00:00Billiard legend Efren Bata-Reyes once again set a goal to become a sport of billiards in the Olympics.
00:07Here's Bernadette Sinoy's report.
00:12In the world of strength, billiards is one of the sports that is always awaited by fans
00:17where the Filipino billiard legend, Efren Bata-Reyes, is also considered the greatest pool player of all time.
00:24At the age of 70, he was still active in the pool matches played by The Magician
00:28and he set a goal to become a sport of billiards in the Olympics.
00:32My dream is to put billiards in the Olympics.
00:35We demonstrated before, from 1991 to 1995, that we will win, but they didn't want to.
00:43Then in 1995, there was the Masconi Cup, played by the US and Europe.
00:52Reyes also set a goal to continue the career of the new generation of billiards players in the country.
00:58When asked if Reyes will represent the country again in the International Tournament,
01:03he answered the lack of carrom players in the national team.
01:06Almost all of our carrom players are gone.
01:11All of them died.
01:13The kids don't want to play carrom.
01:16They want to play pool because the money is there.
01:19That's why there's no carrom.
01:20All the carrom is for the elderly.
01:23If there are no players, I'm still the one who chooses to play,
01:26especially in the sea games.
01:28There are no other players, just me.
01:30As a tribute to The Magician,
01:33the inaugural Reyes Cup will be held this month in Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
01:38Bernadette Kinoy, for Pambansan TV, in the new Philippines.
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