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Eumir Marcial guns for a seat in the finals and an outright berth in the Olympics when he climbs the ring Wednesday (Oct. 4) night in the semifinals of men’s boxing in the 2023 Asian Games.
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The Pacquiaos made the 16th birthday celebration of their daughter, Mary Divine Grace, sweeter by having South Korean rapper, Eunhyuk. A video showing the rapper singing at the Pacquiao residence in Makati spread like wildfire on social media with Pacquiao spotted in the video as well.
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Carlo Paalam joined Eumir Marcial in the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games boxing competitions, beating Uulu Munarbek Seiitbek of Kyrgyzstan in a back-and-forth fight at the Hangzhou gymnasium on Saturday, Sept. 30.
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Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines faces top seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in an early clash between the top contenders in the women’s 57 kg class at the 2023 Asian Games on Friday, Sept. 29.
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After producing the country’s first medal, taekwondo suffered big losses for the third straight day in the 2023 Asian Games.
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The national judo squad will go home without a single medal after it bowed to Thailand in the Round of 16 of the mixed team event of the 19th Asian Games at the Xiaohan Linpu Gymnasium.
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Mark Ashley Fajardo was outclassed by Chinese Wang Xiangyang, 5-0, to advance in the Round of 16 of the men’s 63.5 kg at the Hangzhou gymnasium.
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Carlo Paalam steered clear of the danger before sneaking in the precise hits that counted to defeat Jordan’s Mohammad Jajeh Abu in their opening bout at the 19th Asian Games.
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Filipino Taekwondo jins failed to hit their stride on the third playing day of competitions in the19th Asian Games.
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The Philippines lost another top medal hopeful after Tokyo Games veteran Kurt Barbosa dropped his opening round match to Uzbekistan’s Omonjon Otajonov at the start of taekwondo’s Kyorugi (free sparring) event in the 19th Asian Games.