BY NIDA BUENAFE (www.visayandailystar.com)
Bacolod Tay Tung High School and University of St. La Salle Green face an acid test this weekend as both teams hope to improve its record in the Panasoni Cup 10 Under games at the BTTHS Po Hang gym in Bacolod City.
After a frustrating weekend for Mike Lim Basketball Clinic-Stallions and High [...]

BY NIDA BUENAFE  (www.visayandailystar.com)
Hauling big points from the pool and cornering the championship in boys and girls archery, secondary girls badminton, and elementary basketball, NOPSSCEA athletes are piling up points to fortify its bid for overall honors in the 2008 Palarong Panlalawigan in Bacolod City.
Led by its swimmers, who bagged 21 golds and 16 silver [...]

MANILA – Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has refused to be drawn on whether he would take on Ricky “Hitman” Hatton next after demolishing Oscar De La Hoya at the weekend.
Pacquiao pounded De La Hoya into likely retirement in Las Vegas on Sunday, setting up what could be a mega-bucks payday with Hatton – who [...]

BY NIDA BUENAFE (www.visayandailystar.com)
Shouts of jubilation vibrated all over the BAYS Center in Bacolod City as the crowd of about 5,000 witnessed how Manny Pacquiao beat to the proverbial pulp the “Golden Boy” of the boxing world, Oscar De la Hoya, who called it quits after eight rounds of punishment from the Filipino champ in [...]

MANILA – Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao yesterday said he was focused and ready for his weekend “Dream Match” with American Oscar de la Hoya.
Pacquiao, the World Boxing Council lightweight champion who is acknowledged as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, said he was “ready and excited” going into Sunday’s fight (Manila time), against the much [...]

BY NIDA BUENAFE (www.visayandailystar.com)
Ranked among the world’s top duo in badminton, the brother-and-sister tandem of Kennevic and Kennie Asuncion heads for Bacolod City this weekend to topbill the elite list of shuttlers seeing action in the 11th Albee’s Cup Invitational Tournament at Pohang Badminton Center in Bacolod City.
The tournament also draws participation from Indonesia’s  outstanding [...]

 BY NIDA BUENAFE (www.visyayandailystar.com)
The world’s top-ranking badminton players will pit talents against outstanding local shuttlers when the 11th Albee’s Cup Badminton Tournament opens Dec. 5, at the Pohang Badminton Center, along Dr. Pablo O. Torre Street in Bacolod City.
Leading the pack vying for the top honor in men’s singles is Thailand’s Boonsak, ranked No. 16 [...]

BY HERNAN L. GARCINIEGO (www.visayandailystar.com)
Santos Petroleum–Iloilo scored its second straight victory by trouncing Dumaguete SUY, 80-65, while IEC Computers collected its first win over winless 888 Chinatown, 78-71, in the second playing date of the National Basketball Training Center-Western Visayas Developmental League at the St. John’s Activity Center in Bacolod City.
Orly Pelopero, Sean Lucero and [...]