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US Open queen Coco Gauff: Doubters fueled fire to win

September 10, 2023
 AFP
New York—Coco Gauff said critics who doubted her ability to win a major title fuelled her breakthrough Grand Slam victory at the US Open on Saturday. The 19-year-old American captured the first major championship of her career with a battling 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of incoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in front of a […]
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SEA Games champs reign in 5150 meet

September 10, 2023
Fer Casares outdueled John Chicano in a thrilling clash of SEA Games gold medalists while Kim Mangrobang dominated Samantha Corpuz and the rest in the women’s side as they crowned themselves the first 5150 Dapitan Philippines champions in Zamboanga del Norte on Sunday. Casares, the reigning back-to-back gold medal winner in the biennial regional games, […]
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FIBA, Molten extend World Cup partnership

September 10, 2023
FIBA and Molten will continue working as Global Partners into a fifth decade after holding a renewal ceremony to celebrate a special collaboration that stretches back to 1982. The relationship between both organizations has delivered success through a shared passion and commitment to grow basketball globally and to innovate, with the 40-year anniversary marked in […]
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TIEZA Open Tourism Cup set Sept. 16

September 10, 2023
A merry mix of players, from the seasoned pros to inter-club campaigners to weekend hackers and beginners, gear up for the TIEZA Open Tourism Cup which unwraps on Sept. 16 at the Zamboanga Golf Course and Beach Park in Calarian, Zamboanga City. The 18-hole tournament offers a competitive yet inclusive platform with golfers of all […]
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Que, Go back in PGT hunt at South Pacific

September 10, 2023
Angelo Que and Lloyd Go re-join the Philippine Golf Tour toughened up by overseas stints, ready and eager to rekindle rivalry with the local top guns in pursuit of victory in the ICTSI South Pacific Classic, which gets under way tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 10) at the South Pacific Golf and Leisure Estates in Davao City. […]
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War exhibit

September 10, 2023
Veterans Bank unveils its traveling World War II exhibit ‘War of Our Fathers: A Brotherhood of Heroes’ at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center in Baguio City in commemoration of Victory Day or the 78th anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese forces led by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in Baguio City that also marked the […]
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Russia attacks Ukraine with 32 drones

September 10, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine—Russia attacked Ukraine with 32 drones overnight into Sunday, Kyiv military chiefs said, most of them aimed around the capital. Air defenses shot down 25 of them, they added, without accounting for the other seven. The aerial assault comes at a time when national leaders are ramping up calls for extra Western support to […]
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New KFC store

September 10, 2023
KFC Philippines opens its eighth store in Caloocan City at the ground floor of Waltermart Mabini, giving mall visitors and shoppers a more enjoyable dining option as they fill their want for KFC original recipes. Gracing the KFC Waltermart Mabini Branch opening are (from left) Waltermart assistant vice president for leasing Anna De Castro, KFC […]
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Amid devastation, mud, Brazil buries victims of cyclone

September 10, 2023
 AFP
Mucum, Brazil—Families in southern Brazil have begun to bury victims of a cyclone that left at least 42 dead and affected some 150,000 people, many of whom lost their homes or faced isolation from landslides that washed away roads and bridges. In the cemetery of Mucum, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, mourners […]
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Eala gains main draw in Osaka netfest

September 10, 2023
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala survived Korean Park Sohyun, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, to barge in the main draw of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2023 in Osaka, Japan on Sunday, Sept. 10. Eala bounced back from a first-set stumble then held h...