Defending champion Bambi Zoleta may not have brought her A-game on Wednesday but her endurance, mixed with a bit of luck, was enough to turn back the less-experienced Jasmine Tan Ho, 6-4, 6-4, in the ladies singles second round of the 28th Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Open at the PCA indoor clay-shell courts in Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila.

AFTER dominating the four-nation pocket tournament in Cebu City last week, expectations are high as Nokia U-16 Team Pilipinas begins its title quest in the Fiba-Asia U-16 Men’s Championship on on Thursday at the Bandaraya Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Skippered by Ateneo hotshot Keifer Ravena, the Filipinos will be facing a dangerous Japanese squad in the last game of a seven-game opening-day schedule.

OUCH! It’s been four days since “Firepower” and I still have mental replays of Jose Miguel Cotto’s banged up face in my “daymares.”

Visions of a still-upbeat Manny Pacquiao in the postfight with his ear bandaged mummy-like because of injuries sustained from a Cotto coup certainly makes me wince a little bit more.