LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- NBA top draft pick Victor Wembanyama dined with former San Antonio star guard Tony Parker as he prepared for an expected Summer League debut with the Spurs on Friday, July 7. *Victor Wembanyama. (AFP)* Jeremy Medjana, an agent for the 19-year-old French prodigy, posted an...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A 45-year-old construction worker died and his back rider was injured when their motorcycle rammed into a dump truck on the Tiaong-San Antonio National Road in Sitio Baybayin, Barangay Pury, here, on Saturday night, July 1. Police identified the victim as Erwin Manalo of...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Top NBA Draft pick Victor Wembanyama said on Friday, June 30, he felt good after his first practice with the San Antonio Spurs and received a warm welcome that excited him for actual games. *Victor Wembanyama. (AFP)* The 19-year-old Frenchman, considered the greatest NBA prospect...
SAN ANTONIO (AFP) — Victor Wembanyama's whirlwind ride as the NBA's most anticipated No. 1 draft pick since LeBron James has landed him right where he needs to be, the French phenomenon said Saturday, June 24, in San Antonio. *French basketball player Victor Wembanyama, greets the crowd...
SAN ANTONIO (AFP) -- Hundreds of San Antonio Spurs fans braved sweltering temperatures to greet Victor Wembanyama on Friday, June 23, as the French basketball prodigy and newly minted No.1 NBA Draft pick touched down in Texas. *French basketball player Victor Wembanyama arrives at San Antonio...
SAN ANTONIO (AFP) -- San Antonio Spurs fans erupted with joy on Thursday, June 22, as the club selected Victor Wembanyama with the top pick in the NBA draft to cap weeks of anticipation. *A fan displays a French basketball player Victor Wembanyama jersey after his selection as San Antonio Spurs's...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Victor Wembanyama's early NBA days will be overseen by one of the league's most legendary coaches, outspoken Gregg Popovich, who helped transform another French teen, Tony Parker, into a superstar. *San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. (AFP)* Popovich, the 74-year-old son...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, May 16, were awarded the top pick in next month's NBA draft, leaving them in pole position to land French prodigy Victor Wembanyama. *Metropolitan 92's French power forward Victor Wembanyama looks on during the French Elite basketball match...
SAN ANTONIO, Quezon – A 55-year-old businessman accidentally shot and killed his friend during a drinking spree in Barangay Callejon, here, on Tuesday afternoon, May 9. Police identified the suspect as Edilberto Iloso. Investigation said Iloso was having a drinking session with the victim,...
BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) has hosted Filipino visitors and foreign delegates while she was in Singapore for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – India Maritime Exercise (AIME) 2023, the Philippine Navy (PN) said on Sunday, May 7. (A Philippine Navy personnel engages with...
The Philippines has expressed concern over rhetoric being made on the use of nuclear weapons as it called on nuclear-weapon states to honor their disarmament obligations under a non-proliferation agreement. During the recent General Debate of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC) at the...
Highlighting the role of basketball as the Filipinos’ favorite and most popular sport, the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday, March 14, approved, subject to style and amendments, a bill seeking to declare April of every year as National Basketball Month. House Bill (HB)...
