.

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Vergel Meneses was recently named as the new head coach of the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers basketball team in the Philippines’ National Collegiate Athletic Association after former coach Ariel Vanguardia’s contract was not renewed.

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Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid will continue to be sidelined and will miss this Saturday’s game against Atletico Madrid following reports that his ankle injury showed no signs of progress.

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Greg Norman will miss this year’s Australian Open after his doctors advised him not to play competitive golf within the year as he recovers from the arthroscopic surgery he underwent last September.