![Alfrancis Chua [PBA Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PBA-Images124-400x200.jpg)
Alfrancis Chua officially rejoins Gilas Pilipinas as Program Director and Team Manager, promising to elevate Philippine basketball to new heights. His successful leadership history with SMC-backed teams and his instrumental role in the 2022 Asian Games highlight his readiness for this challenge.
![LA Tenorio takes the reins as Head Coach of Gilas Pilipinas Youth, bringing his wealth of experience and leadership to develop the next generation of Filipino basketball stars. [SBP photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Outlook-uk03fplf1-400x200.jpg)
LA Tenorio has been named the new Head Coach of Gilas Pilipinas Youth, bringing his decades of basketball experience to develop young Filipino talent. With his leadership, the youth team aims to bridge the gap between grassroots and elite-level basketball.
The FIBA Women’s Basketball League Asia 2024 debuts in Chengdu, China, September 26-28. Stars like Xu Han and Meng Li from Sichuan Yuanda, and teams like Fujitsu Red Wave and Cathay Life are set to deliver thrilling matchups.
![Justin Brownlee of Gilas Pilipinas [PR photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JUSTIN-BROWNLEE_back-in-Gilas-uniform-vs-Hong-Kong-on-Feb.-22-and-Chinese-Taipei-on-Feb.-25-for-the-Asia-Cup-qualifiers-400x200.jpg)
FIBA global partner Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continues to bring world-class basketball action at the fingertips of Filipino fans as it streams the upcoming FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers campaign of Gilas Pilipinas via the Smart LiveStream App.
![Jack Animam spearheads the Gilas Pilipinas Womens five set to debut at the 2023 Asian Games [photo credit: Jack Animam]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/380800973_18381926143000224_3754040037677004021_n-e1695735093645-400x200.jpg)
Awaiting the Filipina cagebelles in its opening game in the 19th edition of the meet is Kazakhstan, a perennial contender which made the quarterfinals of the quadrennial showpiece’s last two staging.
World-class talent try to wow the Queen City of the South when the 2023 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3×3 World Tour Cebu Masters kicks off next week at the picturesque SM Seaside City Cebu.
![The Philippines U16 team to the FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2023 in Doha, Qatar. [FIBA.com photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PH-FIBA-U16-team-2023-400x200.jpg)
For the Philippines, the final lineup is composed of Kiefer Louie Alas, Elijah Mark Williams, Noah Banal, Paul Diao, Joaquin Ludovice, Kurt Velasaquez, Samuel Alegre, Cletz Amos, Edryn Morales, Irush Chua, Bonn Doja and Jaime Lorenzo Gomez De Liano.
After more than two weeks of nonstop basketball action, the FIBA World Cup 2023 held in Manila came to a close last September 10.
Taking mobile livestreaming to a whole new level, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and US-based Radisys Corporation, a subsidiary of Jio Platforms Limited, successfully ran its beta test of the Smart LiveStream App boasting groundbreaking features at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
![Carlik Jones of South Sudan tries to pass the ball against a taller Kai Sotto of the Philippines on Thursday, Aug. 31, at the 2023 FIBA World Cup held at the Araneta Coliseum. South Sudan won, 87-68. [FIBA.com photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/carlik-jones-400x200.jpg)
South Sudan thwarted the Philippines second half surge in the nick of time to pull off a win, 87-68, on Thursday, Aug. 31, in the Basketball FIBA World Cup 2023 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines.