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Joemar Tumaquip started the final quarter with a three-point shot and Sanciangco pumped in six more points to pull IT&E away from ARFF leading to their 72-57 victory. Earlier in the first quarter, Yamada’s hands were blazing as he fired 13 markers. However, ARFF’s Jeff Quitugua and Luis Cepeda …

The three best teams in the Men’s Division were Dabmuson, which came in first, Kebngom and Boarder, which came in third. The other three best teams in the Women’s Division were Dabimake, which won first place, Centralized, and then the Central Rainbow. Two other awards were also presented on Saturd…

The group is holding a meeting at the Gilbert C. Ada Gym conference room today with coaches and managers at 5:30 p.m.  John Maratita, the group’s president has earlier told Variety that it’s the first time they will hold three softball events happening consecutively. The first two events that they …

Duenas who started a good offense for the Sixers added five more points to help the team prevail in the second half and Pepito sizzled with six of his to help seven points. Ada was having an off game in the beginning but he still managed to register 13 points Matt Duenas added nine points. The CK S…

Fitial will be in heavyweight fight against Guam’s Toby “Big Tobz” Mesa. Saipan’s Arnold “The Killer B” Balbin is matched with Hosea “Killa B” Ware in the 170 pounds fight; Maitai “The Charger” Charley will fight Micah Tobias in the 145 pounds; Lee Roy Sablan will take on  Rob Washington in the 155…

The first two days of the training will be in classroom at the NMIFA office located at 3rd floor of TSL Plaza, Beach Road, Garapan.  Classes will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  On-field training will start in the afternoon of Sept. 12 and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. of Sept. 19.  The basic referee training w…

That game also served as life saver for Independent Football Club. By giving Inter-Godfathers its third loss, Independent FC grabbed the chance to battle it out for the second place against MP United and second-ranked Korea Junior. Inter-Godfathers remains on the top tallying a total 23 points from…

Both teams ended the first quarter in a 16-16 deadlock. With combined 17 points, Ocampo and Marj Francisco put E&E out of Mythical Five’s reach in the second quarter even as B. Arreza rampaged with 10 points.The Mythical Fives tightened their grip on E&E limiting their opponent’s scoring ha…

This is after four years of the local group’s hard work in bringing up football in the CNMI. Tan said NMIFA’s membership was formally relayed to them last week following the unanimous adoption of the resolution during the executive committee meeting last July 15. “We are very excited about this ass…

Akopian is the former world under-16 and under-18 champion who made his way to the final of the FIDE championship in 1999 only to lose to Russia’s Alexander Khalifman, 3.5-2.5. Akopian was also on the Armenian team that won gold at the 2006 and 2008 Olympiads. Early in 2007, Akopian topped the Gibt…