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Best way to judge four-point shot is by the games
Meralco Bolts’ Chris Newsome during Game 6 of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net OSAKA—There was a lot of reaction from fans, good and bad ones, on the decision of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) board to implement a four-point distance for the league’s 49th season. But the true measure of the new rule, one…
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Caelan Tiongson finally takes his shot in the PBA
Caelan Tiongson, playing for Strong Group Athletics in the Jones Cup, is one of the aspirants in this year’s PBA Rookie Draft. –SGA PHOTO Caelan Tiongson once set aside his basketball career for a regular job back in the United States, but is now looking at taking the next step of playing in the PBA.…
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Gilas girls set up final vs Lebanon, shot at Group A spot
Gilas Pilipinas girls’ Ava Fajardo during a Fiba U18 Women’s Asia Cup Division B game against Samoa. –FIBA PHOTO Gilas girls set up final vs Lebanon—and a shot at Group A spot Gilas Pilipinas moved to the doorstep of promotion in the Fiba U18 Women’s Asia Cup on Saturday following a 71-47 rout of Samoa.…
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Triple bogey agony for Hull! | Tee shot lands SIXTY yards short on par-3
Charley Hull had a nightmare on the par 3 seventeenth at the Women’s PGA Championship as she found the water with an awful mishit and ended up with a triple bogey.
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Carlos Alcaraz plans ATP talks over ‘new’ shot clock rule after defeat at Queen’s Club | Tennis News
Carlos Alcaraz said he would speak to the ATP about a “new” shot clock rule being trialled after feeling rushed during his defeat by Jack Draper at Queen’s Club. Alcaraz’s preparations for his Wimbledon title defence suffered a setback with a shock 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 loss to new British No 1 Draper in the last…
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Chris Newsome repays Meralco ‘faith’ with title-clinching shot
Meralco Bolts’ Chris Newsome celebrates after leading his team to the PBA Philippine Cup championship.-MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Meralco couldn’t have hoped for any other player than Chris Newsome to hold the ball in the endgame of Game 6 of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals. Newsome showed why after he nailed the game-clinching shot to deliver…
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US Women’s Open: Yuka Saso leads by one shot as Nelly Korda endures miserable first round | Golf News
Japan’s Yuka Saso leads by one shot following a difficult first round of the US Women’s Open in Philadelphia. Saso was one of just four players to beat par on Thursday, carding a two-under 68 at Lancaster Country Club in Philadelphia. She leads by one from the trio of 15-year-old amateur Adela Cernousek, Wichanee Meechai…
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DP World Tour: Nacho Elvira holds on to win Soudal Open by one shot as Niklas Norgaard fails to force play-off | Golf News
Nacho Elvira held on to win the Soudal Open in Belgium by one shot and clinch a second DP World title and first in three years. Spaniard Elvira began the final round with a four-stroke lead and extended that to five but the chasing pack trimmed his advantage and Denmark’s Nicolas Norgaard missed a birdie…
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Paris or bust as Carlo Paalam takes last Olympic shot
Carlo Paalam.–CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The slots may be limited, but the heavyweights are gone. And Carlo Paalam hopes that he can finally punch a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics when he joins three other Filipino boxers in the final World Qualification Tournament at Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok starting on Friday. “This is my last…
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Young Filipinas down to last shot at making World Cup
Nina Mathelus (left, No. 2) fights for possession with North Korea’s Ri Ye Gyong. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The bid of the Philippines to qualify for the Fifa (International Federation of Football Associations) U-17 Women’s World Cup now rests on the final group stage match of its maiden continental campaign after absorbing a brutal defeat at the…
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