HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Basketball great Yao Ming branded China's team "slackers" and warned they will struggle to qualify for future Olympics because of the "huge gap" with the world's best. Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming (AFP) The eight-time NBA All-Star, now president of the Chinese Basketball...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Yamsuan (Facebook) “Ang tagumpay niyo ay tagumpay ng buong sambayanang Pilipino (Your victory is the victory of the entire Filipino nation).” With this statement, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan...
Foreign ambassadors turned to social media on Saturday, Oct. 7, to congratulate Gilas Pilipinas for ending the country’s 61-year Asian Games drought by winning the gold medal against Jordan. Gilas Pilipinas members pose with their gold medal for men’s basketball during the Asian Games medal...
HANGZHOU, China – The Philippines might be trailing than other SEAG rivals in the gold medal race in the 19th Asian Games here. EJ Obiena (AFP) But not in the eyes of Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. Team Philippines had only four golds to...
HANGZHOU, China – Justine Brownlee was outscored by counterpart Rondae Jefferson-Hollis in the intriguing gold medal match between the Philippines and Jordan on Friday, Oct. 6, in the Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Gymnasium here. GIlas' player Justin Brownlee (left) is challenged by...
Nothing could be sweeter for Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann than witnessing Gilas Pilipinas’ ascend to the Asian Games throne in men’s basketball Friday night, Oct. 6, in Hangzhou, China. Philippine Sports Commissioner Chairman Richard Bachmann watches Gilas...
HANGZHOU, China - The pain is now totally healed as far as Gilas coach Tim Cone is concerned. Philippines' coach Tim Cone is carried by his team players after winning the gold medal game between Jordan and the Philippines at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern...
The three stars and the sun have finally shone above Asia. Gilas Pilipinas ends a 61-year medal drought in the Asian Games (PSC-POC) Gilas Pilipinas is back to the throne after an agonizing 61-year wait in the men’s 5-on-5 basketball in the Asian Games and it was only natural for...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez hailed on Saturday, Oct. 7 the "historic" and "extraordinary" feat that Gilas Pilipinas accomplished when it won the gold medal in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. "With immense...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Contributed photo) Can you say, "best basketball team in Asia?" House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo sure can, and he's talking about none other than the country’s very own Gilas...
MANILA (AFP) -- Filipinos roared in joy and relief as their men's basketball team ended decades of heartbreak in winning their first Asian Games gold medal in 61 years. Philippines' players hold their country's national flag as they celebrate their win against Jordan at the men's gold medal...
President Marcos has congratulated Gilas Pilipinas and three other Filipino athletes for clinching gold medals from the 19th Asian Games on Friday, Oct. 6. 'GOLD!' — Asian Games gold medalists EJ Obiena, Meggie Ochoa, Annie Ramirez, and Gilas Pilipinas' Scottie Thompson (Philippine Sports...
