Bogdan Bogdanovic started out hot and the rest of his team put on the finishing touches as Serbia clobbered Lithuania, 87-68, to advance to the semifinals of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Bogdan Bogdanovic stretches for a layup against the...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Barangay Ginebra forward Christian Standhardinger defended Scottie Thompson after critics cited the latter's performance for Gilas Pilipinas in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Screenshot from Christian Standhardinger's Instagram story. ...
By MARK REY MONTEJO South Sudan’s Nuni Omot apologized to Serbian forward Borisa Simanic after the latter needed his kidney to be removed following an elbow hit in the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Wednesday, Aug. 30. South Sudan's Nuni Omot....
MANILA (AFP) -- Serbia's Borisa Simanic has undergone surgery to remove a kidney after being injured at the Basketball World Cup. Borisa Simanic. (FIBA) Simanic had an operation in a Manila hospital after being hit by a South Sudan player's elbow during a pool game last Wednesday, Aug. 30. ...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas still has its hands full with the hosting of the final phase of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup that it cannot make a decision right now regarding the resignation of Chot Reyes and the future of Gilas Pilipinas. SBP president AL Panlilio (Noel...
The Sibol national team emerged as the biggest winners among 111 countries in the IESF World Esports Championships after copping a gold medal in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang event and silver in Tekken in Iasi, Romania. David "Flaptzy" Canon celebrates while holding the IESF MLBB...
MOSCOW, Russia - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after talks Monday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ankara was against alternative proposals to last year's Ukraine grain agreement, which Moscow scuppered in July. Both Ukraine and Russia have aired rival plans to start...
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe. He also...
ATHENS , Greece - Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the massive blaze that has been raging for two weeks in the Dadia National Park in northeastern Greece, authorities said Monday. Classified by experts as a "megafire", the blaze raging in Dadia has so far destroyed more than 81,000...
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on February 5, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On september 3, 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky nominated politician Rustem Umerov to replace Oleksiy Reznikov as Kyiv's defence minister, in...
MADRID, Spain - Two people died and one was missing on Monday after heavy rains lashed Spain, triggering flash floods that forced the closure of Madrid metro lines and high-speed rail links. This photograph shows rubbles on a river bed in the town of Aldea del Fresno, in the Madrid region on...
By MARK REY MONTEJO The Dominican Republic may have fallen short in advancing to the finals phase of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, but star big man Karl-Anthony Towns was proud of his team's performance in the biggest stage of the sport. Karl-Anthony Towns. (Noel Pabalate) Towns...
