A taste of sweet victory for Philippine Azkals

source: By Dennis Gasgonia and Barry Viloria, abs-cbnNEWs.com MANILA, Philippines – Friday’s game was such a sweet victory for the Philippine Azkals who crashed into the 2012 Challenge Cup tournament finals by mangling the Bangladesh Bengal Tigers, 3-0. Filipino booters traversed an arduous path toward the tournament proper, even surviving a series of earthquakes along the way. After coming off two straight draws against Palestine and group stage host Myanmar, the Azkals were desperate for a win against Bangladesh. The team played its cards right, surprising the Bengal Tigers with a relentless offense en route to a spectacular 3-0 victory. Filipino-Spanish...

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Final or in the doghouse: Azkals go for broke vs Bangladeshis

source: By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star)  update:  fulltime PHL 3-0 Bngldesh [link] RANGOON – The Azkals won’t settle for anything less than a victory in today’s closing matches of the AFC Challenge Cup group stage here. After two successive draws, the only hope for the Philippines team to advance into next year’s eight-team finals is to beat Bangladesh. Coach Michael Weiss said that’s what they’re going to do. “We have to win the match. If you want to succeed you cannot do it with draws. We must win this match,” he said yesterday. The Azkals took it nice and easy in the morning then left for...

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Philippines 0-0 Palestine

source: the-afc.com Yangon: Palestine took a step closer to the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup on Wednesday when they drew 0-0 with the Philippines to remain undefeated after two of their three qualifying Group A matches. The Palestinians, who reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 edition, came closest to breaking the deadlock at the Youth Training Centre Stadium with Murad Eleyan, scorer of both goals in his side’s 2-0 win over Bangladesh in their qualification campaign curtain-raiser, hitting the post in the 18th minute. The Azkals, meanwhile, struggled to get into their stride with their best effort of the match coming in the 64th minute...

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PBA: Gilas try to stay perfect vs short-handed Llamados

source: gmanews.tv Pilipinas-Smart Gilas seeks its sixth straight win to land the first playoff berth in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Wednesday at the Araneta Coliseum. And it couldn’t have come at a perfect time, as the Nationals face a Derby Ace Llamados side playing minus their best player in the 5 p.m. encounter. The Llamados will miss the services of two-time Most Valuable Player James Yap for the second straight time, as the star shooting guard from University of the East continues to nurse a calf injury. With Yap hurting, Derby Ace had to do without his vaunted outside shooting and lost to Meralco in its last outing, 89-86, in...

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Manny and Floyd to fight in court

source: supersport.com Floyd Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao after all, but in a legal scrap between the unbeaten American and the Filipino superstar. A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the case in Las Vegas on Monday. Pacquiao filed a defamation lawsuit against Mayweather, among others, that US district judge Larry Hicks ruled could proceed because there is sufficient evidence of malicious acts in accusing Pacquiao of being a dope cheat. "The truth did not stop Mayweather and the others," Pacquiao's lawsuit contends. "That is because they are motivated by ill will, spite, malice, revenge and envy."  "Mayweather...

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