Miami – Golf ace Tiger Woods endured facial cuts and bruises when he crash his 2009 Cadillac SUV outside his opulent Florida home.
Woods was treated and released from hospital the same day, following the single-vehicle smash in which he collided with a fire hydrant and then crash into a nearby tree.
“Tiger Woods was in a [...]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia – Iran eked out a win over the though Philippine Team 83-73, in overtime to finish third in the Fiba Asia U-16 Men’s Championship Friday night at the Bandaraya Stadium.
Jeofrey Javillonar missed an easy layup in regulation that could have have lifted the Philippines to a win for the Smart Gilas Team, [...]
Filipino chess prodigy Wesley So provided another stunning reversal as he wielded another upset axe this time the scalp of GM Gata Kamsky of the United Chess to seize a commanding 1-0 lead in their third round match-up in the 2009 World Chess Cup at the Khanty-Mansiysk Centre of Arts here Friday.
The 16 year-old So, [...]
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia- Chess prodigy Wesley So unleashed his feisty form a he upended his first round foe with brilliant rapid chess game prowess to secure a berth in the second round of the 2009 World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts .
The 16-year old So won all of his three rapid tiebreak matches over [...]
Iran using its edge in heft and size subdued previously unbeaten Nokia Team-Pilipinas 76-70 in their quarterfinal match in the Fiba U-16 Men’s Championship at the Bandaraga Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Big man mir Fattahi collected 20 points and grabbed down 17 rebounds and point guard Sheil Yousefi scored 15 points and hauled down 17 [...]
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Vladimir Kramnik clinched the much coveted (Cat.21) Tal Memorial, which ended last week (first week of November 2009), in Moscow, Russia. The former world champion score three wins, six draws and no loss in the 10-man, All Grandmaster field.
Finishing tied for second and third were undefeated Vasssily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) the defending champion, and the [...]
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FIFA Turned Down Ireland and France World Cup Replay of Game
London – The hopes of Ireland’s a possible rematch of its World Cup qualifier against France was dashed after the French Football Federation and FIFA both rejected requests for the game to be played again
Turning down the appeal by the Football Association of Ireland [...]
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Johor Bahru – Nokia U-16 Team Pilipinas collected two more convincing wins to remained unbeaten on its group, to easily cruised in the quarterfinals of the FIBA U-16 Men’s Championships at the Bandaraga Stadium here.
After escaping with a dramatic win over tough Japan in overtime on its first game, the young Filipinos displayed [...]
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Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) selected Jamal Wesley Sampson to be the replacement of C.J. Giles for naturalization to backstop the RP Smart Gilas men’s basketball in its ambitious attempt to qualify in the London Olympics slated next year.
Playing for the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Bobcats, Sacramento Kings and the Denver Nuggets [...]
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Boris Tadic the president of Serbia is slapped with fines for drinking champagne at a station along with his sports minister and head of the football federation. The triumvirate are requested by Judge Zoran Pasadic to appear at a court on December 2, 2009.
Alcohol consumption in sports venues in Serbia is prohibited and illegal [...]
