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Of the 10 fights including the four-person title matches, the longest one ended in the 41st second of the Round 2 when Nate “The Terrible” Flores brought Matai “The Charge” Charley into submission. The rest of the fights were done in a single round, the quickest and heaviest one gave the MMA fans t…

Iginoef sizzled with 10 of his 18 points in the final quarter while Taj Van Buren connected a series of lay ups and fired nine markers to eliminate Bank of Guam’s strong lead. Peter Camacho invested more in penalty shots to protect the their slim advantage and Van Buren added two free throws for th…

The three were the only undefeated players. World champ Anand had another so-so performance, finishing in a tie for fourth-fifth places with Aronian. This elite event was then followed by a double round robin blitz tournament involving 22 of the world’s top players, including Carlsen, Kramnik, Anan…

The KK2 fielders and its short stopper, Toi Celis curbed Ngiwal 79’s base hit counts to five and only two of which scored runs leading to 10-run mercy rule decision. BJ Attao’s triple and Celis’ sacrifice fly to the center assured TKK2 of two runs before Nizar Masayos struck Phil Celis out in the f…

eighth playoff slot in the IT&E Inter-government & Business Basketball League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym last night. Ponce Rasa Jr., and Romeo Iginoef controlled the offense to put up a strong lead in the first quarter. Rasa scored 12 of his 18 points in this period while Iginoef fired eight…

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The first ever New York City resident to appear on The Ultimate Fighter, Nover who earned a name, “The Filipino Assassin” will spend time with MMA fans for an autograph signing from 3 p.m., to 5 p.m. today. Of Polish and Filipino descent, the 24-year-old “ultimate fighter holds an MMA record of fiv…

John’s 28 handicaps reduced his gross of 89 to 61 net. He went over par in the front nine finishing 49 but improved a lot in the back nine firing 4-over par 40 in the back nine. Joe Deleon Guerrero pared in four holes in each half of the course to earn a gross of 90 and had 64 net to secure the sec…

NMBF Tournament coordinator, Macoi Aguda said this is the third year that Traders Insurance has been generously getting itself involved in the only badminton sports organization on the island. “We have always been very thankful because Traders has always been there for us,” Aguda said. For his part…

Each team of men, women and youth is composed of the aces in the group’s monthly tournament. The draft picks for men’s team are Alex Castro, Kitz Barja, Percy Omechelang and Simon Manacop. In the women’s team are Emi Williams, Diane Camacho, Gloria Omechelang and Elsa Zapanta. The youth or Capitol …