By MARK REY MONTEJO Kai Sotto is keeping his poise despite the disappointing loss of Gilas Pilipinas to Angola and intends to use the learnings for their next game against Italy on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Gilas' Kai Sotto tries to dunk the ball against Angolan defender. (FIBA) Sotto was one of the...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Angola center Bruno Fernando has nothing but sweet words for Gilas big men June Mar Fajardo and AJ Edu who both gave the Atlanta Hawks slotman a tough time underneath the basket on Sunday, Aug. 27. Gilas' AJ Edu (left) drives the ball against Bruno Fernando of Angola....
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Foxconn's billionaire founder Terry Gou announced Monday that he will run for president of Taiwan as an independent candidate. Gou has long-running ambitions to become the leader of the self-ruled island, and sought the nomination of the main opposition Kuomintang party this year....
Some members of the 2019 World Cup roster watched as Gilas Pilipinas fell at the hands of the same tormentor Angola, 80-70, in the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Aug. 27. Kiefer Ravena was disappointed after Gilas dropped its second game in front of the 2019...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes is not losing hope for the country’s 2024 Paris Olympic bid even after the Nationals suffered disheartening blows to their campaign on Sunday, Aug. 27, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Gilas head coach Chot Reyes (middle) refuses to wave the white flag...
This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2023, shows the mugshot of former US President Donald Trump next to a website called Trump Save America JFC, a joint fundraising committee on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President 2024, which is selling merchandise bearing his...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP photo) NEW DELHI , India -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Sunday for the African Union to be made a G20 member, while also pitching his country as the solution to supply chain woes ahead of the bloc's summit in New Delhi next month. The Group of...
Women wearing traditional Emirati Abaya, from a delegation of the United Arab Emirates, attend the Pope's the weekly general audience on November 27, 2019 at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. / AFP / Tiziana FABI PARIS, France -- French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses...
This image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows tropical Storm Idalia (C) off the coast of Mexico on August 27, 2023, at 21:20:20 UTC. (Photo by NOAA/RAMMB / AFP) MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Caribbean, buffeting...
JAKARTA (AFP) -- France's Nicolas Batum said he was "scared to go home" after the Tokyo Olympic silver medalists crashed out of the Basketball World Cup with a shock loss to Latvia on Sunday, Aug. 27. France's players gather in a huddle during the FIBA Basketball World Cup group G match between...
What was expected to be a dream celebration in front of a wild, sold out crowd turned into a nightmare. Gilas Pilipinas’ furious rally ended in vain after it absorbed a heartbreaking 80-70 defeat at the hands of Angola to remain winless in Group A of the 2023 FIBA World Cup at the Smart Araneta...
A Care Flight helicopter is seen on the tarmac of the Darwin International Airport in Darwin on August 27, 2023, as rescue work is in progress to transport those injured in the US Osprey military aircraft crash at a remote island north of Australia's mainland. Three US Marines died on August 27...
