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Lions take on Bombers, eye share of lead By Peter Atencio THE San Beda Red Lions finally get a chance to overtake the Letran Knights for the solo lead when they face a dangerous Jose Rizal Heavy Bombers’ side in today’s main offering of the 91st National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at the San Juan Arena. The Red Lions, proud owners of five straight championships, and the Heavy Bombers, clash at 4 p.m.,
lege Generals, 96with the MendiolaGames today (San Juan Arena) 84, for their ninth based cagers gun- 10 a.m. • San Sebastian vs Mapua (jrs) ning for their 10th 12 noon • San Beda vs Jose Rizal (jrs) win against two win in 12 matches. 2 p.m. • San Sebastian vs Mapua (srs) losses, but San Beda Two weeks into 4 p.m. • San Beda vs Jose Rizal (srs) coach Jamike Jarin remained wary of the second round, the Red Lions climbed into a share their opponents, who he noted are of the lead on similar 9-2 cards with playing better in the second round. “We are happy at where we are. the Knights, who relinquished their grip on the solo lead after losing to But it’s still a long way to go. Everybody is getting better in the second the San Sebastian Stags, 87-89. The Red Lions, meanwhile, easily round,” Jarin said. The Red Lions will again rely got past the Emilio Aguinaldo Col-
mainly on Arthur dela Cruz, one of the front-runners in the MVP race, who was drafted ninth overall by Blackwater in the Philippine Basketball Association rookie Draft. De la Cruz had been norming 23.5 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two steals in his team’s last two victories. The Heavy Bombers, meanwhile, try to build from their 114-112 double overtime win over the Chiefs last week when they take on the heavily favored Red Lions.
Ladon nails Asian boxing slot By Ronnie Nathanielsz
LIGHT flyweight Rogen Ladon became the first Filipino boxer to secure a spot in the AIBA Asian Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar with a smashing 3-0 victory over highly favored No. 2 seed Murodjon Rasulov of Tajikistan on Tuesday at the Thammasat University stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. With the win, Ladon moved into the semifinals, but more significantly, he qualified for a place in the Asian Boxing Championships, which will be a stepping stone for a hopeful 2016 Olympic berth. Ladon earlier entered the quarterfinals with another convincing 3-0 win over Rakhmankul Avatov of Kyrgyzstab last Sunday, when welterweight Eumir Felix Marcial also came out a big winner over second seed Israil Madrinov of Uzbekistan. The hard-hitting Marcial, who has impressed Thai fight fans with his toughness and his punching power, was scheduled to face a hometown favorite at 8:30 p.m last night. The Bangkok Post reported that Saylom Ardee, who has moved up two weight classes to 69kg, beat South Korea’s Lee Seung-Hyeon to take on promising Marcial in the quarterfinals, with the Thai vowing to avenge the loss of countryman Apichet Saensit in the semifinals of the SEA Games.
Webmasters back on track CEBU CITY—The University of Cebu Webmasters are back on the winning track as they pounced on the lowly University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers, 73-61, Tuesday in the 15th season of Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. basketball tournament at the Cebu Coliseum. The Webmasters and the Panthers were locked in a close battle because of a series of turnovers by both teams and a sputtering offense, with USPF ahead, 34-32, at halftime. Both teams finished with
a combined 61 turnovers, the most turnovers overall for both teams for this season. The Webmasters finally broke away in the fourth quarter, behind the trio of Garciano Puerto, Melvin Butohan and Jhan Calvin Jabello in the last two minutes of the game to post their biggest lead of 11 en route to the win. Puerto was named the “Best Player of the Game” by Viva Sports TV panelists Rico Navarro and Sandi Grumo for his performance of 17 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and a blocked shot. Mikey Izumi
4-way tie for lead. Cyna Rodriguez fought back from two strokes down, then pounced on Princess Superal’s shaky windup to force a four-way tie for the lead with two other amateurs at 71 at the start of the ICTSI Mt. Malarayat Ladies Classic at Mt. Malarayat’s composite courses Wednesday. Rodriguez is tied with Superal, Abby Arevalo and Korean amateur Hwang Min Jeong for the lead in the P500,000 seventh leg of the ICTSI Ladies Philippine Golf Tour.
International Bridge Champions accuse teammates of cheating SYLVIA LOPEZ ALEJANDRO I FEATURE the whole account of this eye-opener on this new cheating account. I recall the memories of the “coughing doctors” episode, when two German doctors cheated their way to victory, passing information to their partners by well-timed coughs. Here is the account by Patrick Jourdain and Hariet Alexander carried in Bridge Winners: Two Israeli men, Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz, have accused by their mates of cheating in three matches including the Spingold tournament.
The full story: They came together to do battle: an international team of warriors, fighting for glory, honour, and thousands of dollars in reward. But now that triumphant team of bridge players has been ripped a part by accusations that would, in the words of the whistleblower, “even make a Hollywood movie surreal.” Two Israeli men, Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz, have been accused by their team mates of cheating. Quite how they cheated is unclear, but Norwegian bridge professional Boye Brogeland, one of the world’s highest-rated bridge players, said the other four members of the team were handing back three titles they
had won together. “If you have a cheating pair on your team, I believe you should lose whatever Masterpoints, Seeding points and titles you have won together, “said Mr. Brogeland, writing on the Bridge Winners forum and rocking the world of bridge with his claims of skullduggery at a top tournament. “The Schwartz team from the two previous cycles has decided to give up the three titles that we ‘won’ in 2014 and 2015. We believe in a clean game and we love bridge.” Mr. Fisher hit back, accusing the others of being simply envious of their talent. “Jealousy made you sick,” he wrote on Tuesday. “Get ready for a meeting with the devil.”
The saga began in July 2014, in Las Vegas, when Mr. Brogeland’s team triumphed in the Spingold tournament-one of the most famous of all matches. The six men-two Israelis, two Americans and two Norwegiansthen won again in November at the Reisinger, another major tournament, held in the city of Providence, in Rhode Island. They went on to claim a third title, winning the Jacoby Swiss tournament in New Orleans in March this year. But on Tuesday Mr. Brogeland snapped, and declared war on his Israeli team mates. “What I am going to write now, I would ask you to take some seconds or minutes to think about, “he wrote in a prelude to the allegations.
“Very soon there will come out mind boggling stuff. It will give us a tremendous momentum to clean the game up, from the bottom to the very top. But it will take courage and it will demand standing up against the powers of the game.” Mr. Brogeland said he knew his allegations would have a huge impact-and that his supporters should be prepared for the fall-out. “Never back down for keeping this tread public, “he wrote. “Go out, fight the good fight and get things done. Not in year, not in days, not in hours, but now. For the future of our beautiful game.” Comments to: sylvia.alejandro@yahoo.com
IN BRIEF Peñalosa bros. get boost from new manager BOXING manager Cameron Dunkin, who handles fivedivision world champion Nonito Donaire, laid out his plans for the sons of former world champion Dodie Boy Peñalosa Sr.—Dodie Boy Jr. and Dave—whom he recently signed up, in a lengthy conversation with The Standard. “I will bring them over to the States, set them up and start them fighting,” said Dunkin, who disclosed that Dodie Boy Sr. “is supposed to tell me when he wants to come. But he said it would be right away. He wants to get started right away.” He said Dodie Boy Sr. will train his two sons and “if he needs any help I’ve got Nonito Donaire Sr. and several other good trainers over here.” Dunkin told The Standard, “the Peñalosa brothers will be on the east coast because I’ve got fights for them in Virginia, New York and Boston and so I’m going to leave them right there which is real close so I can take them out of there and get them quick fights.” Under his plans, Dunkin said he is going to fight them twice a month each, pointing out that he recently signed a kid out of Chicago, who has had seven fights in three months. “That’s what I’m going to do with them. They will be in four- and six-round fights. Lots of activity and right back in the gym again. Lots of hard work in the gym and then right into fights with easy opponents with different styles —short guys, tall guys, left handers, right handers. It will give them a lot of experience in a quick period of time.” Dunkin said he had seen both of them fight. Ronnie Nathanielsz
No favorites in PSL volley THIS year’s edition of the Philippine Superliga Grand Prix will have no clear favorites as teams loaded up their respective rosters with marquee players capable of giving them serious runs for the crown. Powerhouse Petron will be back, but its title is no longer safe with Foton, Philips Gold, Cignal, RC Cola-Air Force and Meralco-DLSU making some major adjustments in the offseason to come up with serious threats in this prestigious women’s inter-club volleyball tournament that unwraps on Oct. 10 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. After falling short in the All-Filipino Conference, Foton made a recruiting coup by signing national team mainstay Jaja Santiago to shore up its frontline while enlisting Filipino-American Kayla Williams and beach volley specialist Fiola Ceballos for added firepower.