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          Today is another significant day in the world of boxing. Floyd Mayweather will be fighting against  the famous and dreaded Saul Alvarez. The undefeated champion, Floyd who reigns in five divisions, and the lineal championships in three various weight classes, has been enormously successful in his present division. 

          Though he has been through rough roads in his life caused by a dark background being in an environment so complicated with things such as drugs, he succeded in overcoming such unhealthy situations by determination and guts thus emerging as the king in his division.

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          During his prime and still on it nowadays, he fought with the best in the boxing world such as  Arturo Gatti in June 2005, the similarly famous Zab Judah in 2006, the popular fight against Oscar de la Hoya in May 5, 2007, the overwhelming showdown against the very popular British fighter Ricky Hatton, the September 2009 clash against the Mexican fighter Manuel Marquez an dmany more.

          On the other hand, his opponent Saul Alvarez, a noted young Mexican fighter at the age of 23, who just like any Mexican fighter is thought to have the qualities of a truly Mexican warriorr such as being fierceless, determined, uncompromising, intelligent and others. He has a positive boxing record of 40 wins, 0 loss and 1 draw.

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          THE ONE, as the slugfest is being dubbed, will become another chapter in the world of boxing. Just like any arm wrestling match, the best fighter will emerge as the triumphant. Cheers for your favorite boxer as they will collide in the ring and write another chapter in the world of boxing.

FOOTY FINALS IS HERE

          As the season of winter comes to an end, there is also an atmosphere of excitement as Australia is bracing the finals of AFL (Australia Football League).  

          As a development, only eighth teams remain as hot contestants to the finals in the coming week. Some of the contending clubs are the following:

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- Hawthorn Hawks- they have a very good performance this year marked by four consecutive victories. Including in those wins is one against Sydney Swans which resulted to the latter's third loss in the past month. Some of this team's star players are Jed Anderson, Max Bailey, Lance Franklin, Cyril Rioli, Grant Virchall to name a few.

- Sydney Swans- this team which is based in Sydney is one of the eight teams this year vying for the finals seat. One of the credentials of this club is that since 1995, they are the only team which have not missed the finals in consecutive seasons. They have strong rivalries with some of the AFL teams such as St. Kilda, Brisbane Lions, and North Melbourne.

- Geelong Cats- the famous ballclub from Geelong City, which is another strong team and in fact, every year they also performed outstandingly much to the delight of the ballclub's fans. In the 2000 up to this point, the Cats have been living up to its billing as one of AFL's club favorites and strong contenders. Some of their great players are Joel Selwood, the team's captain, Jimmy Bartel, the co-captain, Joel Corey etc.

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          The rest of the eight teams are: Freemantle, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Carlton.

          These teams are on the top of their games and even though some of these clubs have stars on their teams on the injured list yet they, with the rest of the team members, are highly spirited and inspired by their supporters to go all the way to the finals. Good luck to all these remaining and exciting clubs.

WORLD OF FOOTY

          AFL- the very famous professional league of Australian football. For this footy crazed country, one could not keep the excitement especially when the footy's finals is fast approaching.

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          As of this time, AFL is nearing to its finals. Just recently one of the league's favorites, Hawthorne's Hawke, posted a win against another AFL favorite team, Collingwood Magpies. It was a tight contest and as such, it left the spectators both loyal fans of the two teams on the edged on their seats.

          AUSTRALIA FOOTBALL LEAGUE - was first established in 1896 and it was a break away group from Victorian Football Association. It started with just six clubs and during its inaugural season in 1897, it invited two more VFA clubs- St. Kilda and Carlton.

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           Thus every year, AFL fans constantly look forward to every playing date that it offers. No matter what the weather is, winter or non-winter, sunny or rainy day, the show still goes on.

WHAT A GAME!

          The recent success of GILAS PILIPINAS in the ongoing FIBA ASIA Championship as it clobbered South Korea with a 86-79 game was a sweet one not only for the team but for the whole nation.

          It is fresh in the minds of the country how South Korea broke the hearts of the Filipino people when its team defeated the Centennial team in 1998. At that time, the Philippine team was under the leadership of Coach Tim Cone. 

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          Then in 2002, the Philippne team under coach Jong Uichico dropped a heartbreaking semifinal loss to another Korean team. On that game, at the crucial stage of the game, Olsen Racela missed two crucial free throws. Consequently, it allowed Lee Sang-Min, a team's triggerman, made a long trey. 

          Another heartbreaking loss by the Philippine Team against the Korean Team happened in 2011 Fiba Asian Championship, the team under coach Rajko Toroman, lost to another Korean team while it battled for third place. 

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          Thus the recent victory of the Philippine Team against the South Korean team made it more significant as it ended its previous defeats to the Korean Team. 

          Today the Filipino cagers will battle for the championship title against another powerhouse team Iran. Yet whoever emerge as triumphant on this day's final game will eventually be remembered as heroes by all those basketball afficionados everywhere.

                       


                                                      

SUCCESS IS GREAT

          Just recently the famous England club Liverpool came to Melbourne and played against the famous Melbourne Victory. Liverpool won the game with a score of 2 against 0. After 31 minutes, Steven Gerrard stormed the defence of Melbourne Victory and made a goal. 

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          After 90 minutes of the game, another goal was scored by Liverpool this time courtesy of Luis Suarez thus completing a domination on the local team. With this development,  the spectators had mixed reactions like those who were die hard fans of Melbourne Victory, they were feeling awed through the skills showed by both team's players. While those were voting for Liverpool, they were thrilled by the win and it again showed how skillful these players in the game.

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          Indeed it is such a moment when our favorite players triumph in their game most especially when we know that they are really doing their best and play in a very fair way. Their examples will also serve as motivation in reaching our dreams in life. May our dreams come true. 

WIN OR LOSE......STILL A WINNER?

          The world of sports is composed of so many facets. And one of these is its similarity to a coin- it is composed of two parts - positive and negative. Any sport's  aim is always winning the game. Hence giving one's 100% performance in any sport is a must. No second level or lopsided performance but rather, everything should be aiming for the best. 

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          On the other hand, losing in any competition is the other side of the coin. Pain, desolation, downhearted, heartbroken and others are but some of the negative consequences of any loss. Sometimes, a player could ask himself/herself, "What went wrong with my performance? How did it happen when in fact, I have given my best shot?" Other questions could come up in one's mind yet at the very end, this unfortunate result could be a blessing in disguise and it will happen when one says the positive effect of losing.

           That instead of blaming oneself or the worse, blaming others, one will resort to retrospection and assess what needs to be improve or revised in terms of one's approach to the game.

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"Better luck next time" is always a seemed compliment afterwards yet there would always be a room for improvement in one's performance.

          Thus one of the best ways to approach any game is to look at it as a means of emerging as a winner- both in winning or losing the game. It's all in the mind after all.

SPORTS ROUND UP

          The world of sports is so vast. So many interesting events are happening every now and then. To give you some updates on this world,Just some of the recently hot news regarding sports worldwide:

          WIMBLEDOM- final round of the famous grand slam event. The remaining survivors who will slug it out in the prestigious event's finals are: Andy Murray (2) vs. Novak Djokovic (1) for the Men's finals while on the women's side, it is M. Bartoli (15) vs. S. Lisicki (23)

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          It was such a surprise finals this 2013 Wimbledom tournament sicne no top rank player has emerged triumphant. The likes of the Williams sisters, Maria Sharapova and other top rank women were eliminated fromt his year's tourney.

          TOUR DE FRANCE- just a brief  background of this prestigious event. This is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France. " This race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto. It is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organization. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except for when it is stopped for the two World wars. As the tour gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened and its reach began around the globe." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          This year's race is presently ongoing. The present standing is as follows:

1st- Daryl Impeh- team Orica greenedge

2nd- Edvald Boasson Hagen- team Team sky

3rd- Simon Gerrans- team Orica Greenedge

4th- Michael Albasini- team Orica Greenedge

5th- Michal Kwiatkowski- team Omega Pharma

          This is just the partial standing since they still have a long way to go before the final stages of the race.  There are 188 riders for this year's event. What has transpired on the race was just the 8th lap out of 21 stages. 

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          These are just some of the most prominent sports events recently. More updates will be shared in the coming days. Share your own favorite sports updates here for everyone to cherish.