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Philippine Showbiz Today
May 8 - 21, 2017
La Salle takes Game 1 vs Ateneo
De La Salle University’s Kim Fajardo and Majoy Baron blocks a spike from Ateneo
de Manila University’s Mich Morente. | philstar.com/Efigenio Toledo IV
It took them three tries, but
the De La Salle University Lady
Spikers finally had their archrivals’
numbers.
The Lady Spikers proved
that the Finals is a different beast
as they disposed the Ateneo de
Manila University Lady Eagles, 21-
25, 29-27, 25-22, 25-20, in Game
One of the UAAP 79 women’s
volleyball tournament finals at the
Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Cubao,
Tuesday.
La Salle shrugged off a first set
meltdown with team captain Kim
Fajardo orchestrating the defending
Volleyball
SPORTS
champion’s offense.
Tin Tiamzon led the Lady
Spikers with 15 points.
The Lady Eagles swept La Salle
in the elimination round scoring two
four-set victories.
Game Two will be on Saturday
at the same venue. (L. Siykioco, PS) ●
Butch: PSC focus is on grassroots
PHILIPPINE Sports Commission
Chairman William “Butch” Ramirez
urged some 50 regional and program
sports coordinators of the Philippine
Sports Institute to be men and
women of legacy as he also shared
his fundamental beliefs to them
during the two-day coordinators’
meeting held April 26 and 27 at the
PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.
Ramirez said that since PSI,
created to address President Rodrigo
R. Duterte’s mantra of making sports
available to all relative to R.A. 6847
or the PSC Act, the work of PSI
coordinators is a “very serious job.”
“We will focus on grassroots
sports. For the first time in 27 years,
the PSC will now have a genuine
grassroots sports program. Go out
of the box, be imaginative. Make
yourself a person of legacy. Bahagi
ka sa istorya ng Philippine sports,”
Ramirez said.
He also bared his core values
and beliefs that he also wants the
coordinators to also embrace such as
compassion, humility, competence,
integrity, commitment and urgency
to serve with conviction.
The PSC chief also reiterated
that making sports accessible to
the countryside is the President’s
directive, thus, he would want all
regional coordinators to also focus on
collaborations with local government
units and other stakeholders to start
grassroots sports in their respective areas.
According to the official website,
Vladimir Kramnik beat Pavel Eljanov
in 63 moves of a Catalan Opening.
Kramnik finished in a three-way
tie with So and Topalov for second
to fourth.
But Kramnik finished at no. 2
on a better tiebreak record.
Topalov is at fourth.
So stayed at no. 2 in the world
rankings and he has an ELO rating
2812, which is down by 2.8.
Kramnik inched closer to So with
2809.9, followed by Fabiano Caruana with 2807.3.
In other games,
Sergey
Karjakin
drew with Teimour
Radjabov in 42
moves of a Queen’s
Gambit Declined to
finished with a share
of fifth to seventh
positions with 4.5
points. (P. Atencio,
MS) ●
“In creating a vibrant and
healthy citizens as stipulated in
R.A. 6847, we need to implement
programs in the grassroots level and
these need need not be expensive.
We can have sports programs and
make use of the streets or parks or
So takes third place
WESLEY So drew his final game
against Indian grandmaster Pentala
Harikrishna to finish third in the
Shamkir Chess-Gashimov Memorial
2017.
So split his point with Harikrishna
in 45 moves of a King’s Indian Attack
in the final round.
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who
ranked no. 10 in the FIDE ratings,
took the crown with 5.5 points
after he drew with Veselin Topalov
in 41 moves of a Queen’s Gambit
Declined.
shorelines or rivers in making sports
available for children, adults and
seniors,” he said.
Ramirez added that investing on
Filipinos, particularly children, is the
real gold mine and not the Olympics,
although he said that the PSC Board
will stand by its commitment to
support national athletes from the
Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian
Games this year to the Tokyo 2020
Olympics.
“This is the highway we’re
taking in Philippine sports. What
we’re doing is for the children and
the motherland. We can all be a part
of this historical journey of Philippine
sports and together leave a legacy we
can all be proud of,” said Ramirez.
PSC Commissioners Charles
Raymond
A.
Maxey,
Ramon
Fernandez, Celia Kiram and Arnold
Agustin were also in attendance
along with PSI national training
director Marc Edward Velasco and
his deputy Henry Daut. Members of
the PSC management committee,
composed mainly of the agency’s
department heads, were also present.
(MS sports) ●
Chess