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Saipan Leg coordinator, Liz Palacios said this will be the second time the island is hosting the event. To be held November 12 to 15, the event will participated by teams from Guam, Palau and Pohnpei. Palacios said the hosting country this time will put in only one team to compete unlike in previou…

The coed four-person games will be on Saturday while men and women, doubles will be on Sunday.  Games start at 9 a.m.   Cost for four-person is $15 per player, and doubles, $25 per player. NMIVA members will have $5 discount. Registration forms will be available at PIC information center. All regis…

Tony Verdaguer and John Epawa were the champions in doubles while Raul Dumapit won the title in singles in men’s division. Ron Cal and Gigi Zapanta were women’s division champions in doubles and Gloria Omechelang, in singles. Simon Manacop, Tony Verdaguer and Alex Castro bested other teams in men’s…

The rest of the standings: Wang Yue of China, 4 1/2 -5 1/2 ; Leinier Dominguez Perez of Cuba, 4-6; and Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, 3-7. Ivanchuk won this tournament in 2008 but appears to be on a slump so far this year. Born on July 4, 1972 in Riga, in the then-Soviet republic of Latvia, Shirov is…

Northern Marianas Athletics president, Kurt Barnes said Kabriel will be the first CNMI athlete who will compete in the prestigious event. The Oceania Athletic Association he said will pay for half of Kabriel’s air fare and the NMA will pay for the other half. Oceania, he added will also take care o…

Roland Martin and Robin Secharmidal added run-scoring single and Lucian George sacrificed with a run to pound the Salty Boys in the five-run inning. Fulk Haruo sliced a two-run single for the Salty Boys to tie the ball game, after John Wayne Kentaro’s run-scoring home run helped gain the momentum. …

Demapan shot even par 36 in the front nine. Although he struggled big time in the back nine hitting 6-over par 42, his nine handicap trimmed his 78 gross to 69. Edward Manibusan also pared in the front and went 2-over par 38 in the back placed second as his 3 handicap put his 74 down to 71 tying it…

For more than that eight minutes, the mixed martial arts fans were on their feet and on top of their voice, giving Saipan’s Rangamar a never-say-die encouragement. However, referee Tony D’Angelo decided the Marianas Elite fighter had taken too much punishment so he stopped the fight in the second r…

After ending the regulation with an even score of 50 – 50, Sim who finished with 14 points for Team Mizthang relied on her accurate soft touch shooting during the extra period to be able to flush in back to back two points that led to a victory against the lady Spartans. From there, team Mizthang w…

Due to having a clean record of no loss during the elimination rounds of the said competition, Team Chosen was then declared to be as twice to beat in the finals match against a tough team, South Coast.  After loosing on the first match with a score of 40 – 33, Team Chosen re-grouped themselves on …