HERE’S a classic good news, bad news scenario for you.

Manny Pacquiao, the Pinoy boxer who graced many sports magazine covers, landed in the cover of Readers Digest in its December issue.

Yipee!
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IF football was like boxing, and players get nicknames like “Butter Bean” or “Iron Mike,” Springdale’s Carlos Veloso will probably earn the moniker “The Stoic Assassin.”

He’s calm, composed, his passes rarely miss the target and in big games, he delivers.

For the second straight year, his goals handed his school the Cebu City Olympics secondary football crown.

Last year, Springdale ousted the twice-to-beat Abellana National School on a pair of 1-0 wins courtesy of the Stoic Assassin’s goals. This year, it’s the turn of Don Bosco College to fall.
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All pics courtesy of Dr JP.

After the Cesafi season, it’s on to the Partners Cup for the collegiate teams. Who’s its going to be? USJ-R or UV?

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All pics courtesy of Dr. JP

The University of San Jose Recoletos defended its title after a shootout win against the University of the Visayas in the Cesafi finals. It was USJ-R sixth title in eight years, reinforcing its status as the best collegiate team in Cebu.

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SPRINGDALE completed a comeback to defend its secondary crown in the Cebu City Olympics.

Trailing 1-0, Springdale got its equalizer courtesy of Carlos Veloso and the 2007 champion went on to win by shootout.

However, DBTC coach Glen Ramos protested that the goal should have been disallowed as according to them, the ball went out of bounds.

Unfortunately for them, the referee stuck to his decision.

DBTC got its chance in the elementary division as it defeated Springdale to keep the crown.

AFTER browsing the forums at www.pinoysoccer.com, I learned a rather interesting tidbit, a football team in the Cebu City Olympics was supposedly disqualified for “cheating on their ages.”

Great.
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I was informed last night that the Cesafi finals will be back to the original schedule at USC-TC, instead of the night games at CCSC.

THE University of the Visayas vs. University of San Jose-Recoletos finals will be played at the Cebu City Sports Center at night.

Though the move might give a little advantage to UV as CCSC is considered the home field, Cesafi wants to bring the finals closer to the fans.

“I know it is unlikely but we want to hold it in a venue where it is accesible to many.  We hope more people will watch the finals,” Cesafi commissioner Felix Tiukinhoy told Sun.Star Cebu

FOR the second time in six months, the Philippines was mentioned prominently in an Associated Press dispatch about the Fifa world rankings.

Last June 2008, the Azkals, (that’s the nickname of the RP football team) were the highest climber of all the 200 plus members of Fifa, climbing from 189 to 170.
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Courtesy of Sun.Star Cebu

THE two bottom teams the University of the Visayas (UV) and the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R), will be facing each other in the finals of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. football tournament after scoring an upset against their top-ranked foes in the semifinal round at the University of San Carlos (USC)-Technology Center football field yesterday.

The highly-favored University of Southern Philippines Foundation, which was the No.1 team in the tournament, was overthrown by 2005 champion UV, 1-0.
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