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Old Nov 19, 2009, 08:06 PM   #4901
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Old Nov 20, 2009, 12:41 PM   #4902
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 19:46
HOSTILITIES in the Fiba-Asia U-16 Men’s Championship have yet to start, but suspicions are rife some teams may be fielding ineligible players.

In the team managers’ meeting at the New York Hotel in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, late Wednesday, executives of three Middle East countries complained that some teams brought in overaged players in the tournament, which serves as the qualifying meet for the Fiba U-17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany, next year.

Officials from Jordan, Syria and Kuwait also requested Fiba-Asia secretary-general Dato Yeoh Choo Hock to conduct bone examination on those suspected to be more than 16 years old.

They cited the incident in football where Fifa caught Nigeria fielding three players who did not meet the age requirement in the recent Fifa U-17 World Cup.

Except for passport verification, Fiba-Asia doesn’t have a strict screening process.

No particular country was mentioned, but insiders claimed that the officials were referring to China, which reportedly brought its U-19 squad instead of fielding boys born after 1993.

Parading a towering squad with an average height of six-foot-four, China is in Group A together with two Middle East countries, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and India.

“Everybody was worried about possible age-cheating,” said Nokia U-16 Team Pilipinas manager Joel Lopa, who represented the country in the two-hour meeting, along with Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) competitions committee chairman Bernie Atienza.

The Nationals already met the Chinese in a series of exhibition matches in China in June and in the Fiba three-on-three competition of the Asian Youth Games in Singapore in July.

But Philippine head coach Eric Altamirano reminded his team not to get intimidated with the taller, and possibly older, opposition and just focus on the task at hand.

Team Pilipinas played the dangerous Japanese squad at the Bandaraya Johor Bahru Stadium late Thursday with the sweet memory of its 71-59 victory in the eliminations of the second Nokia Invitational Basketball Championship in Cebu City recently.

The Filipinos, however, still need to beat Kazakhstan Friday and Bahrain Saturday to advance to the quarterfinal stage.

“We just can’t let the issue affect the morale of the boys,” Altamirano said. “Whether other teams are cheating or not is none of our business. Everybody is in high spirit. We’re here to win the crown
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Old Nov 20, 2009, 02:22 PM   #4903
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Old Yesterday, 10:51 AM   #4904
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Old Yesterday, 12:21 PM   #4905
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Sportswriters to honor UAAP, NCAA standouts

Standouts from the two collegiate leagues will be feted by the UAAP-NCAA Press Corps tomorrow in the 2009 Collegiate Dinner-Awards Party presented by Smart Sports at the Kamayan-EDSA in Greenhills.

Among the players who will receive recognition from the group of scribes covering both leagues are Ateneo’s Jai Reyes and Nonoy Baclao, Letran’s RJ Jazul, University of the East’s Paul Lee and Elmer Espiritu, San Sebastian’s Calvin Abueva and Far Eastern University’s Aldrech Ramos.

Reyes and Jazul were given the Super Senior award for their accomplishments on-and-off the court, Lee was named as the Court General, Espiritu as the Defensive Player of the Year.

Abueva, the hardworking forward of the NCAA champion Stags, won the Energy Player honors while Baclao earned the Mr. Intangibles award for his crucial role in the Blue Eagles’ second UAAP crown.

Lee and Ramos, meanwhile, earned the nod as Court General and Sudden Impact citations, respectively.

They will formally received their trophies tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in this annual awards also presented by Smart Sports and supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, Accel, FilOil-Flying V and San Miguel Corporation.

Also to be honored are San Beda Red Cubs coach Ato Badolato for retiring with 16 of the school’s 17 high school championships, FEU-Nicanor Reyes Education Foundation cager Terrence Romeo and Jose Rizal University Light Bomber Louie Vigil as the Juniors Player of the Year winners of their respective leagues.
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Old Yesterday, 03:13 PM   #4906
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Leading the long list of awardees in this special evening are Ateneo's Norman Black and San Sebastian's Ato Agustin as they will receive the Coach of the Year honors from the group of scribes covering the country's top two collegiate leagues.

University of Santo Tomas' Dylan Ababou, Jose Rizal University's John Wilson, Ateneo's Rabeh Al-Hussaini, San Sebastian's Jimbo Aquino and San Beda's Sudan Daniel will also be feted in the Collegiate Mythical Five.
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