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                    [Title] => Semis puntirya nina Castro at Tipon
                    [Summary] => 

DOHA -- Aakyat muli sa entablado sina Godfrey Castro at Joan Tipon sa kanilang pagtatangkang makapasok sa semifinals upang mabigyan ng buhay ang kampanya ng bansa dito sa 15th Asian Games. 


Makikipagsuntukan ang 21 anyos na si Castro, pumalit sa sinuspinding si Harry Tanamor, kay Al Amhry Ali Saad ng Saudi Arabia sa kanilang lightfly-weight bout na magsisimula sa alas-2 ng hapon (alas-7 sa Manila).
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373552 [Title] => Joven takes1st crack at tough Thais [Summary] => DOHA — Francis Joven gets the credit, or the other way around, as the first Filipino to take on a Thai fighter as he tries to join his five other teammates in the quarterfinal round of the boxing competitions at the Aspire Hall 5 here today.

Joven, 24, drew a bye in the first round but was rewarded with a face-off with Angkhan Chomphuphuang, a relatively new member of the Thai squad who made his mark with a 22-16 victory over Joo Jung Kim of Korea in the welterweight elims Saturday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373573 [Title] => Asuncions face tall odds; Joven steps up bid [Summary] => DOHA — The Philippines resumes its quest for glory in badminton, boxing, rowing, shooting, chess, weightlifting and swimming while hoping to crash into the gold medal round in the men’s team competitions in Day 5 of the Asian Games here today.

Siblings Kennie and Kennevic Asuncion get the chance to showcase their wares as they face the Malaysian pair of Keat Kien Koo and Ling Swee Quay in one of the round-of-32 matches kicking off the badminton competitions at the Aspire Hall 3.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372649 [Title] => Boxing hero sees end to drought [Summary] => Since winning three gold medals in Hiroshima in 1994, the Philippine boxing team has failed to deliver a victory in the Asian Games. The drought may just end in Doha.

Elias Recaido, one of the three gold medalists in Hiroshima, yesterday said the seven Filipino boxers who flew to Qatar the other day are all capable of winning it all.

"They have trained hard for the Asian Games. Now we’re just looking forward to a good draw," said Recaido, who as a 26-year-old won the flyweight gold 12 years ago.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372555 [Title] => Tipon inaasahang maka-gold sa Doha Asian Games [Summary] => DOHA, Qatar – Hindi alintana ni boxer Joan Tipon, isa sa inaasahan ng bansa na makakapag-uwi ng gold medal mula sa Asian Games sa pagkawala ni two-time Olympian Harry Tanamor.

"Okey lang naman ang pressure. Ensayado po naman tayo," sabi ng 24-gulang na Southeast Asian Games bantamweight champion.

Si Tipon ay isa sa 93 athletes at officials na dumating noong Martes ng gabi, tatlong araw bago magbukas ang Doha Asiad.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365566 [Title] => Tipon clinches gold; two other RP pugs fall [Summary] => Bantamweight Joan Tipon outpunched Canadian Isho Shiba, 21-7, to win the country’s lone gold medal in the Tammer Cup International Boxing Championships recently in Tampere, Finland.

Tipon frustrated the taller Shiba with a hit-and-run tactic as he made up for the losses of teammates Violito Payla and Genebert Basadre in their respective finals.

Lightflyweight Payla succumbed to the rapid-punching Pal Bedak of Hungary, 30-16, while Basadre faded in the homestretch to lose by countback to Frenchman Jean Gomis in the lightweight final.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365351 [Title] => 3 RP pugs reach Finland final [Summary] => Genebert Basadre, Violito Payla and Joan Tipon dominated their respective rivals to barge into the finals of their respective divisions in the Tammer Cup International Boxing Championship in Tampere, Finland recently.

Basadre stopped Danish Nogaad Rugemalira via a Referee Stopped Contest-Outclassed in the second round to gain a crack at the gold medal in the lightweight division.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365429 [Title] => 3 Pinoy pug umusad sa finals [Summary] => Pumasok sa finals ang tatlong miyembro ng Philippine boxing team na sasabak sa Doha Asian Games sa Tammer Cup International Boxing Championship kamakailan lamang sa Tampere, Finland. [DatePublished] => 2006-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365066 [Title] => Basadre, Joven umusad sa semis [Summary] => Dalawang Filipino boxers na sina lightweight Genebert Basadre at welterweight Francis Joven ang nakapasok sa semifinals ng Tammer Cup International Boxing Championship sa Tampere, Finland.

Tinalo ng Manila Southeast Asian Games gold medalist na si Basadre si Miklos Varga ng Hungary, 28-23, habang dinispatsa naman ni Joven si Nkodo Foster Marcelin ng Cameroon, 17-11.‘
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364836 [Title] => Tipon, Basadre hurdle foes in Tammer Cup [Summary] => Bantamweight Joan Tipon and lightweight Genebert Basadre scored contrasting victories as the Philippine boxing team started its campaign in the Tammer Cup International Boxing Championships recently in Tampere, Finland.

Both Manila Southeast Asian Games gold medalists, Tipon posted a convincing 22-7 victory over Israeli Piter Moyshenzon, while Basadre lost steam in the fourth round before escaping with a close 29-26 win over local bet Joonas Koivuranta.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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