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Foiled in the track events last week, veteran rider Alvin Benosa came back strong Sunday by ruling the mountain bike cross-country qualifying race in wire-to-wire fashion to clinch a spot in the Philippine Team bound for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
The transition from the Olympic distance to long distance triathlon was hardly a problem for Neil Catiil and Sandra Araullo-Gonzales as they ruled the 1st TriKing Long Distance Triathlon held Sunday at the scenic Matabungkay Beach Resort and Hotel in Lian, Batangas.
It’s gold or bust. That’s the only choice the Philippine Olympic Committee has given the national teams in women’s softball and women’s basketball to squeeze into the RP delegation to the Guangzhou Asian Games.
Jujet De Asis outsprinted fellow veteran runners Rafael Poliquit Jr. and Bernardo Desamito Jr. to rule the inaugural Growers NutriBar Hip 2B Fit run held at the UP Diliman campus in Quezon City recently.
BOXING FANS are in for an exciting match today when Filipino Johnriel Casimero defends his WBO interim light flyweight crown against Mexican Ramon Garcia Hirales in a 12-round boxing spectacle dubbed as Laban Ng Lahi, to be aired on GMA Network.
