Star Snippets: Manny Pacquiao, Jong Uichico …..

Boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao once again received another accolade to add in his resume as he was named by the highly regarded Examiner.com as one among the Top Ten International Athletes. Pacquiao occupied the 5th spot behind Tennis icon Roger Federer, Football star David Beckham, Tennis starlet Maria Sharapova and Basketball hotshot Dirk Nowitzki. The [...]

Star Snippets: Bernabe Concepcion, Zhang Kai, Choi Jin-soo …..

Highly touted Filipino featherweight Bernabe Concepcion is scheduled to face Mario Santiago of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Concepcion, who turns 22 on January 20 is coming off a Disqualification loss to Steven Luevano last August 15. He took this bout as a spring board to a title fight in the featherweight division possibly in the [...]

Star Snippets: Rodel Mayol, Hideki Matsui, Park Ji-sung …..

WBC light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol of the Philippines was recently honored in his hometown in San Fernando, Cebu. The 28-year old Mayol received his ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ given by the municipal mayor and attended by a huge crowd of locals. Mayol won his light flyweight title by a second round TKO over highly regarded [...]

Star Snippets: Hideki Matsui, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and more

Hideki Matsui of Japan, who was recently voted as the World Series MVP underwent a test in his left knee in New York. Matsui who had a surgery to repair the damaged cartilage early this year went through two hours of MRI scans and tests. He left the hospital without speaking to the media.

Star Snippets: Denkaosan Kaovichit, Yusei Kikuchi, LA Tenorio and more

WBA flyweight champion Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand is set to face Daiki Kameda of Japan in a rematch early next year. The 33-year old Thai won via a Majority Decision against the Japanese brawler last October 6. Kameda’s camp has been urging the WBA for an immediate rematch following the controversial fight with Kaovichit .

Star Snippets: Ichiro Suzuki, Christiano Ronaldo …..

Japan’s Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners won his ninth consecutive American League Gold Glove Award for fielding skills. Suzuki made only five errors in the entire season of 2009. He is also credited for accuracy for throwing out runners from a distance.

Japan’s Matsui capped World Series MVP

MVP! MVP! MVP! These were the chants that bounced around the ball park of the new Yankees’ Stadium on the seventh inning in game 6 as Hideki Matsui came to bat. True indeed, he tied Bobby Richardson’s 1960 record for RBIs in a World Series game as he led the New York Yankees to its [...]

Great is the art of beginning…..

It feels so good knowing that Powerade Team Pilipinas has won its first two assignments in the much anticipated FIBA-Asia Championship in Tianjin, China.
In the first game last August 6, RP 5 took every opportunity to build a huge margin of 84 points in the 115-31 victory over Sri Lanka.  The Philippine team tries to [...]

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