The faces that represent the country’s colors may have changed through the years but the Gilas Pilipinas battlecry remains the same – "Puso". Gilas Pilipinas huddles up at center court after practice (Noel Pabalate) National team head coach Chot Reyes said that Puso, which first...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Former Philippine national team member Chip Engelland returned to the country on Tuesday, Aug. 22 , as part of Team USA and under the care of NBA champion coach Steve Kerr for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Chip...
Making the decision on who to cut from the Gilas Pilipinas lineup has always been the most difficult job for head coach Chot Reyes. Gilas head coach Chot Reyes and assisant Josh Reyes during Gilas Pilipinas' first practice at the Araneta Coliseum (Noel Pabalate) This year’s World Cup is no...
Filipino basketball legend Caloy Loyzaga finally got the recognition he very much deserves. FIBA president Hamane Niang with Caloy Loyzaga's children Chito, Bing and Joey (SBP photo) On Wednesday, Aug. 23, Loyzaga, also known as "The Big Difference", was immortalized to basketball’s...
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...
BUDAPEST (AFP) -- Norway's Karsten Warholm produced a fighting performance to regain his 400m hurdles title but teammate Jakob Ingebrigtsen once again fell short in the 1500m on a pulsating night at the world championships on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Norway's Karsten Warholm reacts after winning the...
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...
BUDAPEST (AFP) -- Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles went through the motions as they began their 200m campaigns bidding to add to the 100m golds they won earlier in the week at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault...
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...
Deep-fried crispy enoki and shiitake golden mushrooms Relations between the Philippines and China span over several centuries and have been, for the most part, recent territorial disputes notwithstanding, cordial and warm. Before the Spanish colonization, the existence of various pre-colonial...
