The Gilas Women program eyes a new reinforcement through a freshly discovered naturalized player, with University of the Philippines’ Favour Onoh as its top prospect ahead of its busy 2024 campaign. National team head coach and program director Pat Aquino has already been deep in discussion...
The Gilas women's program is looking to draw an improved and more competitive pool of players from the second staging of the Manila Hustle for the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 3x3 along with its lined up tournaments this year. SBP director Erika Dy and Manila Hustle program director Peachy Medina...
The new Gilas Pilipinas lineup is in for the long haul. Newly appointed head coach Tim Cone briefly laid out the plans for the national team program which involved keeping the 12-man roster he personally handpicked for the duration of the FIBA cycle. The veteran mentor, who steered the...
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has formally named Barangay Ginebra head coach Tim Cone as the man at the helm for the upcoming qualifying windows of the FIBA Asia Cup. June Mar Fajardo banners the initial 12-man pool for the FIBA February window. (AFP/File photo) The federation made the...
Gilas Pilipinas Women will be at the forefront of the Manila Hustle 3x3 Season 2, with the national team looking to defend home court this Feb. 3 and 4 at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. Manila Hustle 3x3 The Nationals are just one of seven Filipino teams which will compete in the women’s 3x3...
Andray Blatche is thrilled to be back and return to his second home, this time suiting up for the Philippines’ Strong Group ahead of the 33rd Dubai International Championship which tips off in eight days on Jan. 19 to 28. Naturalized Filipino Andray Blatche. (FIBA Photo) Just...
Two of the country’s top businessmen and sports patrons stand side by side in the coming San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night. San Miguel CEO and President Ramon S. Ang along with First Pacific Company Chairman and CEO Manny V. Pangilinan...
Gilas Pilipinas defied the odds and emerged as one of the most inspiring sports stories of 2023. A hastily formed unit under last-minute, anointed coach Tim Cone went to Hangzhou, China for the 19th Asian Games with nary an expectation given the circumstances and experiences it went through weeks...
Filipino-American player Jordan Clarkson reached a new career milestone after recording his first NBA triple-double in Utah's 127-90 rout of Dallas at Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 2 (Manila time). Keyonte George celebrates a triple-double by Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz...
EJ Obiena soared to greater heights in 2023. The credentials of the 28-year-old Tondo-born pole vaulter in a 12-month span was indeed impressive, highlighting it by winning golds in three major international tournaments in record-breaking fashion. EJ Obiena celebrates after winning the gold in the...
The Philippine basketball youth squad continued its ascent in the world rankings after jumping by two places in the latest list. Gilas Boys (FIBA) Gilas Boys recently went up to No. 25 in the updated FIBA rankings, thanks to their strong showing in the U16 Asian Championship when they narrowly...
With Gilas Pilipinas and female aces in billiards and jiu-jitsu greasing the drive, the Philippines enjoyed a banner month in October. Gilas Pilipinas (PSC-POC Media Pool) Gilas ended 61 agonizing years of futility with a storybook conquest of men’s basketball in the Asian Games in Hangzhou,...
