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It’s confirmed. Jessica Sanchez will join the fourth season of “Glee”.

Entertainment website TVLine.com reported on Monday (Tuesday morning, Manila time) that the “American Idol” runner-up “has closed a deal” to be a part of the popular musical series but provided no further details.

“Glee” creator Ryan Murphy confirmed the news on Twitter for the website’s reporter and shared an idea on the same post.

PETRON rookie June Mar Fajardo and Ateneo center Greg Slaughter, two celebrated big men owing to their size and skill, are not yet ripe for big international events like the Fiba-Asia men’s championships, according to former national coach Rajko Toroman.

While insisting he was not trying to put down Smart Gilas 2.0 coach Chot Reyes’ efforts to beef up the national squad for next year’s Fiba Asia men’s in Beirut, Toroman said he believes Fajardo and Slaughter have a long way to go before they can hold their own against against Asia’s best big men.

Despite a heartbreaking exit for the San Sebastian Stags in the semifinals of NCAA Season 88, Ian Sangalang has made his mark in Philippine basketball.

He is set to win the league’s Most Valuable Player award after teammate Calvin Abueva was rendered ineligible for the award due to a disqualifying foul earlier this season. Sangalang topped the rest of the league in statistics and was an awesome force in the middle for the Stags all season.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Neither size nor toughness could save Stephan Bonnar from Anderson Silva. 

Silva, who stepped up to light heavyweight to save the injury-rattled UFC 153, brazenly took Bonnar's best shots before launching a knee that crumpled "The American Psycho" in the first round. 

MANILA, Philippines – Fighting congressman Manny Pacquiao has extended his fight contract with Top Rank Inc., giving the firm the exclusive rights to promote his fights until 2014.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said they have reached a deal with Pacquiao while the latter was in the US last September for a promotional tour of his fourth fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.

MANILA, Philippines – Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire solidified his status as one of the top boxers in the super bantamweight division after beating Japanese boxer Toshiaki Nishioka in their title unification bout Saturday at the Home Depot Center in California (Sunday in Manila).

Donaire outclassed Nishioka with superior speed and timing and negated the Japanese’s attacks with his counter-punching.

Nonito Donaire is ready to rumble. So is Toshiaki Nishioka.

Donaire and Nishioka face off Saturday night (Sunday noon in the Philippines) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California with the mythical title of world’s best 122-pounder more important that the Filipino-American’s World Boxing Organization crown.

Donaire weighed in at 121.6 lbs during the official weighin at the Manhattan Beach Marriot, while Nishioka came in at 121.8 lbs.