Gilas Pilipinas guard Dwight Ramos has been named as the official sports ambassador of Pilipinas Live, the winner of the Sports Broadcasting award at the recently concluded 2024 Asia Pacific Broadcasting Awards.
The Olympic dream of Gilas Pilipinas will be on the line when the Philippine national basketball team, goes for broke at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) where 24 teams will be vying for the final four slots in the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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Rosalio “Yoyong” Martires fought until his last breath for as long as he could. The illness happened after a provincial trip. He was given all the medical attention possible but complications on his pneumonia were too much to handle for the Filipino Olympian, comedian, basketball player and politician.
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The University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons got more support from Converge ICT Solutions, a solid supporter of the UP Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT). This was after two shuttles were turned over to the Fighting Maroons for their mobility needs.
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THE news of Yuka Saso winning the US Open for the second time was heard round the sporting world.
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McCullough will don the jersey of Strong Group for the 43rd William Jones Cup, scheduled to take place from July 13 to 21, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan.
The Liaoning Flying Leopards have secured their spot at Basketball Champions League Asia (BCL Asia) 2024 after winning the 2023-24 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Finals.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have reached the Western Conference Finals, the second time they have done so in franchise history.
The 2024 NBA draft lottery, featuring the teams that failed to make the playoffs or those that own the first-round draft selections of a non-playoff team, will be held on Monday Manila time.
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The University of the Philippines Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) will kick off 2024 with a new partner. This is after it was announced that the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will be the new backer of the Fighting Maroons in the team’s journey towards excellence this coming UAAP Season 87.