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Yvette Bennett is leaving today for Doha, Qatar to compete in the World Indoor Track & Field Championships that will be held from March 12 to 14. She will be the first NMI young athlete to pursue a record in the 60-meter sprint for which she has been preparing herself in the last several days a…

Sun of the Beaches team members, Dae Min Jeon, AJ Batallones, Min Sung Kim, Angelo Salas and CJ Libut prevailed in the elimination round, surviving Misdeal, Kiss my Pass and Pink Strikers. Tony Yamada, JD Sablan, Ann Pua, Deedra Santos and Glorily William of the All Stars team surfaced from the los…

The Masters Basketball Federation of Northern Marianas Island’s board of directors has finally decided during a meeting last week to schedule the kick-off for the 35-and-above men’s basketball league at 6 p.m. of April 6. Meanwhile, the deadline for the registration for the said league will be tomo…

Kijima, 33, of Japan maintained his distance which was just over a hundred meters ahead of 46-year-old Masahiko Nagasaka, also of Japan, as he went on to cross the finish line first. Kijima completed the 42.195-kilometer run in 2 hours, 53 minutes and 15 seconds to be the 2010 first place winner of…

The Masters Basketball Federation of Northern Mariana Islands announced that interested players will have until 4:30 of March to sign-up of the Masters Basketball League that is initially scheduled to open on April 6. For those who want to catch up, please call MBFNMI vice chairman Joe Pangelinan a…

DEPARTMENT of Community and Cultural Affairs Secretary Melvin Faisao yesterday insisted that Francisco Tanko M. Palacios Baseball Field meets the standards in league specifications and “not in a deplorable stage or unplayable condition as claimed by the local major baseball organization.” In a stat…

To reserve their spots, golfers who are interested to participate in the golf tournament can download the forms from NMC website at www.nmcnet.edu. Organized by the NMI Foundation, the annual tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 24. The NMC Foundation, a non-profit organization composed of c…

VESELIN Topalov lost to Alexander Grischuk in the penultimate round at Linares, allowing the Russian to catch up with the Bulgarian going into the final round. Grischuk’s last assignment was Vallejo, while Toppy had to square off with the tougher and more solid Gelfand. It seemed that Grischuk, 26,…

GOLF in the CNMI has reached the attention of over 50,000 golf enthusiasts in Japan Golf Fair 2010 at the Big Site in Tokyo last month. The fair held from Feb. 19 to 21 drew over 31,000 golfers, 18,000 golf trade representatives and 500 media representatives, according to Marianas Visitors Authorit…

The legendary All-Japan Pro-Wrestling Team whose members are very popular in the said Asian country is arriving along with families and some members of the Japanese media on March 24. Led by veteran wrestler, Muto Keiji whose wrestling career started way back in the glorious time of the U.S.’ Hulk …