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PLDT Inc., Smart, MediaQuest Holdings, Cignal TV, and NTT DATA today announced their collaboration to offer a new experience for basketball fans from the Philippines and overseas who will watch the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 onsite in Manila: the unveiling of Pearl, the country’s first “Digital Human”.
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 global partner Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is giving subscribers more ways to own a piece of sports history as it launches an exclusive digital collectible, Shinys, its version of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) up for grabs at tournament venues.
All eyes will be on the Philippines when the country co-hosts the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 starting August 25, 2023 and Pilipinas Live is all set to deliver every second of the action, commercial-free.
FIBA global partner Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) will offer FREE access to every FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 game on the Smart LiveStream App from Aug. 25 to Sept. 10.
![Farm Fresh-Letran returned to the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center on Saturday morning. [PR photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Pampanga-Gov.-Dennis-Pineda-along-with-Farm-Fresh-letran-400x200.jpg)
Farm Fresh-Letran returned to the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center on Saturday morning.
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Guimaras State University (GSU) and University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) ruled their respective brackets in the women’s volleyball event of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas Leg on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the University of San Agustin Gymnasium.
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Sen. Francis Tolentino said the organizers of the ongoing Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games will use the Visayas Leg as a benchmark when they stage the next editions in Mindanao and Luzon.
![Javen (left) and brother twin Jansen Pareja (right) [PSC photo release]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ROTC-PR-PHOTO-Javen-left-and-brother-twin-Jansen-Pareja-right-400x200.jpeg)
University of Iloilo’s (UI) Javen Pareja bested his twin brother Jansen in the men’s kickboxing 57-kilogram finals of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas Leg here at SM Iloilo on Thursday, Aug. 17.
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard Bachmann reiterated his support for the country’s hosting and called on basketball-loving Filipinos to watch the games, especially Gilas Pilipinas matches, starting August 25 at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan
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Eumir Felix Marcial will focus full-time on his Olympic gold medal dream following the cancelation of his fifth professional fight set later this month, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino on Friday, Aug. 18.