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Philippines settles for 4th in Fiba Asia Cup 2012. Philippines 63-79 Qatar. Qatar 79 - Mohamed m y 17, Johnson 16, Abdi 14, Saeed 10, Daoud 7, Salem 5, Mohamed b 4, Elhandry 4, Ali 2. Philippines 63 - Douthit 17, David 15, Dillinger 12, Norwood 10, De Ocampo 4, Fonacier 3, Tenorio 2, Chan 0, Thoss 0, Villanueva 0. Quarters: 12-8, 35-26, 55-48, 79-63 Qatar clinch Bronze at the Fiba Asia Cup in Tokyo. The GCC champions repeated of their bronze medal success from two years ago, having beaten Philippines at the similar stage at the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup. Tonight they needed 79:63 to finish on the third place. Qatar started the game with 12-8 lead and added 23-18 in the second period.  Gabe Norwood (196-G/F-85, college: George Mason) reduced to 55:47 at the end of the third period as Philippines won the quarter 22-20. Qatar however needed a 24-15 surge in the last stanza to win bronze at Fiba Asia Cup in Tokyo. Mohammed Yousef (204-C-82) top-scored for the winners...

TOKYO – Smart Gilas Pilipinas went scoreless in a crucial stretch in the second half and failed to recover, botching a shot at the FIBA Asia Cup finals with a 60-77 loss to Iran at the Ota Gymnasium here today. The Nationals were down by only three at 47-50 before going on a dry spell for over four minutes, allowing the Iranians to build momentum for the 17-point victory and a crack at the coveted crown. Host Japan and Qatar were playing for the other final berth as of posting time. Numerous lapses dogged the Filipinos early on, preventing them from sustaining the heat of their 17-11 start. A fourth foul drawn by Marcus Douthit with 8:06 left followed by the fifth and final of backup center Sonny Thoss moments later doomed Gilas. The Nationals, however, still have a chance to improve on their fourth-place finish in Beirut in 2010, going for third place against the loser of the Japan-Qatar match at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Iranians threw the Filipinos off balance, holding D...

PHILIPPINES 76 – Tenorio 20, Chan 18, Douthit 17, Fonacier 9, Norwood 5, David 5, De Ocampo 2, Thoss 0, Mercado 0. UNITED STATES 75 – Arnold 17, Justice 17, Marshall 14, Barnes 13, Dearman 10, Vandermeer 2, Reese 0, Williams 0. Quarters: 12-13, 23-34, 51-59, 76-75 Jones Cup Standings: Philippines 7-1 (CHAMPION) Iran 6-2 (SILVER) USA 5-3 (BRONZE) Taiwan 5-3 South Korea 5-3 Japan 3-5 Lebanon 3-5 Jordan 2-6 Taiwan B 0-8 source: pba.ph TAIPEI – LA Tenorio, the smallest man in the Jones Cup playing with the biggest heart, on Sunday delivered the goods that led Smart Gilas-Pilipinas to a gut-wrenching 76-75 victory over the United States for the 34th Jones Cup title at the Taipei PE College gym here. The 5-foot-8 Tenorio scored 11 points in the fourth period, all of them clutch, and had the biggest rebound of the night – plucked down in the land of the giants – as the Philippines turned the tables on the highly-fancied Americans to win here for the fourth ...

The London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place on 27 July 2012. Titled 'Isles of Wonder', the Ceremony welcomed the finest athletes from more than 200 nations for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games, marking an historic third time the capital has hosted the world’s biggest and most important sporting event. The Opening Ceremony reflected the key themes and priorities of the London 2012 Games, based on sport, inspiration, youth and urban transformation. It was a Ceremony 'for everyone' and celebrated contributions the UK has made to the world through innovation and revolution, as well as the creativity and exuberance of British people. The spectacular finale of the event saw the Olympic Cauldron, formed of 205 copper petals representing the competing nations coming together in London for the Games, ignited by seven young Torchbearers nominated by Britain’s past and present Olympic and sporting greats. The Opening Ceremony i...

David sizzles as Powerade ousts BMEG in QF shocker.   Despite what he deemed as an affront to his team Gary David seemed intent on just coasting along Sunday evening. Then came an incident that banished a teammate and fired him up for good. The result was David exploding for 37 points, lifting Powerade past B-MEG for the second straight game 131-123 in overtime to crash the semifinals of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. David scattered 23 of his points in the fourth period and overtime to lead the Tigers' charge from being No. 8 at the end of eliminations and past the top-seeded Lllamados to arrange a best-of-seven semis duel with either Barangay Ginebra or Rain or Shine. It marked only the third time in the league's 37-year-old history that such an upset occured in the quarterfinals and coach Bo Perasol said it was about keeping the faith despite his team being down by as much as 17 points early and by 12 in the fourth period. "I ...

The Battle (Miguel Angel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito II) Miguel Cotto   vs.   Antonio Margarito   II   was a   Boxing   Super Welterweight   fight for the   WBA Super World   Super Welterweight championship.   The bout was held on December 3, 2011 at the   Madison Square Garden, in   New York City,   United States.   When Cotto and Margarito   met in 2008, they waged their memorable welterweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Margarito came on strong in the fight's second half to stop Cotto in the 11th round of a bloody battle, a win was later tainted when Margarito was caught trying to enter the ring in his next fight, against   Shane Mosley, wearing loaded hand wraps.   Many believe he got away with wearing illegal gloves in the fight with Cotto. The fight took place at the   Madison Square Garden   in New York City under the promotion of   Top Rank. It's contested ...

LA Galaxy scores clinical win over PHL Azkals, 6-1 The Los Angeles Galaxy turned up the heat in the second half to beat the Philippine Azkals, 6-1, in their “Dream Cup” exhibition game at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on Saturday. The Galaxy showed the   Filipino   fans why they are the 2011 Major League Soccer champions, scoring 4 goals against the Azkals in the second half alone. The Azkals actually put up a commendable   defense   against the Galaxy during   the first 20 minutes of the game. But football superstar David Beckham worked his magic by scoring a beautiful shot in the 20th minute. Beckham bent the ball, which looped its way past Azkals goalkeeper Eduard Sacapano. The shot was followed up by another Galaxy strike, this time by Mike Magee, hiking Los Angeles’ lead to 2-0. Magee fired the ball after receiving a perfect set up from Landon Donovan in the 38th minute. However, the Azkals came up with tricks of their own. Filipino-British s...