ABL: Beermen survive Thailand Slammers to win 11th straight
By Celest R. Flores
San Miguel copped its 11th straight victory on Wednesday night, but not without bucking a scare first.
San Miguel copped its 11th straight victory on Wednesday night, but not without bucking a scare first.
The Cebuana Lhuillier-Philippine Davis Cup team will buckle down to work early in anticipation of a tough encounter with Thailand in the Asia-Oceania Group 2 semifinal tie on April 5 to 7.
Singapore and Thailand will vie for the honor of becoming Southeast Asia’s first four-time champions when the AFF Suzuki Cup final gets under way on Wednesday.
University of Santo Tomas standouts Maru Banaticla and Judy Caballejo moved closer to the quarterfinals of the 2nd Asian University Beach Volleyball Championship after a convincing win over Korea—21-13, 21-15—Wednesday in Cha-Am, Thailand.
Chieffy Caligdong struck a goal late to push the Philippines past Vietnam 1-0 Tuesday in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok.
BANGKOK – Paul Mulders scored for the first time for the Philippines, but it wasn’t enough as Thailand hammered out a 2-1 victory Saturday night at the start of the AFF Suzuki Cup at the Rajamangala Stadium here. Turning up their attack into a higher gear, the Thais struck twice in the space of three [...]
Paul Mulders pulled one back in the 76th minute to put Philippines in the score back against Thailand Saturday night in the AFF Suzuki Cup in group A.
Throughout its rise over the past two years, the Philippines has played almost every team in Southeast Asia except for Thailand, a team whose footballing pedigree is almost unrivalled in the region.
Armed with more experience and more games together, the Philippine Azkals leave for Bangkok Tuesday with high hopes that they can put up a strong showing in the AFF Suzuki Cup, the same tournament that served as launching pad to the renaissance of football in the country two years ago.
Thailand’s Nitiwat Kanjanasri and Kobkit Palajin defeated their Malaysian counterparts Patrick Ooi Fook Yuen and Ibrahim Bin Amir, 8-4, Tuesday in the PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool 2012 at the Midtown Activity Center of the Robinson’s Mall Ermita in Manila.
The Philippines sealed a tournament-long domination with a 74-52 rout of host Thailand, which clinched 2012 SEABA championship and the lone berth to the Fiba Asia Cup Saturday in Chiang Mai City.
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A series of friendly matches against powerhouse sides in the Southeast Asian region in June will be the next assignment for the Philippine Azkals, who are coming off a third place finish in the AFC Challenge Cup in Kathmandu, Nepal.
