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By Joel D. PinarocEfren “Bata” Reyes, perhaps the greatest billiards player of all time, remains one of the very few world-class Filipino athletes to continually put the Philippines on the global map.
The story of the poor Pampanga lad who learned to play the game by working as a poll hall gaffer [...]

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So much happening in the world of Pinoy sports but so little time. Thus, we hatched the daily Pinoy sports roundup coz we are all busy folks! Today we got some snuff on billiards, poker, corporate golf and of course BASKETBALL!

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DOHA, Qatar – Finally, the Philippines’ medal quest in the 15th Asian Games here produced a different color — GOLD.
Day 12 of the Doha Asiad turned out to be a joyous one for Team RP Tuesday with another Filipino athlete delivering a golden performance, just a few hours after the country first quenched its gold [...]

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THE weather wasn’t exactly in a partying mood when Ronnie Alcano, the country’s newest pool pride, arrived in his rain-drenched hometown in Calamba, Laguna Thursday morning.

It doesn’t matter, though. The rest of his fellowmen were unmindful of the gloomy skies anyway.

In the end, not even strong rain succeeded in dampening the mood of Calamba residents [...]

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AND the hits just keep on coming.
Thanks to a guy named Ronnie Alcano, planet Earth is virtually assured of a bigger and better RP hosting of the World Pool Championship (WPC) next year.
Just barely two days after the 34-year-old Alcano’s stunning WPC finals victory over fancied German Ralf Souquet gave the Filipinos a big-time reason [...]

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