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Philippine Showbiz Today
SPORTS
October 22 - April
November
2017
8 - 21, 7, 2019
Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent down to Keith
Thurman, Danny Garcia
The
names
of
Manny
Pacquiao’s next opponent on
July 13 are down to two in Keith
Thurman and Danny Garcia.
International
matchmaker
Sean Gibbons, who is also
Pacquiao’s official representative
in the US, said Thurman and
Garcia are the two frontrunners to
land a showdown with the Filipino
ring icon.
Pacquiao breezed through
his last two fights, stopping
Lucas Matthysse in the seventh
round last July in Malaysia before
outclassing Adrien Broner two
months ago in his return to Las
Vegas.
The 40-year-old Pacquiao,
however, could be in for a tough
fight against either Thurman or
Garcia.
Thurman, 30, the current WBA
(Super) welterweight champion,
is undefeated at 29-0 with 22
knockouts while the 31-year-old
Garcia (34-2, 20 KOs) is a former
WBC welterweight titleholder.
Garcia will be in action on April
20 against Adrian Granados in
Carson, California. (M. Giongco,
Inq)
UAAP: Adamson extends softball dynasty, beats UST anew
A transferee from National
University, Vallestero capped her
collegiate stint by delivering two
hits and three runs in the title
clincher.
“Dito ko siya kailangan sa
year na ito. Siya ang nagdala ng
game na ito. Lahat ng individual
awards halos kinuha niya,” said
coach Ana Santiago, who gave
Vallestero a warm hug after the
Lady Falcons won their 18th
championship overall.
“Sinabi niya sa akin, salamat
sa din iyo Ate Ana at nakaranas
ako na maging champion sa
The Adamson Lady Falcons won their 18th championship overall in UAAP.”
UAAP softball. Arvin Lim,ABS-CBN Sports
Vallestero emerged as the
Adamson
University
got extend its reign to nine years season MVP to go with Best
a superb effort from Arianne Tuesday in the UAAP Season 81 Hitter (.556), Best Slugger (.972)
Vallestero to beat University of softball tournament at the Rizal and Most RBIs. She shared
the Most Homerun award with
Santo Tomas (UST), 11-2, and Memorial Baseball Stadium. UST’s Charlotte Sales with three
and Most Stolen Bases with her
teammate Angelu Gabriel with
six.
“Wala akong pressure. Hindi
ako kinakabahan. Ini-enjoy ko
lang. All out na rin ako,” said
Vallestero.
Aside from capturing the Finals
MVP honors, Lyca Basa made it
two in a row as the league’s Best
Pitcher with 1.167 earned run
average.
Nicole Padasas also shone
with four hits and three RBIs, while
MJ Maguad and Jeanette Rusia
scored two runs for Adamson.
The Lady Falcons, who only
dropped only one game this
season, swept the best-of-three
series, 2-0. (abs-cbn sports)
Philippine Sports Commission
chairman
William
Ramirez
yesterday announced a donation
amounting to P842 million from
the Philippine Amusement and
Gaming Corp. (Pagcor).
Ramirez said during the
weekly PSA Forum at the Amelie
Hotel Manila that the amount will
be used to renovate and restore
existing sports facilities under the
government’s care.
Venues like the Rizal Memorial
Sports Complex in Manila and
PhilSports in Pasig will undergo a center in both the RMSC and
PhilSports will undergo major
renovation.
“You will not recognize them
after the renovation. Magbabago
na talaga inside and out,” said
Ramirez, who clarified that the
P842 million is separate from the
monthly remitance of Pagcor to
the PSC.
“Also, it’s not part of the
Philippine Southeast Asian Games
Organizing Committee (Phisgoc)
budget for the SEA Games,”
added Ramirez. (A. Cordero, PS)
Philippine Sports Commission gets
P842 million boost from Pagcor
major facelift.
The historic Rizal Memorial
Coliseum along Vito Cruz will
benefit the most. For the first
time in its existence, the 8,000-
seat venue will be air-conditioned,
and made more suitable to host
events like the UAAP and NCAA.
The Ninoy Aquino Stadium will
also be renovated.
Ramirez said the PSC will
soon identify the other venues,
numbering at least 10, that will
benefit from the dole-out from
Pagcor under its chairman Andrea
Domingo.
“We will make sure that these
venues will be ready as back-up
venues for the SEA Games in
November,” said Ramirez.
“The Pagcor chairman was
very generous with this, and I have
informed President Duterte about
it,” added the PSC chairman.
Included in the plan are the
improvement and construction of
new dining halls for the athletes
and coaches, medical building
and even a chapel.
The track oval and aquatics