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- Pacquiao goes to Big D; retains world title as Texas Filipinos enjoy an exciting week
- Texas Fil-Am teenager is Ringside's World Champion
- Hirvonen a class apart on Monte Carlo Rally
- Schumacher to race for Mercedes in 2010
- Senate asks to look into bitter rivalry among RP's top sports officials
- Two Filipino golfers honored by RP Ambassador to the US
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DALLAS, TEXAS -- Unbeknownst to the thousands of Filipinos who came to Dallas to watch the Pacquiao-Clottey event is a beautiful and unassuming young Filipino-American teenager in their midst who is famous in her own right. Her name is Vanessa Sansano Washington, a 17-year-old senior high student at Mansfield H.S. and lives in Arlington, Texas with her parents Carleton and Norma Washington.
Last year's World Rally Championship runner-up, Mikko Hirvonen, was the class of the field on the 2010 Monte Carlo Rally, winning the event in a new Ford Fiesta S2000 after leading from start to finish on its competitive debut.
After weeks of speculation Mercedes confirmed on Wednesday that Michael Schumacher will make a comeback to race for the team next season alongside fellow German Nico Rosberg.