Gilas Pilipinas began the final stretch of its preparations for the 2023 FIBA World Cup with a rousing 85-62 victory over Ivory Coast in their closed door tuneup game at the PhilSports Arena on Friday, Aug. 18. Gilas Pilipinas and Ivory Coast pose for photo after the game (SBP Photo) ...
With less than a week before the opening tip of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup (FIBAWC), Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann reiterated his support for the country’s hosting and called on basketball-loving Filipinos to watch the games, especially Gilas Pilipinas...
Gilas Pilipinas, the country’s national basketball team, has welcomed Max's Restaurant as a key partner that will help fuel their actions in the much-anticipated global sporting event FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. (From left to right) Cignal Vice President for Content Innovations,...
MIAMI (AFP) -- United States women's team head coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned after the side's disappointing World Cup campaign, U.S Soccer said in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 17. USA's coach Vlatko Andonovski. (AFP) Twila Kilgore, who has worked as assistant coach for the past 18 months,...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has extended a special invitation to students and teachers to show their unwavering support for the Philippine basketball team throughout the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. CHED / MB Visual Content Group On behalf of CHED, Chairman Popoy De Vera has called...
MONTREAL (AFP) -- Canada's Basketball World Cup hopes have suffered a major blow with guard Jamal Murray, who helped the Denver Nuggets win the NBA title in June, pulling out of the event, saying his body needs more time to recover. Canada's Jamal Murray. (AFP) Murray averaged 21.4 points, 6.2...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- The buoyant mood across Australia abruptly burst on Wednesday, Aug. 16, when the nation was knocked out in the semifinals of the Women's World Cup by archrivals England. Australia's players react at the end of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup semifinal football...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo did the damage late on in Sydney as England shattered Australian dreams on Wednesday, Aug. 16, with a clinical 3-1 win to set up a Women's World Cup final against Spain. England's players celebrate after winning the Australia and New Zealand 2023...
To welcome the world’s biggest basketball tournament, Smart has transformed the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Ball into a giant basketball with a hoop, considered as one of the most awe-inspiring, larger-than-life basketball tributes the country has ever seen. The MOA Ball is the latest installation from...
Metro Manila and Bulacan residents are up for a four-day long weekend after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. suspended classes in public schools at all levels and work in the government in Metro Manila and Bulacan on Aug. 25, 2023, for the opening ceremonies of the FIBA Basketball World...
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Captain Millie Bright says England thrives in big games and will not be intimidated by the Sydney crowd when it face Australia in their Women's World Cup semifinal on Wednesday, Aug. 16. England's team captain Millie Bright. (AFP) England has been in this position before, in 2015...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson will try and lift his team for Saturday's third-place play-off after the "huge disappointment" of yet another Women's World Cup semifinal defeat. Sweden's forward Rebecca Blomkvist embraces Sweden's midfielder Sweden's midfielder Kosovare Asllani...
