Norman Black has been tapped to handle Gilas Pilipinas for the 2025 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. The PBA website confirmed the development on Thursday. According to the update, the league’s Board of Governors also approved a limited number of players to play in the biennial meet with the 50th season ongoing by then in December.Black […]
Read MoreFormer NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas and five other defendants were arrested Wednesday on a federal indictment alleging they operated an illegal gambling business running high-stakes poker games at Arenas’ mansion in Encino, Calif., according to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Central District of California. Arenas, 43, of Woodland Hills, Calif., is charged […]
Read MoreMANILA — Dwight Ramos has always been a solid contributor for Gilas Pilipinas, and the fan-favorite ace will look to maintain his stellar play in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup. The 6-foot-4 wingman was as good as advertised anew in their send-off game last Monday against the Macau Black Bears, with Ramos putting up 19 […]
Read MoreSkye Chua is set to raise the Philippine flag at the 2025 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. Sparkle shared the exciting news on Instagram, announcing that the two-time national medalist, fresh from training in Osaka, Japan, will represent the country at the upcoming competition to be held from August 1 to 5 at the SM […]
Read MoreMANILA (UPDATED) — Gilas Pilipinas had a fitting send-off ahead of their 2025 FIBA Asia Cup campaign in August. After trailing by as much as 21, the Nationals made a successful comeback against the Macau Black Bears, 103-98, during their Monday evening faceoff at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. This was the last […]
Read MoreMANILA (UPDATED) – Filipino pool champion Carlo Biado has made history again — this time in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Biado became the first Filipino to win a second World Pool Championship title, after dethroning defending champion Fedor Gorst in a back-and-forth 15-13 final early Sunday morning, Philippine time. He first won the World Nineball title […]
Read MoreSan Miguel’s Jericho Cruz has been one of the names usually heard over the course of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals series. His name has been involved in a post-game fuss back in Game 3 of the finals where he was allegedly ‘showboating’ in which he denied. But more than that, Cruz has been one […]
Read MoreThe Philippine Men’s Under-23 National Team bowed out of title contention in the U23 ASEAN Championship Mandiri Cup after falling to defending champions Vietnam, 2-1, on Friday. The Philippines could not complete the comeback against Vietnam in the semifinals match at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Garrath McPherson-led squad managed to […]
Read MoreThe Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will bring games to Bahrain this December as part of its 50th season activities. League commissioner Willie Marcial and Bahrain Basketball Association president Alaa Mudara confirmed the development on Wednesday. “We’re very happy to host the games in Bahrain. A few national games have been in Bahrain but this time, […]
Read MoreONE strawweight world champion Joshua Pacio of Lions Nation MMA will attempt to become the first two-division champion in Philippine mixed martial arts history when he takes on ONE flyweight world champion Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE 173 on November 16 at Ariaka Arena in Tokyo. Pacio, 29, is coming off his biggest win to date […]
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