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[Title] => Strickland edges old rival Bata Reyes in WNT Legends
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[Title] => Hopes soar for Team Asia's 19-year-old 'Starboy' in Reyes Cup bid
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[Title] => Garcia bats for billiards inclusion in Palaro
[Summary] => Is billiards, a sport where the country has raked in medals in the international scene including the Asian and Southeast Asian Games, worthy of a spot in the Palarong Pambansa?
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[Summary] => We had a very interesting conversation over coffee the other day with former Philippine Amateur Fencing Association (PAFA) president Victor (Toto) Africa, a long-time friend even before we assumed the chairmanship of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) in 1995 during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos.
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[Title] => Villar lauds Orcollo's China Open win
[Summary] => Sen. Manny Villar lauded Dennis Orcollo, one of the country’s top billiards players, for winning the 2012 China Open held in Shanghai recently.
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[Title] => Orcollo reigns in Hard Times
[Summary] => Dennis Orcollo dismantled Shane Van Boening of the US, 11-3, and bagged the third Annual Hard Times 10-Ball Open crown and the champion’s purse of $8,000 in Bellflower, California Sunday night.
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[Title] => Ko knocks out Bata in billiards faceoff
[Summary] => Taiwanese Pin Yi Ko downed Efren “Bata” Reyes, 9-4, to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face-Off Series dubbed Philippines versus Asia late Saturday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque.
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[Title] => Nine Filipinos triumph in World 8-Ball opener
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[Summary] => Taiwanese Pin Yi Ko downed Efren “Bata” Reyes, 9-4, to win the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face-Off Series dubbed Philippines versus Asia late Saturday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque.
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