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The table tennis tournament dubbed as the Yamada Cup lured in 17 participants, wherein they were divided into two round-robin pools, Pool A and B, with the top three from each pool advancing to a single elimination round. As the matches heated up on the final stages of the Sunday sport event, grabb…

Morales led the short-handed GEC in putting up the lead firing eight markers in the first quarter. He continued the surge in the second period scoring nine including three penalty shots. Ed Yalong and Aquino chipped in seven and eight points at this period to stay in front even as the Contractors r…

Over a hundred players are expected to play as 16 teams have confirmed to join the Masters Basketball Federation of Northern Mariana Island’s first Masters Basketball League that will be held in Gilbert C. Ada Gym on weekends, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Dance numbers, song performance and raffle draw …

The generosity came two weeks after the Bridge Capital started by donating $1000 to the said team, challenging other businesses to support sports group in the islands. The donations from PIC and Bridge Capital will pay for 120 children to play football. This includes registration, jerseys, shin gua…

In lieu of the preparation of all sports facilities that will be utilized of the forthcoming sporting event in August, 7th Micronesian Games, that will be held here, game amenities have begun being renovated of which one of those is the Palau National Gymnasium that is being the constant venue of t…

Winning the first three sets 27-26, 25 -20, and 26-15, NBD only had to win the set at hand to win the game. However, the Soul Brothers jumped out to 12-3 lead with Ben Lisua’s dominating in 4th and 5th goals of the game and went on to win the fourth set 25-10. At the end of four sets, NBD had the g…

Sports and Recreation Director Joe Lizama in an interview early this week said they are expecting that the RPM Construction, the contractor hired to repair the baseball field will get the job done by next week. The renovation of the said sports facility is among the two projects that was funded   $…

To ensure things will run smoothly through out the league the Masters Basketball Federation of Northern Marianas Island will conduct courses for table officials and referees courtesy of the Basketball Association of Northern Mariana Islands. Gabriel White, president of BANMI Referee’s Association p…

Team name, coach, manager, and uniforms will be discussed so all members are advised to be there. Bill Camacho Scott Norman John Dela Cruz Jason John Henry Manipon Tom Santos Frank Babauta Pol Magcalas Bert Suda Joseph Galulu Diony Camacho Flaviano Hideo Yasu Irinaka   //

With Saipan Mayor Donald Flores, Tinian Mayor Ray Dela Cruz and Sen. Jude U. Hofschneider as special guests, the Masters Basketball will also honor eight past players who made significant contributions to the NMI basketball before they passed away. They are Tony Borja, Gerald Ferritti, Nick Loste, …