By MARK REY MONTEJO China’s naturalized player Kyle Anderson is bracing for an intriguing duel with an old friend and former collegiate rival Jordan Clarkson of Gilas Pilipinas in their FIBA Basketball World Cup classification game on Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Smart Araneta...
Taking care of the last two games in the classification round to boost its Paris Olympics chances wouldn’t come easy for Gilas Pilipinas especially being pitted against two formidable foes in South Sudan and China. (From left) China's Zhou Qi, Gilas' Jordan Clarkson and South Sudan's...
JUBA (AFP) -- As the final whistle rang out, signaling South Sudan's defeat to Serbia and its elimination from the Basketball World Cup on Wednesday, Aug. 30, diehard fan Deng Makuc said he was disappointed but proud. South Sudan's players celebrate during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group B...
Gilas Pilipinas found itself on a collision course with Asian rival China and top African team South Sudan in what is seen to be a pair of fiery final two games for the host in the classification round for 17-32 spots in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Zhou Qi will be pitted against Kai Sotto and AJ Edu...
Jordan is optimistic of pulling off a surprise in the classification round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup as it hopes to become the best-placed Asian team and earn an outright berth to the Olympics next year. Jordan's Malek Kanaan handles the ball during match against USA on Wednesday, Aug. 30....
By MARK REY MONTEJO South Sudan's shifty guard Sunday Dech is looking forward to reuniting with Gilas Pilipinas big man Kai Sotto. South Sudan's Sunday Dech. (FIBA) Dech, who played alongside Sotto for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League in Australia, expressed his...
Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player Jordan Clarkson was fairly surprised and impressed by his teammates' showing despite their winless campaign in the group stage of the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Five years since the NBA star debuted as a reinforcement for Gilas at the Asian Games in 2018, things haven't...
CHAMPIONS’ TABLE Holding the champion’s cup, celebrating this milestone with the rest of the culinary arts team are Marriott Hotel Manila executive chef, “The BIG Chef” Meik Brammer and Newport World Resorts president and CEO Kingson Sian Newport World Resorts’ culinary powerhouse from...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis revealed Wednesday he will publish an update to his seminal 2015 thesis on the environment in October, just weeks before the next round of UN climate talks. The 86-year-old pontiff earlier this month mentioned plans to write a second part of "Laudato Si" but...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur rejected Wednesday a new Chinese map that claims waters off Malaysia's coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing's assertiveness in the waterway. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Wednesday it had downed more than two dozen cruise missiles and a swarm of attack drones across the country in the "most powerful" aerial attack on Kyiv in weeks. The assault left two dead and came as Russia said an airport near the border with NATO member Estonia had...
GOMA, DR Congo - At least 10 people were killed Wednesday in eastern DR Congo after soldiers attempted to stop a religious sect's planned anti-UN protest, in the latest violence in the conflict-torn region. The Christian-animist group known as the "Natural Judaic and Messianic Faith towards the...
