Photo from FIBA Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes expects rival South Korea to come out with a lot of motivation when the two teams face twice in this month’s FIBA World Cup Qualifiers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Reyes said South Korea will come in eager to avenge its two defeats to Gilas in...
Photo from PBA TNT, which has committed to lend some of its players for the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, will play four games in a span of seven days when the PBA Governors’ Cup resumes Friday, Feb. 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Tropang Giga begin the rigid schedule on the day of...
Photo from PBA If returning Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes would have his way, he prefers to put less emphasis on having PBA players beyond the upcoming February window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Reyes made this point while being in the early stages of the qualifiers that will have a...
Manny V. Pangilinan Manny V. Pangilinan believes everyone, including himself, is accountable for the situation that led to the sudden coaching change in Gilas Pilipinas three weeks before plunging into action in the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Pangilinan, speaking for the first time since Chot Reyes...
Filipino-Japanese forward Matthew Aquino was named in Japan’s national team pool for the first window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers, the B.League announced on Monday, Nov. 15. Matthew Aquino (right) was named to Japan's national team pool. (Photo from B.League) The former National University...
Photo from FIBA The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is looking forward to the hosting of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers under a bubble setup in February. SBP president Al Panlilio said the experience of staging the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers last June will help a great deal in trying to...
Photo from FIBA The Philippines will host all Group A matches of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers originally slated for two windows under a bubble format in Feb. 2022. FIBA made the announcement after its executive committee decided to implement another bubble for two of the four groups in Asia...
Photo from FIBA FIBA is scheduled to hold a draw for the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at the world governing body’s headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. The proceedings are set for 6:30 p.m. Manila time, formally kicking off the road to FIBA’s centerpiece event which the...
Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) and Neymar attend a training session at the Camp des Loges Paris Saint-Germain football club's training ground in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on august 13, 2021. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP) Neymar will face his new clubmate Lionel Messi in...
Angel Guirado, left, celebrates with Mike Ott after scoring the opening goal in the Philippine Azkals' 3-0 win over Guam in the World Cup/Asian Cup Qualifiers in Sharjah, UAE. (Photo from Philippine Azkals) Game Tuesday (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) 10 p.m. — Philippines vs Maldives The...
China's Wu Lei (L) and Philipines' Bernd Schipmann (R) fight for the ball during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification football match between between China and Philippines at the Sharjah Football Stadium in the Sharjah in the UAE on June 7, 2021. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) The Philippine...
Brazil's Neymar (left) is marked by Peru's Andre Carrillo during their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at the National Stadium in Lima, on October 13, 2020, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Paolo AGUILAR / POOL / AFP) Neymar scored a hat-trick to...
