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How gratitude brought new life to Nonito Donaire’s career
MANILA, Philippines – Gratitude.It doesn’t explain exactly how Nonito Donaire Jr stayed on his feet for the second half of his most recent fight against Cesar Juarez, though bleeding from his right eye...
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Guiao sees positive side to Rain or Shine’s longer PBA playoffs road
MANILA, Philippines — Yeng Guiao was out of character on a rainy Saturday night, December 19. The usually very expressive head coach was dead calm looking on from the sidelines as his Rain or Shine...
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FIFA bans Blatter, Platini for 8 years
ZURICH, Switzerland (UPDATED) – An ethics tribunal of scandal-plagued FIFA on Monday, December 21 banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for 8 years saying they had abused their positions over a 2...
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Isolated Sepp Blatter devastated by FIFA scandals
ZURICH, Switzerland – Facing criminal investigation and banned from VIP tribunes, Sepp Blatter cuts an increasingly lonely figure far from the football president who mixed with political heavyweights...
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Lim Eng Beng let his game do the talking
MANILA, Philippines – Broad-shouldered, Lim Eng Beng terrorized guards with his clutch shooting and hounded forwards with good timing in his long basketball career from the Filipino-Chinese league...
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Kevin Frazier recalls touching moment between Shaq and Kobe
MANILA, Philippines – Future NBA Hall-of-Famers Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant will go down as one of the most formidable duos to ever grace the game of basketball, but with that also comes their...
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Messi spat at by fan in Japan, retaliated by 'punching' - reports
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona star Lionel Messi was spat at by a River Plate fan during an ugly airport altercation following his side's 3-0 victory in the Club World Cup final in Japan, Spanish media...
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Kobe Bryant praises FIFA's bans of Blatter, Platini
LOS ANGELES, USA - NBA legend Kobe Bryant called the 8-year bans issued Monday to FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini an "important first step" in cleaning up global...
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Kobe Bryant lists best teams, players he faced in NBA career
MANILA, Philippines – Over the course of his 20-year NBA career, future basketball Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant has seen his share of battles against some of the best opposing players and teams that stood...
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Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini vow to fight 8-year bans from FIFA
ZURICH, Switzerland – Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini vowed to keep fighting FIFA in courts after being suspended for 8 years over ethics violations on Monday, December 21.Blatter, FIFA's president...
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FIFA used special software to catch Blatter-Platini payment
ZURICH, Switzerland – FIFA investigators used special software for financial watchdogs to catch the $2 million transfer that led to the ban on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, a source close to...
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Kobe Bryant says Olympic finish to his career would be 'beautiful'
WASHINGTON – Kobe Bryant says he's not pushing to play on the US Olympic team in Rio, but the retiring Los Angeles Lakers guard said Monday, December 21 it would make a "beautiful" ending to his...
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Battered Brazil vows 2016 Olympics will be 'spectacular'
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil may not know who its president will be in 8 months' time, and Olympic athletes won't have TVs in their rooms because of the country's recession, but Rio de Janeiro is...
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ONE Championship returns to the Philippines in 2016
MANILA, Philippines – ONE Championship is set to make its 8th trip to the Philippines on April 15, 2016 to stage a fight card at the 20,000-capacity SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Event name or...
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UFC to air on new cable channel in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has found a new home on Philippine television as the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization will locally air its fight...
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Tokyo selects Japanese design for 2020 Olympic stadium after cost row
TOKYO, Japan – Japan on Tuesday, December 22 chose a new, slimmed down 2020 Olympic Stadium design, after an earlier version set off a row over a $2.0 billion price tag that would have made it the...
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NBA: Noah hurt, Gasol calls out Bulls after loss to Nets
CHICAGO, USA – Chicago Bulls forward Pau Gasol called out his teammates for a lack of urgency Monday, December 21 (Tuesday, December 22) after a 105-102 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in which Joakim Noah...
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‘No love lost’ for Cone on Christmas as Ginebra battles rival Star
MANILA, Philippines – It’ll be Christmas Day, a day of giving and love, when Barangay Ginebra takes on the Star Hotshots in the quarterfinals of the 2016 PBA Philippine Cup. But that doesn't mean head...
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Broner confirms fight offer from Pacquiao’s camp
MANILA, Philippines – American boxer Adrien Broner confirmed that Manny Pacquiao’s camp submitted an offer for a possible in-ring encounter against the Filipino fighter next year.Broner, who won the...
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WATCH: Houston Rockets mascots parody Miss Universe mishap
MANILA, Philippines – By now you likely know about the events of Miss Universe 2015, specifically the mishap by host Steve Harvey during the announcement of the pageant’s winner.In case you don’t,...
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