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NCAA teams brace for tougher second round in men’s basketball
Top seed St. Benilde Blazers during the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament. –NCAA/GMA PHOTO If the first round of action in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament was any indication, teams brace for a tougher battle in the last round of the eliminations. With their respective teams emerging as the top two seeds…
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Presidents Cup: Why contest is getting tougher for International team ‘tired of losing’ against Team USA | Golf News
Former major champion Rich Beem reflects on another dominant victory for Team USA in the Presidents Cup, what went wrong for the International Team on home soil and how the United States can take positives from their success into next year’s Ryder Cup… The Presidents Cup is getting more competitive, there’s no doubt about that,…
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Clint Escamis braces for tougher challenge in Season 100
Mapua Cardinals’ Clint Escamis during the Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Clint Escamis will have to represent Mapua in the NCAA Season 100 without his usual partner-in-crime, Paolo Hernandez. Before the centennial season of the NCAA, Cardinal sniper Hernandez announced that he would be forgoing his final playing for Mapua, leaving Season…
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Mavs blow chance in Game 2, face even tougher road
Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks reacts during the third quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game Two of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden on June 09, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP Game 2 provided Dallas with a huge chance. The Mavericks could have flown back to Dallas with the…
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Paris Olympics-bound Sarno braces for ‘tougher’ prep in medal bid
FILE–Southeast Asian Games – Weightlifting – Olympic Taekwondo Hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia – May 15, 2023 Philippines’ Vanessa Palomar Sarno in action during the women’s – 71kg REUTERS/Cindy Liu MANILA, Philippines–Vanessa Sarno will begin shifting to a more demanding training program in her quest to topple the toughest bunch in the 2024 Paris Olympics. “We…
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Fuel Masters get another buffer win for tougher stretch
Johnathan Williams (with ball) has solid double-double. —PBA IMAGES For a team far from being considered as a traditional heavyweight, Phoenix is in its best start in an import-flavored conference. Still, coach Jamike Jarin feels they have no reason to feel ecstatic. “There’s no easy game in the PBA,” said coach Jamike Jarin as the…
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Creamline needs to clean up errors ahead of tougher matches, says Jema
Jema Galanza and the Creamline Cool Smashers in the PVL. -MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Jema Galanza said the Creamline Cool Smashers have to minimize their lapses ahead of their crucial matches in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference. The Cool Smashers needed to overcome the tough challenge of the gritty Farm Fresh…
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Eumir Marcial cruises in light heavy debut, braces for tougher competition
Eumir Marcial scores a convincing win in his opening bout at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China – Eumir Marcial came through with a dominant showing in his light heavyweight debut, but Irish Magno bowed out of contention as the two Olympians suffered contrasting fates at the start of the…
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Ateneo faces tougher World University field – rezal404
Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin during the Filoil pre-season tournament. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net A collegiate power here priming up to extend its UAAP reign, Ateneo flies out to the Land of the Rising Sun to slug it out with top-flight teams coming from all over the world. Facing champion college programs from Australia and South Korea and…
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Amid four-game win streak, Cignal HD Spikers brace for tougher battle in semis – rezal404
Cignal coaches Shaq Delos Santos during a huddle with the HD Spikers in the PVL Invitational Conference. – MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Cignal coach Shaq Delos Santos will not rest on his laurels amid the HD Spiker’s winning streak in the 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational Conference. The HD Spikers kicked off their…
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