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Lim pumped up for Asiad

MANILA, Philippines — Two-time SEA Games karate gold medalist Jamie Lim said yesterday it’ll be a tough struggle to land a podium finish in the Hangzhou Asian Games but her focus is to do her best, no matter what, in trying to make history in her Asiad debut. Lim, 26, joins three women and three men in the Philippine delegation competing in karate on Oct. 5-8. The Philippines has never won a karate gold in the Asian Games and the highest placing was second by Marne Pabilore in -53kg kumite in 2006.

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Cone faces grizzled coaches

MANILA, Philippines — For Gilas, it won’t only be a battle among men in sneakers at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia, on July 2-7 but also a clash of wits between head coach Tim Cone and two hardened European tacticians in the group stage. Cone, the PBA’s winningest coach, will be up against Latvia’s Italian mentor Luca Banchi on July 3 and Georgia’s Serbian drillmaster Aleksandar Dzikic on July 4.

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‘Gilas has legit chance’

MANILA, Philippines —  Newly-designated Gilas assistant coach Sean Chambers isn’t fazed by the daunting odds that confront the national squad in the six-team FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia, on July 2-7 and said there’s a “legitimate chance” to make it to Paris before leaving for Europe last Tuesday night.

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Jerusalem due for title defense

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s only reigning world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem is mandated to stake his WBC minimumweight crown against No. 1 contender Luis Castillo of Mexico and MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons said yesterday he’s moving mountains to set the defense tentatively on Sept. 7 in Manila or General Santos City or Masbate or anywhere in the Philippines.

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Pacquiao wants WBC welterweight crown

MANILA, Philippines — Former eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao insists his three-round engagement with Japanese kickboxer Chihiro Suzuki in Saitama on July 28 is a “serious fight, not an exhibition” but it appears he’s looking ahead to challenge newly-installed WBC welterweight titlist Mario Barrios before the year ends.

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Early birthday gift for MVP

MANILA, Philippines — Now it can be told. Meralco chairman/CEO Manny V. Pangilinan went to the Bolts’ locker-room about an hour before Game Six of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Sunday and showed a 1971 newspaper clipping of a MICAA championship match. MICAA or the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association was the PBA’s precursor and in 1971, Meralco, whose team was called the Reddy Kilowatts, beat Crispa for the title with Robert Jaworski, Alberto Reynoso and Larry Mumar.

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Magsayo closer to title shot

MANILA, Philippines — Tagbilaran fighter Mark (Magnifico) Magsayo took a major step closer to another world title shot by scoring a unanimous 10-round decision over Mexican southpaw Eduardo (Zurdito) Ramirez to claim the vacant WBA Intercontinental superfeatherweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night (yesterday morning, Manila time). Magsayo, 28, dropped Ramirez in the third frame with a right and in the last round, the Mexican tumbled to the canvas, laying flat on his back for a few seconds to catch his breath while complaining he was pushed down.

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Gallent assures Game 7

MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Beer coach Jorge Gallent has guaranteed, with no hesitation, that there will be a Game Seven in the PBA Philippine Cup Finals. Meralco is up, 3-2, in the best-of-seven series and carries a twice-to-beat advantage entering Game Six, a potential closer, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum tonight.

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Boxing coaches for Paris named

MANILA, Philippines — Australian coach Don Abnett will lead the cast of mentors and tacticians working with the Philippines’ five-strong boxing team at the Paris Olympics. Abnett, 63, has been involved in boxing for over 40 years and joined ABAP in 2019. He’ll be the overall coach in Paris with Ronald Chavez and Gerson Nietes looking after lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial and middleweight Hergie Bacyadan, Reynaldo Galido and Mitchell Martinez taking care of lightflyweight Aira Villegas and featherweight Nesthy Petecio and Elmer Pamisa is focused on featherweight Carlo Paalam.

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