Guinness Asia 9 Ball Tour

This weekend, its the 3rd leg of the Asian 9 Ball Tour.
Since the tour was sponsored by Guinness last year , no Filipino has ever won a leg.
The 3rd leg will be held in Genting Highlands, TV schedule on Star Sports below;

Friday May 30 - 5 to 9:30pm
Saturday May 31 - 12 to 6pm ( quarter final)
Saunday June 1 - 12-4:30pm (semi and finals)

Since most Filipino cue artist are sponsored by San Miguel Beer, I wonder why they haven't won a leg since 2007? Is it beacuse of the Beer?

I love football, but I need space !

I still have that feeling in Moscow last week, the end of a long fruitful season for United.
But wait, I need to get up tonight for a friendly between US and England.
( note : Fabio Capello spoke English for the 1st in his press conference yesterday)

Will football have an off season?
The joy of winning a champions league just sinked and here we go again.
A few friendlies and Euro 08 starts next week.

The US big sports, where off season is a reality makes sense.

I love football, but I need space.

Celtics Lakers anyone?

Do we need a Malaysian Sports Center edition ?

The Malaysian edition of ESPN's Sports Center runs before the Asian edition at 7pm.
Both editions have similar content with the local one having a bit of local football and amateur sports. Personally I don't watch the Malaysian edition and would rather wait for the Asian one.

Why we really need a Malaysian version of sports center?

Why not a ten minute update on Malaysian sports and leave all the international sports news to the Asian edition?

Besides its not environmental friendly watching two shows with almost the same content
running consecutively. Thats 30 minutes of wasted electricity! And the English of the presenters are so bad they wont pass auditions for DJ's on an AM band in other countries !

2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifier Result

Latest Azkals Results

May 13, 2008 RP 1 - Brunei 0
May 17,2008 RP 0 - Tajikistan 0
May 15, 2008 RP 3 - Bhutan 0

Tajikistan qualifies.

RP two wins, one draw, no loss, no goal's allowed.

Final SEABA KL 08 Result , RP Wins !

Philippines wins SEABA 2008 Youth Championships !

The Philippines won the SEABA 2008 Youth (Under 18) last night at the MABA Stadium in the heart of Kuala Lumpur ! This was just a formality as they have been earlier predicted to win the tournament with their wins all in double digits marks. This is good job by SBP and of course coach Franz Pumaren and NOKIA Philippines!

Results last night :
Philippines bt Singapore 96-55; Malaysia bt Indonesia 120-48.

Final standings: 1. Philippines 4-4-0-8, 2. Malaysia 4-3-1-7, 3. Thailand 4-2-2-6, 4. Singapore 4-1-3-5, 5. Indonesia 4-0-4-4.

SEABA 2008 KL Results

Last nights (May 4) SEABA 2008 results held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

The Philippines currently leads the tournament with a 3 win no loss card.

They expected to win the championship tonight, May 5 at the MABA stadium at 6pm.

Results: Thailand beat Singapore 73-54, Philippines beat Indonesia 123-43.

Today's matches: Singapore vs Philippines (6pm), Indonesia vs Malaysia (8pm).

SEABA Result - under 18

Friday May 2, 2008

www.thestar.com.my

Filipinos outplay title-holders Malaysia in SEABA opener

By AFTAR SINGH

KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippines sounded an early warning to their rivals when they outclassed defending champions Malaysia 98-67 in the SEABA boys’ junior basketball championship at the Maba Stadium here last night.

The Filipinos, who did not compete in the last meet in Segamat in 2006, trailed 43-47 in the first two quarters.

But the Philippines, who underwent a two-month training stint in the United States prior to the tournament, showed tremendous fighting spirit and maturity to hit back and take a comfortable 72-51 lead in the third quarter.

Cheered by the 100-odd crowd, the Philippines romped home in the fourth quarter for a 31-point win.

No way out: Ong Chun Khee (centre) trying to get past three Filipino players during the SEABA junior championship yesterday. The Philippines won 98-67. – By AZMAN GHANI/The Star

Ong Chun Khee was the top scorer for Malaysia with 23 points while Gabriel Banal contributed 16 points for the Philippines.

Apart from the defeat, there was further bad news for Malaysia when Kuek Tian Yuan was carried out of the court with a hamstring injury midway through the third quarter.

National coach Tan Kok Heng blamed his boys’ lack of focus in the third quarter for the defeat.

“I don’t know why my boys lost focus in the third quarter ... it affected our game. They also looked exhausted. Two of my players also suffered muscle pulls during the match,” said Kok Heng.

Malaysia will face Singapore today.

In an earlier match at the same venue, Thailand hammered Indonesia 82-50.

Five teams, including Singapore, are competing in the tournament and the top two will qualify for the Asian qualifying tournament in Iran in September.

RESULTS

Thailand 82 Indonesia 50.

Malaysia 67 Philippines 98.

l TODAY’S FIXTURES

Philippines vs Thailand – 6.00pm.

Singapore vs Malaysia – 8.45pm.

A Midnight in Moscow

Well call it a dawn in Asia, the Champions league final in Moscow on March 21 will be an early morning match here in Asia.

It boils down to the two premiership contenders, Chelsea vs Man United.

I was hoping for Liverpool to push to the finals because I don't want Chelsea who are build by using an endless cash flow. A team made by money to buy silverware.

Too bad the special one will watching this on TV.