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Chris Barnes with USA's fifth gold medal from the Masters
USA dominates Masters finals

21st August, Munich: Team USA travel home with a huge haul of medals from their outing in the 2010 World Men's Championships at the Dream Bowl Palace and cross the Atlantic with a total five gold, one silver and four bronze medals. More...

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The unbeatable Americans winning their third gold
Third gold for United States

20th August, Munich: United States clinched their third gold medal of the World Men's Championships 2010 after edging Finland in a thrilling five-player team finals in front of a packed house at Dream Bowl Palace on Friday evening. More...

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Colombia going through their paces in the second block
Top spot not good enough

20th August, Munich: Ending Squad 2 second block of the five-player team in pole may not get the Colombians a spot in the top four positions of the World Men's Championship 2010 final shootout as the teams in the second block are much stronger. More...

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Colombia clinching pole and breaking into the top 4
Colombia clinches Squad 2 pole

19th August, Munich: World Games Singles champion Manuel Otalora led his team-mates, Jamie Enrique Monroy, Jorge Romero, Fabio Garcia and Andres Gomez to clinch pole in the second squad of the five-player team event at the World Men's Championships 2010. More...

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Team USA easily taking the first squad
A stroll in the park for USA

19th August, Munich: It was a stroll in the park for the Team USA pro bowlers as they cruised to the lead of the World Men's Championships 2010 five-player team event in the opening squad of the first block on Thursday. More...

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Rhino Page, Wes Malott and Patrick Allen celebrate victory
Second fourth seed takes victory

18th August, Munich: A second fourth seed, Patrick Allen, Rhino Page and Wes Malott took victory in the Trios finals after they out-classed third-seed, Mexico 650-514 to win a second gold medal for USA at the World Men's Championships 2010. More...

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Hung Kun-Yi, Cheng Hsing-Chao and Wu Hao-Ming topping Squad 1
Taiwanese takes last squad

18th August, Munich: Chinese Taipei's Cheng Hsing-Chao, Hung Kun-Yi and Wu Hao-Ming took the last squad with a mesmerizing performance to qualify for the World Men's Championships 2010 Trios final shootout in second position. More...

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Biboy Reivera, Raul Miranda and Chester King of the Philippines
No change from Squad 3

18th August, Munich: There was no change in the standings of the Trios event of the World Men's Championships 2010 after the Squad 3 completed their second block as leader Philippines failed to make the top four. More...

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Jones, O'Neill and Barnes setting a new 3-game record
Americans revel in second block

18th August, Munich: American trios of Tommy Jones, Bill O'Neill and Chris Barnes revelled in the second block of the World Men's Championships 2010 Trios event on Wednesday to become the new leader. More...

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French trio, Anthony Fabre, Alain Nicolas and Xavier Lotthe
No inroads from third squad

17th August, Munich: No country was able to make any inroads to break into the top four of the Trios first block qualifying round of the World Men's Championships 2010 after the third and final squad. More...

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Squad 2 leader, Joonas Jahi, Pasi Uotila and Petteri Salonen
Leader misses top four

17th August, Munich: Finland's Joonas Jahi, Petteri Salonen and Pasi Uotila failed to break into the current top four positions of the Trios qualifying round at the World Men's Championships 2010 despite topping the second squad. More...

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Squad 1 leader, Alex Liew, Muhamad Syafiq and Aaron Kong
Malaysia sets trios benchmark

17th August, Munich: Doubles silver medalist, Alex Liew led his team-mates, Muhamad Syafiq Ridhwan and Aaron Kong set a 3-game benchmark of 1964 in the first block of the Trios event of the World Men's Championships 2010 over the long oil pattern. More...

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Mathais Arup and Martin Paulsson with Sweden's first gold
Sweden takes narrow win

16th August, Munich: Top seed, Martin Paulsson and Mathais Arup took a narrow victory over No. 2 seed, Malaysia in the Doubles final match to give Sweden their first gold medal of the World Men's Championships 2010 on Monday evening. More...

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Mads Sandaebekken and Tore Torgersen missing the cut
No takers in final squad

16th August, Munich: There were no takers in the final squad of the Doubles event at the World Men's Championships 2010 although Norway and Greece, who shared the lead, came close to toppling fourth-placed Americans but missing by 38 pins. More...

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Germany's Bodo Konieczny and Jens Nickel topping Squad 4
Germany snatches third spot

16th August, Munich: Host nation's Bodo Konieczny and Jens Nickel turned in a spirited German performance in the fourth squad of the World Men's Championships 2010 to snatch third spot in the overall standings from the Americans. More...

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American pair of Bill O'Neill and Chris Barnes
American pair tops Squad No. 3

15th August, Munich: Singles gold and bronze medalists, Bill O'Neill and Chris Barnes of USA topped the third squad of the World Men's Championships 2010 Doubles event but only finished fourth overall. More...

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Double left-handers, Muhd Nur Aiman and Alex Liew
Malaysia shines in second squad

15th August, Munich: Malaysian pair of southpaws, Muhd Nur Aiman and Alex Liew shone in the second squad of the World Men's Championships 2010 Doubles event to trail the opening squad leader, Sweden by 53 pins. More...

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Swedes, Mathais Arup and Martin Paulsson taking Squad 1
Sweden takes first squad

15th August, Munich: Sweden's Martin Paulsson and Mathais Arup took the opening squad as the World Men's Championships shifts to the Doubles event ahead of the strong American pair in second and Korean pair third. More...

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Bill O'Neill with USA's first gold medal
American wins first gold

14th August, Munich: Debutant and No. 4 seed, Bill O'Neill defeated No. 2 seed, Choi Bok-Eum of Korea, 244-202 in the Singles finals to win USA's first gold medal at the World Men's Championships 2010. More...

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The Top 4 finalists of the Singles shootout
Status quo after final squad

14th August, Munich: The top 4 before the last squad of the Singles qualifying round in the World Men's Championships 2010 advanced into the final shootout as UAE's Sayed Ibrahim Al-Hashimi missed the cut by 4 pins despite topping Squad 5. More...

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Dominic Barrett snatching top spot in the final game
Top 4 changes in Squad 4

14th August, Munich: The fourth squad saw changes in the top four positions of the overall standings in the Singles event of the World Men's Championships 2010 as Dominic Barrett of England shot into the lead while American, Chris Barnes recorded the second 300. More...

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Pasi Uotila scoring the first perfect game
Finn shoots first 300 for lead

13th August, Munich: Finland's Pasi Uotila shot the first perfect game of the Wolrd Men's Championships en-route to topping the third and final Singles squad of the day to become the new overall leader on Friday. More...

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Fujii Nobuhito topped Squad 2 to become the new leader
Japanese takes over lead

13th August, Munich: Another championship debutant, Fujii Nobuhito gave the Japanese camp plenty to cheer about as he overtook the lead in the Singles event of the World Men's Championship by topping the second squad. More...

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Debutant, Cho Young-Seon taking the first squad
Korean sets benchmark

13th August, Munich: Championship debutant, Cho Young-Seon set the benchmark of 1324 in the opening squad of World Men's Championship Singles event ahead of Gabriel Sanchez of Puerto Rico in second and Petteri Salonen of Finland third. More...

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Teams lined up after the marchpast
Opening kicks off world meet

12th August, Munich: The official opening ceremony held at the Dream Bowl Palace in Unterfφhring near Munich on Thursday evening marked the start of the World Men's Championships with a record turnout of 65 countries. More...

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Bowlers going through their paces during their unofficial practice
World bowlers converge on Munich

11th August, Munich: A total of 358 bowlers and officials from 66 countries have converged on Unterfφhring near Munich, for the World Men's Championships which will kick off with the official practice and opening ceremony on Thursday. More...

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Hong Kong harbour by night
Hong Kong to host WWC 2011

11th August, Munich: Hong Kong has just been awarded the host of the World Women Championship 2011 by the WTBA Presidium at the end of the second day of the congress meeting at Feringa Park Hotel. More...

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Kim Ju-Young and Kim Yeon-Ju with their gold medals
Korea sweeps Masters titles

1st August, Helsinki: Korea swept the Masters titles of the World Youth Championsip 2010 as Kim Yeon-Ju made a great comeback to win the Girl's title while Kim Ju-Young defeated team-mate Shin Seung-Hyeon to claim the Boy's crown. More...

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Top seed, Kim Moon-Jeong eying her second individual gold
Korea steals limelight in Masters

31st July, Helsinki: Korea stole the limelight in the Masters finals of the World Youth Championship 2010 as they continued to display their superiority by taking two out of four spots in the Girl's semi-finals and three in the boy's division. More...

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Korean boys winning their first gold
Korea celebrates Team double

31st July, Helsinki: Korea underlined their dominance to celebrate a Team double by winning the Boy's and Girl's Team gold medals of the World Youth Championship 2010 at Tali Bowl on Saturday. More...

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Estonia upstaging the favorites to take pole
Estonia upstages favorites

30th July, Helsinki: Estonia's Vallo Lees, Kristjan Leisner, Ulari Lees and Kert Truus upstaged the favorites Korea and USA to advance into the World Youth Championship 2010 Team semi-finals as top seed. More...

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Team USA in a strong position
Team USA grabs lead

29th July, Helsinki: Team USA put in a great performance in the second squad to grab the lead in the World Youth Championship 2010 from Squad 1 leader, Korea with a 57 pins margin after the first block. More...

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Malaysia leading the Team first block
Malaysia turns up at team

29th July, Helsinki: After firing blanks in the past two events at the World Youth Championship 2010, Malaysian girls finally turned up during the Team of Four to lead the field after the first block on Thursday. More...

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Junior Team USA with their silver and gld medals
American boys dominate doubles

28th July, Helsinki: Junior Team USA dominated the Boy's Doubles finals of the World Youth Championship 2010 by earning the gold and silver medals at Tali Bowl on Wednesday with Korea and Malaysia sharing for the bronze. More...

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Laura Fonnegra and Maria Jose Rodriguez with their medals
High scoring victory for Colombians

27th July, Helsinki: Laura Fonnegra and Maria Jose Rodriguez of Colombia won the Girl's Doubles gold medal of the World Youth Championship 2010 in a high scoring and narrow victory over Singapore in the finals at Tali Bowl on Tuesday. More...

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Adam Cairns on the top podium with his gold medal
England takes gold

26th July, Helsinki: Fourth-seed, Adam Cairns of England turned in a superb performance to take the Boy's Singles gold medal of the World Youth Championship 2010 after defeating top seed, Park Jong-Woo in the semi-finals and second-seed, Sam Cooley in the finals. More...

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Park Jong-Woo in action during
the second squad
Korean on a hot streak

26th July, Helsinki: Korean Park Jong-Woo was on a hot streak taking over the lead of the Boy's Singles of the World Youth Championship 2010 after the second squad as Malaysia's Syimir Abdul Razak shot the championship's first perfect game. More...

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Kim Yeon-Ju with coach, Byun Ho-Jin
First gold to Korea

25th July, Helsinki: Korea underlined their prowess by winning the first gold medal of World Youth Championship 2010 after second-seed Kim Yeon-Ju easily defeated Brittni Hamilton of USA, 192-155 in the final. More...

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Course conductor, Bill Hoffman from USBC
ABF-USBC Coach Accreditation Programme

22nd July, Hong Kong: Asian Bowling Federation is pleased to announce that it will be conducting the ABF-USBC Level I, Bronze and Silver Level Coach Accreditation Programme on August 27 to September 6 at Blu-O Piyarom Bowling Centre in Bangkok. More...

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Participants on the lanes for their practical
ABF-Kegel Lane Inspection Course

19th July, Jakarta: A Lane Inspection Course, co-organized by Asian Bowling Federation and Kegel Inc. USA and conducted by technical engineer Herman Glenn, kicked off at Jaya Ancol Bowling Centre on. More...

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Indonesia leg champions, Vanessa Fung and Jason Belmonte
Narrow victories for Aussie, Hong Kong lass

18th July, Jakarta: PBA pro bowler, Jason Belmonte of Australia and Hong Kong national bowler, Vanessa Fung took narrow victories in the ABF Tour Indonesia leg at Jaya Ancol Bowling Centre on Sunday evening. More...

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Champions, Hsieh Jing Liang and Zatil Iman
Victories to top seeds

17th July, Jakarta: Top seeds, Hsieh Jing Liang of Chinese Taipei and Zatil Iman of Malaysia ended the 8th Indonesia International Open with victories in the Men's and Women's Open Masters finals at Ancol Bowling Centre on Saturday evening. More...

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