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UE icon James Yap impressed by Red Warriors’ progression
Former UE Red Warriors’ star and now PBA player James Yap watching the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball action. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Before the University of the East’s clash with La Salle in the second round of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament, PBA legend James Yap was in the tunnel ready to support…
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Already a ring icon, Manny Pacquiao still yearns for Olympic glory
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao during a press conference for the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Manny Pacquiao joked that he was turned away when he first tried to make it to the national team because “I wasn’t good enough.” “I was rejected,” he told an amused audience on Friday during the press launch…
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Jared Anderson on his journey to being called an ‘icon’ | ‘Tyson Fury fight is a means to an end’
America’s undefeated heavyweight star Jared Anderson is looking to become an icon inside and outside boxing. At the Huntingdon Center in Toledo, his hometown, Anderson will put his unbeaten record on the line in another step-up against former IBF champion Charles Martin, live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Sunday morning. If Anderson…
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