By MARK REY MONTEJO Crowd favorite Rhenz Abando expressed his gratitude to the fans and the Gilas Pilipinas management for giving him support and opportunity in his maiden appearance in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Rhenz Abando. (FIBA) “Mabuhay ka mahal kong Pilipinas,”...
For the second time in 45 years, the Philippines showed how much basketball meant to the whole country following its co-hosting of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. It was a homecoming of sorts for the basketball-loving nation after first hosting the tournament in 1978. FIBA secretary...
It was an ending they did not expect. Nevertheless, the triumph in Manila came as a sweet treat for their hard work. ‘Unbelievable’: Germany savors perfect run for first World Cup title. (Ali Vicoy) Germany was on cloud nine after finally winning its first Naismith Trophy courtesy...
MANILA (AFP) -- Small forward Dillon Brooks said Canada would take "good momentum" into next year's Paris Olympics after beating the United States to win bronze at the Basketball World Cup on Sunday, Sept. 10. Canada's Dillon Brooks (2nd left) and RJ Barrett react (3rd left) during the FIBA...
MANILA (AFP) -- Head coach Gordon Herbert hailed Germany's "team-first" attitude after they beat Serbia to win the Basketball World Cup for the first time on Sunday, Sept. 10, going unbeaten throughout the tournament. Germany's players celebrate after winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup final...
BARCELONA (AFP) -- Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales resigned from his post on Sunday, Sept. 10, because of the scandal caused by his kiss on the lips of a Women's World Cup player. Luis Rubiales. (AFP) The already-suspended chief sent his resignation to the federation's interim...
The family grave of family Ulma is pictured in Markowa on September 10, 2023 during the beatification of the Ulma family. A Polish couple and their seven children, murdered in 1944 by the Nazis for hiding Jews, were beatified in Poland, a first for an entire family in the Catholic Church. (Photo by...
A Russian rescuer speaks on his mobile phone next to a wall bearing an image of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's Kremlin at a polling station during local elections organised by the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on September 8, 2023. (Photo by...
US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi on September 10, 2023, on the first day of a visit in Vietnam. Biden travels to Vietnam to deepen cooperation between the two nations, in the face of China's growing ambitions in the region. (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN / AFP) HANOI, Vietnam -- US...
In this aerial view people march to conmemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende, in Santiago, on September 10, 2023. (Photo by Javier TORRES / AFP) SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chileans clashed with police Sunday and...
People carry the remains of a victim of the deadly 6.8-magnitude September 8 earthquake, in the village of Imi N'Tala near Amizmiz in central Morocco on September 10, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) PARIS, France -- Morocco said late Sunday it was accepting offers from just four countries:...
Villagers inspect the rubble of collapsed houses in Tafeghaghte, 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Marrakesh, on September 10, 2023, two days after a devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country. Moroccans on September 10 mourned the victims of a devastating earthquake that killed...
