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LA Galaxy plays against Azkals before the year ends

by xarki, on Sat, Oct 29 2011 | No Comments

Pinoy football fans, the rumor has been finally concluded!

 

The world’s famous Major League Soccer team, LA Galaxy, will finally play a friendly match with our very own Philippine Azkals. The event is set to take place on the 2nd of December this year at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

 

Azkals team manager, Dan Palami, has tried to contact the LA Galaxy team in an effort to establish a match-up between the two teams. It will be a privilege for the local team to compete with the best football team in the globe.

 

A formal contract signing has been made between Philippine Football President Mariano Araneta and Galaxy’s President Thomas Payne at a press conference in Makati sealing the most awaited event in the history of Philippine football.

 

The Azkals have set a new phase in Philippine sports as they continue to gain fans from all parts of the country through the foot ball league. Their efforts have inspired a large number of the Filipino population to take part and promote the sport.

 

Basketball has once dominated the sports scene since time immemorial along side with boxing. Numerous sports have also been introduced to us yet none has made it as far as basketball and boxing in molding the Philippine sports record. However, the challenge still lies on the hands of the Philippine Azkals to make football known to all.

 

David Beckham together with the team’s other major league foot ball stars will play against the Azkals during their promotional tour here in the Philippines. With Beckham playing in the country, there will be greater chances of getting a bigger number of audiences in an endeavor to endorse the sport.

 

The famous team is set to conduct a sports clinic for Bantay Banta Foundation as a way of sharing their knowledge in foot ball and expanding the team’s passion in fostering young athletes to patronize the sport.

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Pacquiao’s promotion ridiculed by many

by xarki, on Fri, Oct 21 2011 | No Comments

The boxing champ’s entry to the congress was greeted with a lot of speculations and recently followed by the news of his future plans of running as Vice-president which was then changed so that he’d be running for the governor post instead.

 

Many people loved Manny’s winning streak in the world of professional boxing. His determination and his powerful punches won him fans not only in his own country but all over the world.

 

But when a thing like politics was tagged with the champ’s name, many people shook their heads. What’s with him? Isn’t being a boxing champion enough to serve the public by winning his tournaments?

 

Currently , the Armed Forces of the Philippines has officially granted his promotion as a ranking official of the military reserve corps from master sergeant to lieutenant colonel leading to the contradiction and questioning regarding the boxer’s advancement.

 

Senator Lito Lapid expressed his appreciation on Pacquiao’s promotion yet his words seem to say that he is envious of Manny’s attained military status. Sen. Lapid was given the Major rank during his political service as governor; a rank which he still holds up until now.

 

Sen. Ralph Recto on the other hand, gave a different point of view. He stated, “His promotion is an opportunity not a problem. Pacquiao’s job is to inspire the troops when morale is low, rein them in when discipline breaks down and temper them when the lust for bloodshed overwhelms reason.”

 

Despite the approval and granting of Pacquiao’s rank-up, he denies the application for his appointment.

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Julaton preserves crown vs Villafranca

by Melody Claire, on Fri, Oct 7 2011 | No Comments

In a sport dominated by men, Ana ‘The Hurricane’ Julaton does not stop to amaze us as she triumphantly defended her World Boxing Organization (WBO) female super bantamweight crown against Mexican challenger Jessica Villafranca last Saturday, October 1 at the Polifuncional Sports Complex in Yucatan, Mexico.

 
The Filipino-American was able to hang on to the 112-pound title belt she won last year alongside Maria Elena Villalobos. Also being trained by the pound-for-pound Manny Pacquiao’s World Boxing Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, 31-year-old Julaton did not let the younger 18-year-old Villafranca outsmart her. All three judges saw the fight in Julaton’s favor as she out pointed the Mexican: 98-91, 96-93 and 97-92. This fight hiked her ring record to 10 wins (one by knockout), two losses and one draw.

 
Julaton’s nickname ‘The Hurricane’ is aptly given since she is also one of the quickest boxers ever to win a world title in the sport, having fought only five other professional bouts before winning the International Boxing Association (IBA) Super Bantamweight title.

 
Even though the California-born fighter originally wanted to become the first ever Filipino-American boxer (both male and female) to ever get a medal in the history of the Olympic Games which was denied by the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C) and was the only sport allowed in the Olympics with out a female counterpart, Julaton never gave up and instead diverted all her efforts to making the Filipinos proud as she said “I want to show the Boxing World that I will fight anyone, anywhere, at any time and will do my utmost to represent the proud Filipino nation in the great traditions that they have come to expect.”

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UP pep squad wins 2 in a row

by xarki, on Sun, Sep 18 2011 | No Comments

The UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) will not be complete without its annual cheerleading competition just like any collegiate basketball league.

 
For the second time, the University of Philippines (UP) Pep Squad does another straight win from last year. Orchestrating a near perfect number and using a “Madonna” inspired look with their cropped blonde hair to black cone bra.

 
This is the squad’s 7th overall title in the history of the group’s participation in UAAP’s cheerleading competition.

 
Their co-captain, Laurence Martin Bautista, believed that their win constituted creativity, uniqueness in theme and delivery of clean yet challenging routines.

 
The pep squad even presented an impressive formation of the Oblation, an icon of a UP maroon.

 
The state university cheerleading squad earned P 340,000 cash prize followed by La Salle in a runner-up post which is their first time to enter the top three in 13 years in the competition earning a P 200,000 prize. La Salle’s surprising runner-up post made it special when one of its members, Aiana Lontok, got injured in the early part of their performance yet successfully finished the routine. Aiana took home the

 
The Far Eastern University (FEU) made the third post with P 140,000 cash prize.

 
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Salinggawi Dance Troupe failed to make it in the top three. UST is the league’s record holder, dominating it with 8 years of championship crown. This is the second time for them in three years. All I can say is better luck next time to my alma mater.

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Pacquiao, back at the PHL from four-city press tour

by Melody Claire, on Sun, Sep 11 2011 | No Comments

The four-city (Manila, New York, Los Angeles and Mexico) international media tour to promote the November 12 (November 13, Manila time) showdown between World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Juan Manuel Marquez has ended and Pacquiao is now back in the Philippines.

 
The hectic press tour began with Marquez being greeted by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and being given the symbolic key to the city. This was followed by a news conference at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta Park which was attended by thousands last Saturday.

 
Pacquiao and Marquez then crossed over to New York where the widely considered pound for pound King had a duet with Dan Hill, the singer who popularized Pacman’s signature song “Sometimes when we touch.” The press conference, which was open to the public, was held at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on Wednesday.

 
From there, the two renowned boxers travelled to Los Angeles for an event at the Beverly Hills hotel on Thursday. This is where the 32 year old, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao responded to the claims of 38 year old, three-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez that he should have won their two previous fights. “Everybody knows Marquez has been talking too much, so I’m thinking of a way on how to shut his mouth,” remarked Pacquiao.

 
For the last leg, the entourage of both fighters went to Mexico on Friday where they were surprisingly met with an estimated crowd of 30,000 excited people for a public press conference at the Plaza dela Revolucion. This is where the veteran promoter of Top Rank, Bob Arum reminisced that it was like the time when the great Muhammad Ali left America.

 
Pacquiao then returned to Manila to spend a week in General Santos City and Sarangani before formally opening training camp. The Filipino boxing superstar is set to train for 10 weeks to make sure that he’ll be in 100% condition whereas the Mexican warrior feels he needs to train for 12 weeks to gain speed and strength while packing in more pounds.

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