National team slots up for grabs in taekwondo

Crack taekwondo jins who are seeking berths on the 2014 national team will see action Sunday in the Smart CPJ (Carlos Palanca Jr.) championships at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
Among the fighters who are expected to compete in kyorugi (free sparring) are Kirstie Elaine Alora and Kristopher Robert Uy.

International and local medalists will lead participants in the three-division poomsae event of the tourney supported by the Philippine Sports Commission, Smart Communications Inc., MVP Sports Foundation, PLDT, Meralco, TV 5 and Milo.

Organizing committee chairman Sung Chon Hong bares that Philippine team members will see action in the 2014 Asian Taekwondo Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the world junior and world qualifying tournament for the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games in New Taipei City, the world cadet championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and the Asian Games in Incheon, Korea.
The national poomsae team will vie for honors in the 2014 World Poomsae Championships in Mexico.

Maroons make it to football semis

University of the Philippines tripped De La Salle, 3-1, to grab the second semifinals berth while University of Santo Tomas (UST) dislodged University of the East (UE) at fourth slot with a 1-0 triumph Sunday in UAAP Season 76 men’s football at the Far Eastern University-Diliman pitch.

Fe Baya, Jinggoy Valmayor and Vincent Aguilar struck for the Fighting Maroons, who have collected 19 points for second place.
Jogi Celiz took advantage of a poor Red Warriors defense at the post and scored the marginal goal in the 73rd minute, sending the Growling Tigers to the needed three points to boost their Final Four bid.
Over at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field at Ateneo, FEU downed National University, 4-2, to formally clinch the No. 1 seeding in the semifinals with 27 points.

UST now has 14 points, two points ahead of UE, which is now in fifth place with 12 points. The Green Archers also have 14 points, but are still in third place by virtue of a higher goal differential over the Tigers. The Bulldogs are out of the Final Four race with only seven points to show.