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Marie Joe Borres pulled off a stunning victory recently in the 115th Philippine Swimming League-2nd Gov. Miraflores Swim Cup in Boracay, Aklan. 

By Jesse C. Ong  It’s all’s well that ends well for local volleyball ace Alyssa Valdez and national coach Francis Vicente. 

Colegio de San Lorenzo-V Hotel found an unlikely hero in Argie Baldevia to subdue Wang’s Ballclub-Asia Tech, 74-69, for its third straight win in the 2017 MBL Open basketball tournament at the PNP Sports Center in Camp Crame. 

Veteran Amaya Paz-Cojuangco hurdled her Dutch opponent on Thursday in the women’s individual compound knockout round of the 2017 Hyundai World Cup in Shanghai, China. 

Guest team National University was crowned women’s champion in the just-concluded National Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Championship (3rd Pedro R. Mendoza Jr. Memorial Cup) at the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City. 

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has been named as the first of seven main draw singles wild cards for this summer’s British WTA grass court events organized by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), organizers said on Thursday. 

By Jesse C. Ong  Chooks to Go, a fast-growing chain of stores selling roasted chicken and processed meat, is looking to get more seriously involved in Philippine basketball. 

Coach Georgii Genrikhovich Vagner was impressed with the country’s young talents who are taking part in the ongoing joint training sessions carrying the theme “Building Bridges Through Gymnastics” between the Philippines’ and Russia’s gymnastics federations. 

The Federation Internationale of Volleyball (FIVB) board, in its meeting last May 5, decided to recognize the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) as the official governing body of volleyball in the Philippines until its next congress in 2018 when the association is set to be given full membership. 

Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Mariano Araneta Jr. was among four officials elected to the International Football Federation (Fifa) Council during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Manama, Bahrain recently.