THE grind never stops for the domestic 3x3 basketball league with the new season of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 set to open in January.Five conferences were held in the inaugural season, while also as hosting the first ever Asia ...
Nov 2, 2019
THE Olympic dream is alive for the Philippines as it earned a ticket to the Fiba 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) for men.The Philippines was one of the 20 nations which earned a place in the OQT, to be held in ...
Nov 1, 2019
PHILIPPINE basketball's run of bad luck is far from over.Gilas Pilipinas failed to secure a place in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the 2020 Tokyo Games after it was leapfrogged by Korea in the Fiba rankings at the end ...
Sep 19, 2019
BEIJING - Serbia coach Sasha Djordjevic said on Saturday he's resigning after his team - among the favorites to win the basketball World Cup in China - settled for fifth place.Djordjevic broke the news after Serbia beat the Czech Republic, 90-81, ...
Sep 14, 2019
WITH the team already out of contention for the second round of the Fiba Basketball World Cup, Gilas Pilipinas is now hoping to qualify in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics through the tournament.Seven places in the Olympics are at stake including one ...
Sep 4, 2019
THE Olympics is now within reach for the Philippines after it climbed to No. 24 in the world in the most recent Fiba 3x3 rankings for men.The country has reached the baseline threshold set by Fiba of 6,692,340 points ...
Jul 29, 2019
THE Philippines is four spots away from cracking the top 24 and earning a ticket to the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) for 3x3 basketball.The country has risen to the no. 28 spot in the latest Fiba 3x3 federation rankings, amassing 6, ...
Jul 26, 2019
THE Philippines beat Palestine, 7-0, on Tuesday to end its campaign in the AFC Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualifiers in Doha.The Malditas finished the second round with six points after two wins and one defeat in Group C, but ...
Apr 10, 2019
IT may sound as a joke to many but the truth is, Manny V. Pangilinan was just being honest when he said he's 'a billion pesos poorer' after his 10-year term as president of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) ...
by Gerry Ramos
Aug 8, 2016
ROOKIE Troy Rosario lamented how the recent knee injury he suffered killed whatever momentum he gained following his notable showing with Gilas Pilipinas in the last Olympic Qualifying Tournament.The TNT Katropa big man finally saw action for the team in the ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 31, 2016
MARCIO Lassiter said he was disappointed to miss the opportunity to play for Gilas Pilipinas and help in the country's bid to qualify for the Rio De Janeiro Olympics.The San Miguel gunner stressed how he really wanted to play for ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 17, 2016
IT's experience versus youth as France battles Canada for a spot in Rio in the Fiba Manila Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Sunday at MOA Arena.France is the oldest team in the six-team Manila OQT with an average age of ...
Jul 10, 2016
HE'S not one to make excuses, but Gilas deputy coach Alex Compton believes the national team could have gotten a better shot at an Olympic berth had it gotten a more favorable playing schedule in the Fiba OQT.As it ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 8, 2016
HAMADI N'Diaye returns to the country looking to accomplish an even bigger task than the one he came for the first time the big man from Senegal came over in Manila last year.The 7-foot N'Diaye is expected to ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jul 2, 2016
TONY Parker is looking to have fun and at the same time, accomplish his job for France in his first ever visit in Manila.Parker and the entire French team arrived in the country early Friday morning as the fancied bets to ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 30, 2016
JONG Uichico wasn't part of the Gilas coaching staff that deliberated and decided on who would make the final 12 of the Philippine team competing in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.But having worked with Tab Baldwin for the longest time as ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 27, 2016
REGARDLESS of what you think about his decision, you have to hand it to Tab Baldwin after his bold call to leave Calvin Abueva and LA Tenorio out of the Gilas Pilipinas team to the Olympic qualifiers.This guy has guts.The ...
Jun 27, 2016
HOURS after its official 12-man roster was finally known, Gilas Pilipinas took care of business right away.Terrence Romeo exploded in the fourth quarter before Gilas hang tough in the stretch of a tense 72-69 win over China, in the ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 26, 2016
FOR known competitors LA Tenorio and Calvin Abueva, being the final cuts in Gilas Pilipinas' roster for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament was for sure a bitter pill to swallow.But the soldiers that they are, former Gilas team captain Jimmy Alapag believes ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 26, 2016
IT was a decision in which he had to 'lose sleep.' But in the end, it's an excruciating job which Tab Baldwin has to do.The Gilas Pilipinas coach explained how he and his coaching staff had to excruciatingly go through ...
by Gerry Ramos
Jun 26, 2016
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