Gilas Pilipinas Women is set to see action in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda. This will be first time that the women’s national basketball team will compete outside the FIBA Asia borders.
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National University remained invincible until the very last buzzer, fending off Adamson University in the finals, 73-64, to cap off its title sweep in the 2024 ANTA Asiabasket International Championship on Tuesday, July 16, at the Enderun Colleges, BGC.
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Philippine basketball icon LA Tenorio is optimistic that the Next Generation Basketball League (NGBL) will help the high school hoopers of today become the country’s future homegrown superstars.
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Gilas Pilipinas may have lost their second game at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to Georgia, 96-94, on Friday, July 5, but this hardly mattered. The Philippine team still advanced to the semifinal stages of the FIBA OQT for finishing second by virtue of better points difference.
Gilas prospect big man, Quentin Millora-Brown, will suit up for the UP Fighting Maroons in UAAP Season 87.
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Kieffer Alas will be out of the Gilas Pilipinas roster for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024 after suffering a knee injury in the team’s last tuneup game against Canada.
Gilas Pilipinas fell short in a tuneup game against Turkey in Istanbul, 84-73, as the Philippine team continued their preparations for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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.