BRAMLETT EARNS LANDMARK PGA TOUR CARD JOSEPH BRAMLETT rallied on the final day of qualifying school
to secure his US PGA Tour card to join superstar Tiger Woods as the only US tour members of African-American descent.
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BY JOSEF T. RAMOS CORRESPONDENT
sports The Manila Times WEDNESDAY D ecember 8, 2010
ITH euphoria still lingering from their landmark win against host and reigning champion Vietnam,
The result of the match will have a direct bearing on which country will move in to the tournament’s finals. The Philippines by virtue of its 1-
the Philippine men’s football team braces to tangle against Myanmar 7:30 p.m. today in the 2010 Asian Federation Football’s Suzuki Cup at the Thien Truong Stadium in Hanoi.
Differently abled Pinoy athletes fly to China tilt
THE 34-member Philippine contin- gent is eyeing at least five gold med- als in the 2010 Asian Para Games slated from December 12 to 19 in Guangzhou, China.
Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled (Philspada) President Michael Barredo said the swimming and athletics teams are expected to deliver gold medals in the eight-day quadrennial meet. “With athletics and swimming as primary source, we’re hoping to win five gold medals,” said Barredo who will be accompanied by former swimming champion and Chief of Mission Gerardo Rosario. The country is looking to improve the
two gold, five silver and 10 bronze med- als of the Philippines in the 2006 Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disa- bled—the predecessor of the Asiad Para Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Filipino differently abled ath- letes will compete in seven disci- plines namely athletics, swimming, powerlifting, judo, table tennis, ten pin bowling and cycling.
Swimmers Arnel Abas and Mary Grace de Vera, trackster Gerry Gonzales and powerlifter Adeline Dumapong will banner the squad in the event which wil be participated by more than 5,000 ath- letes from 41 Asian countries. “Even with China around, we can
still have our fair share of the golds,” added Philspada Executive Director Butch Weber.
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1 draw with Singapore and 2-0 win over defending champion Vietnam is on top of Group B with four points and one match to play. Singapore has also tallied four points after a draw with the Philippines and a 2-1 victory over Myanmar. But because of the superior goal difference, the Phil- ippines is ahead of the Singaporeans.
The host country, Vietnam, lurks at third with three points coming from its opening day, 7-1victory over Myanmar. The latter is out of the tournament but can still play a spoiler’s role. A win or a draw with Myanmar will take the Philippines through to the next level—semifinals. A win by Singapore and Vietnam will knock the loser out of the com- petition. A draw will send Vietnam crashing out as well. “We don’t want to complicate
WADE SHINES AS HEAT NOTCH FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN DWYANE WADE scored 25 points and added a career-high 14 rebounds
Monday as the star-studded Miami Heat notched their fifth straight NBA victory with an 88-78 triumph over Milwaukee. AFP
Philippines takes on Myanmar in Suzuki Cup W
matters,” said Philippines head coach Simon McMenemy, adding, “We want to get some points out of this. We will try hard to get that win and top the group.” Group A play is being held in Ja- karta, Indonesia which is currently on top of the field with six points courtesy of 5-1 thrashing of Malay- sia and 6-0 massacre of Laos. Thailand is at second with only
two points coming from a 2-2 draw with Laos and a scoreless draw with
We are the champions
»NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS AND STANDINGS
New England 45 NY Jets 3 STANDINGS
AMERICAN CONFERENCE WLT PCT PF PA
AFC East Division New England 10 2 0 .833 379 269 NY Jets Miami
9 3 0 .750 267 232 6 6 0 .500 215 238
Buffalo 2 10 0 .167 243 333
AFC North Division Pittsburgh 9 3 0 .750 267 185 Baltimore
8 4 0 .667 260 201
Cleveland 5 7 0 .417 229 239 Cincinnati 2 10 0 .167 255 322
AFC South Division Jacksonville 7 5 0 .583 240 294 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 282 252 Tennessee 5 7 0 .417 263 235 Houston 5 7 0 .417 288 321
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Serbian Davis Cup squad members (from left) Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, team captain Bogdan Obradovic and Nenad Zimonjic hold the trophy during a celebration at Belgrade’s city hall on Monday. More than 1,000 people, mostly young, braved the cold, gathering in front of the capital’s City hall to celebrate Serbia’s Davis Cup victory over France this weekend.
PATRIMONIO SISTERS TROUNCE FOES IN PCA OPEN
SIBLINGS Anna Clarice and Anna Christine Patrimonio posted similar victories at the start of the ladies’ sin- gles in the 29th Philippine Colum- bian Association (PCA) Open at the PCA claycourts in Paco, Manila. Top seed Anna Clarice wasted no time in trouncing Ivy de Castro, 6-0, 6-1, while second pick Anna Christine also scored an equally impressive 6- 1, 6-2 win over Alyssa Labay. Filipino-American Desiree Kraw- czyk also rolled to a hot start fol- lowing her 6-0, 6-1 win over Sarah
Jane Lim and joined Patrimonio siblings into the second round of the tournament presented by Ce- buana Lhuillier.
“I’m used to playing with this kind of humidity so I think it’s [weather] not a problem. I’m play- ing really well but it’s too early to predict. We’ll see,” said the 16-year- old Krawczyk, who won the title in the recently concluded 2010 Phinma International Juniors Week 2. Anna Clarice will face Marian Capadocia, who defeated Odette
Asperin, 6-0, 6-1, while Anna Chris- tine takes on Linda Santos, who sur- vived Honey Mae Gilles, 6-2, 6-4. Krawzcyk will test the mettle of former national team member Michelle Pang who advanced into the second round via walk over. In the other matches, Marinel
Rudas ousted Enah Baba, 6-1, 6-2; Aileen Rogan thumped Jennylyn Magpayo, 6-1, 6-0; Macy Gonzales outlasted Trudy Amoranto, 7-5, 6-2; Martina Guba overpowered Julie Em Botor, 6-1, 6-1; Regina Santiago out-
PSA screens candidates for Athlete of the Year award
THE three gold medal winners in the 16th Guangzhou Asian Games are among the top choices for the coveted 2010 Philippine Sports- writers Association (PSA) Athlete of the Year award. Boxer Rey Saludar, bowler Biboy
Rivera and cue artist Dennis Orcollo are candidates to become athletes of
the year during the Annual PSA Awards Night slated early next year at the Manila Hotel. Rivera delivered the country’s first gold medal in the Guangzhou Games after dominating the men’s individual event with 1,414 pin- falls while Orcollo defeated War- ren Kiamco in an all-Filipino
men’s 9-ball finals, 9-7, for the second gold. Two days before the closing rites, Saludar won the third gold by blast- ing Chang Yong of China in the men’s 52-kilogram finals, 13-11. Besides Saludar, Rivera and Orcollo, the other candidates are legendary cue artist Francisco
“Django” Bustamante, who ruled the World 9-Ball title in Doha, Qatar and the men’s poomsae team, which topped the prestigious fifth World Poomsae Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The PSA will announce the official list of awardees in January.
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BESIDES the Special Elite Athletes, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) would now establish a per- manent National Youth Training Pool that will represent the country in the 2014 Olympic Youth Games and 2013 Asian Youth Games. POC President Jose Cojuangco said that the formation of the youth training team is in line with the In- ternational Olympic Committee’s (IOC) directive for the country’s athletes participate in competition for ages 14 up to 18-year-old. Cojuangco said that with the stag- ing of the IOC-organized Youth Games, the Philippines must not be left behind and should come-up
with a unified grassroots developmen- tal program by merging the Palarong Pambansa and the Batang Pinoy, which the Philippine Sports Commis- sion (PSC) is planning to revive next year. The winners in the unified grass- roots competitions will compose the youth training pool, he said. “That is why we have to start this unified grassroots program as soon as possible,” said Cojuangco before sports leaders, who attended the sec- ond Sports Summit.
He said that there is a need to ad- just the age group limits and classifi- cations, which will be open not only to students of both private and pub- lic schools but also to out-of-school
youths through the auspices of the different local governments. Meanwhile, Cojuangco said that they
would pursue with the effort to amend Republic Act 6847, the law that created the PSC. He said that this would be the third time that they would attempt for an amendment that will insure a con- tinued and harmonious relationship between the government sports agency with the different national sports asso- ciations and the POC. “Several Senators and congress-
men have already assured their sup- port of the amendment. It’s just a matter of time and we will make it happen,” he said without naming the senators and congressmen.
Among the changes that would be made in the amendment is the es- tablishment of the PSC into a full de- partment to be headed by full cabi- net secretary with a fix term, accord- ing to Cojuangco. The former Tarlac congressman also said that he is planning to use the $10,000 donated by the Olympic Coun- cil of Asia (OCA) in establishing a new training center for the elite athletes. He noted that the present Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila and the Philsports Complex in Pasig City are no longer conducive for the training of the athletes because of so many distractions.
FRANK CALAPRE
played Joie Altiche, 6-0, 6-4; Tamitha Nguyen blasted Nikkie Manalo, 6-2, 6-2; and Zhane Quitara who won via default over Jasmin Ho.
The third round of the men’s singles event resumes today with defending champion Johnny Ar- cilla facing Arvin Ruel, top-seed Filipino-German Marc Sieber meeting Joseph Victorino, last year’s runner up Marc Reyes bat- tling Kim Ivor Saraza and veteran Patrick John Tierro taking Alexan- der Lazaro.
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AFC West Division Kansas City 8 4 0 .667 295 237 San Diego 6 6 0 .500 323 253 Oakland 6 6 0 .500 283 269 Denver
3 9 0 .250 256 333
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE WLT PCT PF PA
NFC East Division Philadelphia 8 4 0 .667 344 281 NY Giants 8 4 0 .667 308 247 Washington 5 7 0 .417 222 293 Dallas
4 8 0 .333 294 336
NFC North Division Chicago
9 3 0 .750 246 192
Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 303 182 Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 227 253 Detroit
2 10 0 .167 278 306
NFC South Division Atlanta 10 2 0 .833 304 233 New Orleans 9 3 0 .750 299 227 Tampa Bay 7 5 0 .583 243 251 Carolina 1 11 0 .083 154 307
NFC West Division St. Louis 6 6 0 .500 232 237 Seattle
6 6 0 .500 240 289
San Francisco 4 8 0 .333 203 259 Arizona
PBA teams scramble for 4th to 8th spot positioning
DEFENDING champion B-Meg Derby Ace faces Meralco while Rain or Shine meets Air 21 Wednesday as the battle for positioning from fourth to eighth spot heats up in the 36th Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Fili- pino Cup at the Araneta Coliseum. With only few games left in the elimi- nation round, the top three spots as well as the ninth and 10th berths have al- ready been settled with Powerade (3- 10) and Barako Bull (2-11) virtually booted out of contention even if they win their respective last games. And at the top position, despite its 89-92 setback to the Alaska Aces on Sunday, powerhouse San Miguel Beer with an 11-3 record will still make it to either No. 1 or No. 2 position be- cause Ginebra and Talk ‘N Text, which are currently tied with identi- cal 9-3 card have still to face each other in an important battle on Fri- day from which the loser will be drop to the third position with four losses. The tight race is now shifting in the middle of the standing as
Meralco (6-6), B-Meg Derby Ace (6- 6), Alaska (6-7), Rain or Shine (5- 6) and Air21 (5-7) are still battling for important victory to avoid the No. 7 and No. 8 spot, which may pit them against the No.1 and No. 2 teams in the quarterfinal round. What is worst is that the No. 1 and No. 2 finishers enjoy a twice-to-beat incentive over No. 8 and No. 7 team respectively, which would be a big disadvantage in their quest for a semifinals seat. However, the No. 3 finisher meets the No. 6, while the No. 4 team collide against the fifth placer in the other quarterfinal bat- tles via a best-of-three format to de- termine the four semifinalists. The Derby Ace Llamados are slightly favored over Meralco Bolts, which they defeated, 95-91, in the first round on October 20 while Rain or Shine expressed confidence over Air21 Express, whom they also trounced by three points, 89-86, in their first encounter on October 13. FRANK CALAPRE
sportsinbrief
SIBUYAN-AFP ENTERS FINALS FORMER Tour of Luzon champion Warren Davadilla and two-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalists Alfie Catalan swept the Sibuyan-Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to the championship round of the 4, 000-meter pursuit in the 2010 National Open on Tuesday at the Amoranto Velodrome. JOSEF T. RAMOS
SAN SEBASTIAN NIPS LETRAN SAN Sebastian College came close to securing the first final slot when it routed Letran College, 25- 14, 25-13, 25-23 Tuesday in the 83rd National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s volleyball at the Emilio Aguinaldo College gym. The win gave the five-time champion San Sebastian a 5-1 win-loss slate.
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Malaysia. Laos and Malaysia bring up the rear with one point apiece. Myanmar is pinning its hope on deadly striker Soe Myat Min who once topped the 2004 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Cham- pionship with six goals. Striker Phil Younghusband, who was ill the night before the Vietnam game and whose spectacular goal in the 79th minute pulled off the biggest upset in Asian football history, is expected to lead the Philippines’ bid for the crown.
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