Kobe Bryant, LA Laker’s  star player has not played their basketball games since February 15 because of his sprained left ankle. Inspite of his absence in the game, their team still won all three games.
The decision of coming back to the game is still up to Bryant. This is according to their coach Phil Jackson.
"When he’s ready to play, we’ll encourage him to play," Jackson said.

According to Jackson, Bryant practised a day before the game but the next day felt that he cannot play for the mean time although he …

Roger Federer, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, will take part in an exhibition event in Australia on Sunday together with the other top stars like Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters and Samantha Stosur. They venue will be at Melbourne Park in the state of Victoria’s capital city.
Federer organized this charity event to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake victims.
"The entry fee is a minimum donation of $10. This should be fun and it’s for a great cause," the Swiss said on his official Web site.
"I think it’s …

Manny Pacquiao’s trainor Freddie Roach said that the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ghanaian Joshua Clottey on March 13 will not have a catchweight.
“It will be at 147.  There’s no catchweight,” Roach told FightHype.com. A catchweight describes a weight limit for a fight that does not fall in traditional limits for weight divisions.

“He’ll come into this fight like 144-145 and he’ll go into the ring at 148 or 149 at most and that’s his best fighting weight,” Roach said.

Roach said that Pacquiao is more happy to fight after eating instead …

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather might not push thru for the meantime because Manny’s camp refused the request of Mayweather regarding dope testing . Instead Manny Pacman will fight with Joshua Clottey in March.
Clottey was able to beat Zab Judah of the United States for the IBF Welterweight title in August 2008 and lost last Jube to Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico.
"This is a better fight," Bob Arum of Top Rank, Pacquiao’s promoter, told Reuters in a telephone interview. "(Clottey’s) a real strong, aggressive and hard punching African from Ghana and he …

Rubilen “Bingkay” Amit ranked number 10 in the world’s best cue artist according to the latest World Pool Billiard Association rankings. Bingkay is one of the top players of Mr. Aristeo Puyat, a sportsman-businessman, of Puyat Sports. She tied with Fu Xiaofang of China on the 10th place.
“Masayang-masaya po ako kasi nagbunga na ang lahat ng sakripisyo at paghihirap ko po,” said the former Makati call center employee, who gave up her work to focus on billiard.
“Salamat po sa family ko, kay Sir Putch (Puyat) at coach Boyet (Asonto), hindi …

There are issues to be settled before the fight can push thru. Pacquiao wants his drug testing to be done 30 days before his fight with Mayweather because according to Manny this procedure makes him weak. Pacquiao is not so happy with the news that he has been hearing about what Mayweather’s camp are saying.
“They claimed that I threatened to walk away from the largest fight in history. That’s their first lie! Last week, I told Floyd Jr. to shut his big, pretty mouth and that we should fight so …

Congratulations to the FEU Cheering Squad for winning in the 2009-UAAO Cheerdance Competition on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum. Their prizes include a trophy and P225,000.
First runner-up is the Ateneo Blue Babble Batallion. Their prize include a trophy and 140,000. Second runner-up is the UP Pep Squad with a prize of P90,000.
Sari Campos of Ateneo was given the "Samsung Stunner" award for being the face of the cheerleading competition.
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WBO junior flyweight champion Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon won over Rodel “Batang Manaue” Mayol in their rematch on Saturday (Sunday in Manila). It was a close fight.
The Mayol-Calderon clash, which was held at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, was stopped after the seventh round as “once again a clash of heads prematurely ended the bout.”

Although Calderon won over Mayol he has this to say:
“I want people to understand that Mayol is a much different fighter that Hugo Cazares,” said Calderon as quoted by Bates.
“He is very intelligent with …

Filipino boxers will have their world fights abroad this coming Saturday which is Sunday in Manila.
The first one is the World Boxing Organization minimum weight champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes will fight against Mexican Manuel Vargas. Nietes  will face Vargas at El Palenque de la Feria, Nayarit, Mexico.
"I think the fight will go 12 rounds because Vargas is also good so I’m prepared for that. But if there is an opportunity to knock him out and finish the fight, I will grab the opportunity," Nietes said.

Nietes won the WBO belt …

The Ateneo Blue Eagles won over The Far Eastern University Tamaraws with the final score of 74-73 in the 72nd UAAP men’s basketball on Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles(13-1) rank 1st in the elimination round, FEU (11-3) rank 2nd, UE warriors (10-4) ranked 3rd and UST Growling Tigers (6-8) rank 4th.
The Eagles will fight against the Tigers on Sunday next week while FEU and UE will face one another on Saturday.
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