The pride of Zamboanga City

 Mary Grace Delos Santos

Finishing a marathon race is like finishing a long journey, that’s the way from the student of Zamboanga City used to do it. It’s like a journey that has many obstacles along the way. Mary Grace Delos Santos a Commerce Student of Universidad de Zamboanga makes a big impression every time she joins a race, she’s one of the best female athletes. When she run in the 2008 edition of Milo marathon in Cagayan city, a motorcycle hammered her that caused her bleeding, she stops for awhile and continued to run despite the injury from the incident, she overcome it and eventually won the race.
In Cebu city, the Cebuanos considers her as the “Queen of the road”, after dominating all the races that she joins, feared is by many athletes in her event.
She’s the pride of the city of Zamboanga, and I am so proud of her accomplishments, I have known her very much, since we’ve been team members in PRISAA in Athletic sports. She’s a good friend, a good student to our sports coach. Her accomplishment gives me eagerness to write in the sports blogs praising her different success, and to inform the world that a Zamboangueña can compete against the best in the region.

Young Filipino Chess Grandmaster Making Waves in the World Chess Cup

  Wesley So

Chess is a board game played between two players; it is a famous sports in Europe, played by millions of people worldwide, at home, casinos. Clubs and etc...In all sports, in order to become a good chess player one needs to develop good mental concentration and a good sports coach.
In the chess sports books, The Philippines is known in Asia as the country to have the first asian chess grandmaster in the person of Eugene Torre. Now good news to all Filipinos around the world for having 16 year old Wesley So a high school student and the 7th grandmaster of the Philippines, is making a name for duplicating the performance of Eugene Torre on 1983. He is the main topic in all sports blogs in the internet by chess fans for reaching this far against the very best chess players around the world. So far Wesley So drawn the first to games and force a play-off against Russian Vladimir Malakhov.
Wesley So needs our prayers and our support, this is a big manifestation that Filipinos can compete against the best in the world.

The Most Anticipated Fight of the Decade

Pacquiao VS Mayweather

November 14, 2009 is the day when Manny “PACMAN” Pacquiao conquered the welterweight divisions and acquired the unprecedented title, the lone boxer that will be put in the sports books, wining seven titles in seven different weight classes. He is the most famous male athlete in the world today.
Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer of the decade, but some doubted if he is the best athlete in the sports, that’s why after he demolished Miguel Cotto many people are shouting the name of the” MONEY” Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be Pacquiao's next opponent they want to see this fight to unravel the true world’s no.1 pound-for-pound boxer of all time. Floyd Mayweather Jr., the former no.1 pound-for-pound king, retires and allows Paquiao holds his throne. Now that he is back in the sports of boxing, all he wants to do is to prove his claims that he is still the king.  And to attest to his claims, he must fight the best and that is Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao. The Pacquiao VS Mayweather fight is the hottestin the internet sports blogs.Boxing fans are watching both camps (Pacquiao and Mayweather) since they are claiming they are the legitimate pound-for-pound king. Negotiations are on the way for the fight.

NYC Marathon Highlighted by Meb Kaflezighi’s dominance

Meb Keflezighi

Athletes love to run to develop their stamina during the  games, people run for physical fitness, and many people run to increase their stamina for the purpose of competing for the so called marathon. Marathon is a long-distance running events which covers the distance of 42.195 km. it is considered to be the most famous sports in Africa most especially the Kenyan’s.
November 1, 2009 is the day when Meb Kaflezighi’s dominates the 40th New York City Marathon, one of the largest marathon events in the world. He was the first American recorded in sports books to win the race since 1982. Meb won the race against all-odds, he was criticized by people that he can’t win because he’s too old (34) and he has many injuries that resulted in his absence during Beijing games last year, to them his injuries is a career ending. The death of his friend and fellow male athlete Ryan Shay in New York in 2007 in the U.S. was an emotional time trial. But in spite of all these things he is able to prove to them that they are wrong and find ways to win.
In all sports in order for you to become successful, you must find ways to overcome the many obstacles along your ways Meb Keflezighi is a good manifestations that nothing is impossible to those who have dreams in life. “You visualize it and visualize it and when reality hits, it’s pretty sweet,” said Keflezighi.

The Reason Why Athletes Enjoy Running

In all sports, running is the basic, the simple and the most common sports, it’s a means for a person to move on foot, nowadays running has become a famous sports in which people become aware of making it a source of income by participating running events. This is one of the reasons why athletes enjoy running it’s because if they win a certain race they have money. Second reason is to become healthy, If you are new in this sports, before you run it is advisable for you to know your body structure, you must determine the proper running shoes that will suit your feet and support your form, you must consult a running sports coach to guide you. They are knowledgeable, they have the gadgets, equipments, running sports videos, for you to determined your running form or you may buy runner’s sports magazines, sports books or if your resourceful enough you may find it in the sports blogs. It’s because you want to run comfortably and with less pain. The third reason they enjoy running, it’s a means of satisfying themselves by finishing a race or completing a goal that you imposed upon yourself. There’s a lot of reason’s to be happy all I can say for me running is my happiness.

The best boxer of all time

Boxing is considered to be one of the famous sports in the world and the most popular sports in the Philippines. It is where Mohammad Ali, Evander Hollyfield, Mike Tyson, Oscar dela Hoya where known. In all sports, boxing is one of the most exciting in which people around the world are eager to watch their hero fighting on the ring. Philippines known in the world through the success of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, he is the best athletes in which the sports magazine considers him the world’s no1. Pound-for-pound boxer in the world today. Every time he step into the ring peoples in the Philippines leave their chores just to watch him fight. He is the good model to all people around the world he arose from poverty to become one of the world’s richest male athletes.  And now he is facing his ultimate test in boxing career by facing the big boxer in the name of Miguel Cotto from the Puerto Rico. But he is confident because he has a best sports coach who will guide him preparing the battle in this coming November 15, 2009. We know people around the world are excited once again to see Manny Pacquiao fight not only for himself but above all for the Filipino people.