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Olympians Ian Lariba, Danny Florencio, and Leopoldo Cantacio along with former PBA Commissioner and Chairman Rey Marquez are among those to be paid homage by the country’s sportswriting fraternity in the special event presented by MILO, Cignal TV, and the Philippine Sports Commission.
Read moreOLYMPIAN Ian “Yan-yan” Lariba died on Sunday night, according to a statement from Philippine Table Tennis Federation President Ting Ledesma. She was 24. Lariba, 24, was stricken with leukemia, which she battled for more than a year after her Olympic stint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. She was the first Filipino to compete […]
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Read moreOlympian Ian ‘Yan-yan’ Lariba died on Sunday night after more than a year of fighting leukemia, Philippine Table Tennis Federation President Ting Ledesma said. Lariba, 24, fell ill after her Olympic stint. She was the first Filipino table tennis player who competed in the Rio Olympics two years ago. Details of her wake will be […]
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