Manny V. Pangilinan Manny V. Pangilinan believes everyone, including himself, is accountable for the situation that led to the sudden coaching change in Gilas Pilipinas three weeks before plunging into action in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Pangilinan, speaking for the first time since Chot Reyes...
Photo from FIBA The composition of the Gilas Pilipinas roster for this month’s FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers window will be tackled Friday, Feb. 4 in a special board meeting. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial and representatives of the 12 ballclubs will discuss plans proposed by coach Chot Reyes,...
Photo from AFC Sarina Bolden said the national women’s football team’s successful bid to secure a historic berth in the FIFA Women’s World Cup was a product of a winning mentality that was lacking in past campaigns. Bolden saw the transformation during the ongoing AFC Women’s Asian Cup with...
Chot Reyes (Photo from FIBA) Chot Reyes will return to his familiar role as coach of Gilas Pilipinas in time for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas announced late Monday, Jan. 31. The SBP said Reyes was brought back to call the shots after Tab Baldwin...
Photo from AFC Olivia McDaniel was glad to step up on both sides during a tense penalty shootout that ended with the national women’s football team securing a spot in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The stocky goalkeeper had two saves late in the shootout while also keeping the Pinay booters’...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Jan. 31, congratulated the Philippines’ women’s football team as it punches its way to a historic appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC), the first Philippine team to do so. (Photo from AFC) The Malditas won in penalty over Chinese Taipei in the...
Photo from FIBA A limited number of team passes for the games of Gilas Pilipinas for next year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup will be sold online starting March 1. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas said in a press release Wednesday, Jan. 26 that 1,100 passes will be made available under an...
Argentina's Lionel Messi (center) drives the ball past Brazil's Fred (left) and Eder Militao during their South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, on November 16, 2021. (AFP) Argentina qualified...
Filipino-Japanese forward Matthew Aquino was named in Japan’s national team pool for the first window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, the B.League announced on Monday, Nov. 15. Matthew Aquino (right) was named to Japan's national team pool. (Photo from B.League) The former National University...
France's forward Kylian Mbappe (right) vies with Kazakhstan's defender Aleksandr Marochkin during the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification football match between France and Kazakhstan at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on November 13, 2021. (AFP) World champions France booked its place at next...
Alen Stajcic An Australian coach who guided his country to two FIFA Women’s World Cup appearances and a quarterfinals berth in the Olympics will call the shots for the national women’s football team. The Philippine Football Federation announced Tuesday, Oct. 26 the hiring of Alen Stajcic for...
Photo from FIBA The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is looking forward to the hosting of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers under a bubble setup in February. SBP president Al Panlilio said the experience of staging the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers last June will help a great deal in trying to...
