Marie Fe Sampaga was born with just one hand, but it didn't stop her from dreaming big. She now plays for the University of the East's women's basketball team, the UE Lady Warriors.
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Tour de So. Leyte 2012 Road Bike Competition
Join the 5th Gov. Damian Gaviola Mercado Tour de So. Leyte 2012 Road Bike Competition on June 24 and 25, 2012.
There are two (2) categories namely the Open Pro and Category B/Executive. Each team for both categories should have four (4) members.
Prizes for the Open Category:
1. P25,000
2. P20,000
3. P15,000
4. P10,000
5. P5,000
Lap Winner:
1st – P1,500
2nd – P1,000
3rd – P500
Prizes for the Executive Category:
1. P20,000
2. P15,000
3. P10,000
4. P7,500
5. P5,000
Lap Winner:
1st – P1,500
2nd – P1,000
3rd – P500
You may register at Silago Gym on June 23, 2012 at 4:00 PM for a fee of P1,000.
For more info, contact Dr. Wency Rich at 09177211787 or Jonas Gorgonio at 09179280264/09493926670.
The Youngest Surfing Champion
Carissa Moore is the youngest world champion surfing has ever seen. Watch her in action:
via facebook.com/nike
Philippine Azkals vs Palestine - Another Draw
The Philippine Azkals vs. Palestine's The Fighter football match held March 23, 2011 in Myanmar ended in a draw. Neither of the team scored a goal ending the game with a score of 0-0.
Just like the Azkals' first game in the group qualifying tournament of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup against Myanmar's White Angels, the Philippine football team only got 1 point for a draw game, making their total number of points a very low 2.
As of the moment, Palestine is leading with 4 points. They got 3 points for winning against Bangladesh's Bengal Tigers last March 21. Palestine is followed by Philippines with 2 points and Myanmar with 1 point.
But Philippines has only 1 game left, and that's with Bangladesh which is happening on Friday, March 25. If the Azkals win on Friday, they would have a total of 5 points, and that's the highest they could get.
Meanwhile, both Myanmar and Bangladesh have two more games left while Palestine has one.
Let's just hope and pray that the Philippine Azkals win against Bangladesh on Friday. That's the last chance they have.
Tennis - Novak Djokovic-Style
Watch Novak Djokovic play tennis on the wings of a flying airplane for Head Tennis campaign.
The YouTube caption says:
In order to show you their fastest tennis racquet ever, HEAD Tennis has Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic play the fastest tennis game ever. At over 150 mph, Djokovic needs all the power and speed he has to beat the wind drag, with the help of the HEAD Tennis YouTek IG SPEED MP 18/20 racquet, it almost looks easy.
Philippine Azkals vs Myanmar's White Angels Game Ends in a Draw
The Philippine Azkals vs. Myanmar's White Angels match ended in a draw with each team having one goal each.
The game was the first of a series for the group qualifying tournament of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup. The teams in the group are the Philippine Azkals, Myanmar's White Angels, Bangladesh's Bengal Tigers, and Palestine's The Fighters.
It was just sad that the Philippines didn't have any live streaming of the game but internet proved to be very useful as Dyan Castillejo tweeted live from the game in Myanmar.
The first half of the game ended with a 0-0 score but according to Dyan, Myanmar's ball handling was very good that they could get through the Azkals' defense. Myanmar also had so many near goals but thanks to our Goal Keeper Neil Etheridge he prevented Myanmar from scoring.
On the second half of the game, James Younghusband was the first to score at 76th minute. It was almost a winning situation but during the 3-minute extension of the game, Myanmar's White Angels scored making it a draw.
A team needs 6 points in order to qualify. A win equals 3 points, so the Azkals needs 2 wins to qualify. They could've had 3 points already but the game finished in a draw and a draw equals 1 point.
Let's just pray for the Philippine Azkals victory against Palestine's The Fighters on March 23rd and against Bangladesh's Bengal Tigers on the 25th.
Go Azkals!
Mongolia Beats Philippine Azkals But Azkals Advances to AFC Qualifiers with 3-2 Aggragate
Mongolia Blue Wolves beat the Philippine Azkals with a 2-1 score on the second leg of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup qualifying stage in Ulaanbaatar a while ago.
Despite the loss, though, the Azkals still wins with an aggregate score of 3-2. The Philippine football team beat Mongolia with a 2-0 score on the first leg of the game held last February in Bacolod City.
Only James Younghusband scored a goal within the first three minutes of the first half in game 2. The goal meant so much to the team because it allowed them to advance to the qualifying game's group stage. Jame's goal also meant so much to the Philippine football history. You could have imagined what happened if he didn't score that first goal.
The Philippine Azkals next games are as follows:
21 March 2011 17:30 PST Myanmar vs. Philippines
23 March 2011 17:30 PST Philippines vs Palestine
25 March 2011 17:30 PST Bangladesh vs Philippines
Winners and runners-up of the group stage directly qualify for the final tournament.
When a Climber Has To Be Taken Down
Czech American tennis great, Martina Navratilova, tried to climb the 19,341-foot summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro but was taken down by mountain porters due to breathing problems with just 5,000 feet to go.
Martina was taken to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre for assessment and was eventually flown to the Nairobi Hospital for further tests. She suffered from high altitude pulmonary oedema - an accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
The 54-year-old, 18-time Grand Slam champion was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year but declared herself cancer-free six months after. She underwent 6 weeks of radiation treatment to make sure cancer cells are all killed.
The rest of Martina’s Mt. Kilimanjaro team, consisting of 27 climbers, was gutted to know that Martina had abandoned the climb, but they had to continue what they had started.
As for Martina, many may think that she failed. But for a cancer survivor to be able to climb 14,000 feet above sea level is quite an achievement.
You can read about chronicles of the climb here.
photo: yahoo.com
Jinkee Pacquiao Arrives in L.A.
Jinkee Pacquiao is now in L.A. to join husband Manny Pacquiao in time for Valentine's Day. Jinkee says Manny is gonna have a Valentine Fans' Day in L.A. and she's there to help out, afterwhich they would have dinner together.
Jinkee also reveals that she has brought with her a especially-made necklace with a diamond-studded letter "M" for a pendant that is to be her Valentine gift to Manny. But before that, she has a "pasalubong" to her husband - a tabloid containing "tsismis" about the boxing champ.
And about the talks surfacing that Krista has met up with Manny in LA, Jinkee says she and her husband just laugh it off. But still, Manny is threatening to file a case against those making up these tsismis. Likewise, Jinkee is daring them to show proof of these rumors.
Pacquiao-Clottey Fight Set For March
After talks for a fight against Mayweather didn't push through, Manny Pacquiao's camp has turned to Ghanaian Joshua Clottey for a bout this March. Location for the fight is going to be announced on Monday.
Clottey beat Zab Judah of the U.S. in August 2008 for the IBF Welterweight title. Last June, though, he lost to Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.
The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight didn't push through because Pacquiao didn't give in to Mayweather's demand of random drug tests before and after the fight. He didn't want blood drawn from him 30 days before the bout due to superstitious/personal beliefs.
photo: jamati.com
Pacquiao Fights Mayweather in Court
Filipino hero Pacquiao filed a lawsuit in federal court in Las Vegas on Wednesday alleging that Mayweather and others defamed him by falsely saying Pacquiao used performance-enhancing drugs.
Sayang. All of us are waiting for this fight pa naman. But these boxers really fight it out on press releases even before their actual fights. Whoever got the other by the neck, wins - in media and most of the time in the actual game.
But sorry, Manny won't allow himself to be bullied by Floyd.
photo: yahoo.com
Manny Pacquiao on Jimmy Kimmel
OMG! I don't know but it's like I became more of a fan after watching this. The interview was awkward but wait until he sings. There's something lovable about him.
The Greatest Shot Ever Made
I must admit I'm more of a Rafa fan. But look at the shot Federer just made! Goosebumps, really.
He later described it as "the greatest shot I ever hit in my life."
Watch it!
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