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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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ASIAN FOOTBALL CUP
RP Team seeks
Ilonggos' support
BY NIDA BUENAFE
Members of the Philippine national football team called on Ilonggos to rally behind the RP booters when it sees action in the Group B qualifying stage of the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup from May 13-17 at the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo City and the Barotac Nuevo Football Plaza.
"We need all the support we can get from the crowd so I am inviting everyone to watch the games," RP team captain Emelio Caligdong, who hails from Barotac Nuevo town, Iloilo, said in a press conference Saturday.
Also present at the press conference were Filipino internationals based in England, like Phil and James Younghusband, Chad Gould and newcomer Neil Etheridge, a 6-3 goalkeeper, and US-based players Aly Borromeo and Arman del Rosario.
| Top college squads battle Top-caliber collegiate soccer action unfolds in Bacolod City starting May 19, when the 1st Carlos O. Cojuangco National Collegiate Invitational Football opens at the Panaad Stadium football pitch. Champion teams from four Visayas and Mindanao schools are participating in the invitational that will be played both at the Panaad and Bago City from May 19-25. Contesting the title are four-time undefeated UniGames national champion University of St. La Salle; top Iloilo college team Central Philippine University; 2004 UniGames champion University of Mindanao, and currently No. 1 college football squad in Negros Oriental, Foundation University. |
| Marwin eliminates USLS, Andrew Deles scored 31 points as Marwin Pawnshop eliminated University of St. La Salle in a come-from-behind win last night, 79-76, in their quarterfinals showdown to earn the right of facing top qualifier West Negros University in the semifinals of the 2008 Negros Basketball Association Mayor’s Cup Summer Basketball Tournament at the Tay Tung gym. Trailing the Stingers by eight points, 59-67, going into the final quarter of the game, Deles took charge of Marwin’s offense scoring 10 of the 20 points of his team in the final minutes while USLS only made 9 points in contrast to its 25-point third quarter surge. |
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