Guiao: This is sabotage

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PHILIPPINE National Team coach Yeng Guiao is furious over the last-minute cancellation of his team’s two-game series against the Puerto Rican champion club team Capitanes de Aracibo scheduled for Feb. 21 and 24.

French rider wins last stage

By Arman Armero
KUALA LUMPUR—French rider Yohann Gene of Bbox Bouygues Telecom saved his best for last, outsprinting Mattia Gavazzi of Diquigiovanni-Androni to rule the KL Criterium Stage 7 which capped the seven-stage Le Tour de Langkawi 2009 here.

Burger Kings face Sta. Lucia in opener

THE new-look Air21 Express, now carrying the banner of Burger King under national coach Yeng Guiao, kicks off the Motolite-Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Cup against Sta. Lucia Realty in an out-of-town showdown in Dumaguete City on Feb. 28.

Australians dominate hobie contest

AS expected, Australian sailors Bob Engwirda and Bradley Wilson ruled the Fairways and Blue Water-10th Philippine Hobie Challenge, lording it over the field for the fifth straight time.

Gerry predicts late-round KO

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WORLD Boxing Organization bantamweight champion Gerry Peñalosa is looking to a late-round knockout win over Mexican German Meraz in an important 10-round tune-up fight as a stepping stone for his career- defining battle with WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez on April 25 in Puerto Rico.

An extraordinary series

By Ronnie Nathanielsz
WHILE we can certainly understand the euphoria of Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner Sonny Barrios and the pro league’s finance people over the reported Game 7 crowd of 18,388, which included that charming basketball fan, US Ambassador Kristie Kenney, to us it was not the crowd or the revenues derived that mattered as much as the way the series was played.