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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, March 24, 2008 |
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Castro robbed of Olympic slot?
CADIZ PUG GETS SECOND
CHANCE VS. INDIAN
BY CEDELF TUPAS
Flyweight Godfrey Castro of Cadiz City blew his first chance of gaining the Beijing Olympics on Saturday when he lost to a boxer from Uzbekistan in a semifinal bout clouded by controversy in the Olympic boxing qualifying tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.
A press release from the Amateur Boxing Association said Castro, the only remaining Negrense boxer in contention for a slot in Beijing after Joan Tipon was bundled out in the first round, lost --- not on the ring but from dubious scoring.
With all the five judges refusing to give the 24-year-old Castro his points, the Negrense was denied his first chance to make the Olympics, after a 23-25 setback at the hands of Uzbekistan’s G. Donirayov. 
| World of Fun, KJ-CSB wrest World of Fun made history en route to the Class A title of the 8th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Cup Basketball Tournament recently. Bannered by some of the stalwarts of Valiant Bank’s successful 2007 championship drive, WOF outmaneuvered Probac in the endgame to hammer out a 75-69 win at the Po Hang Gym that capped its dominance of the six-team division last March 15. Led by Immuvit Most Valuable Player awardee Arnold Laureño, the WOF cagers finished the tournament with an immaculate 9-0 record that included five wins in the eliminations and three in the round-robin semifinals. |
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