Groups C and D are all set to excite Manila in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The Mall of Asia in Pasay City is the eventual place to be for all 32 participating nations as it is where the Final Phase of the tournament, from the quarterfinals to the championship, will also be...
Basketball is finally coming home – to where it is a religion and the people in it bleed and breathe the nation's favorite game. To where NBA stars are celebrated like saints and to where every match, a nail-biter or lopsided, are treated like an epic tale. Illustration by Randian Panopio...
MADRID (AFP) -- Spain's women's football league on Wednesday, Aug. 23, demanded Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales be sacked for kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the country's World Cup victory, describing his behavior as "disgusting". This picture taken on Aug. 20, shows...
By MARK REY MONTEJO From women athletes taking big headlines to officials breaking barriers, the sporting world has slowly shifted to diversity in recent years. Amy Bonner. (Erik Shelkun/Dayton) The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), being true to one of its advocacies which...
The red carpet is all set for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. From ticket sales, game schedules, transportations, up to the littlest details such as dressing up the venues, everything has been laid out well in time for one of the biggest basketball spectacles this small but basketball-crazed...
ENDEAVOR As the FIBA World Cup Championship unfolds at the Philippines Arena tomorrow, Baby Boomers like me could not help but reminisce how basketball was a significant aspect of our growing-up years. The Philippines also hosted the FIBA World Cup in 1978, at the Araneta Coliseum, where we placed...
Like hearing news of a long-lost brother being found, Gilas Pilipinas forward Japeth Aguilar rushed from the entrance of the PhilSports Arena on Monday night, Aug. 21, toward a man with wavy hair wearing a red sweatshirt and standing by the iron railing at the sideline, talking to Aguilar’s...
The 12 players who were tasked to carry the pride, the hope and the prayers of the entire basketball crazy nation on their shoulders have finally been named. Gilas Pilipinas. (FIBA photo) Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes has formed arguably the tallest and the most talented Gilas roster ever...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is looking forward to catch some of the games in Group A that include Gilas Pilipinas, meet up with fellow coach Chot Reyes and forge a significant connection with his Filipino roots. Miami Heat's head coach Erik Spoelstra. (NBA Philippines) The...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has placed on standby its law enforcement service personnel for road safety and traffic management duties for the country’s hosting of International Federation Basketball (FIBA) World Cup 2023 starting on Friday, Aug. 25. LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said he has...
Avoid EDSA or lose by default. Former Senator Ping Lacson shared this piece of traffic advice to foreign teams competing in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which the country is hosting starting on Aug. 25. “Friendly advice to the FIBA World Cup participating teams. Don't take Edsa. You will...
OKINAWA (AFP) -- Slovenia's Luka Doncic and France's Rudy Gobert will be among the NBA's international stars trying to stop the United States from regaining the Basketball World Cup when the event begins on Friday, Aug. 25, in Asia. Head coach Steve Kerr of the 2023 USA Basketball Men’s National...
