The 2025 FIBA Asia Cup opened on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. Gilas Pilipinas is grouped with Chinese Taipei, New Zealand, and Iraq to form Group D of the tournament. The best ranked team at the end of the group stage games will directly advance to the quarterfinals. The no. 2 and 3 teams, meanwhile, will qualify […]
Read MoreThe San Antonio Spurs signed point guard De’Aaron Fox to a maximum contract extension for four years and $229 million, ESPN reported Monday. The Spurs acquired Fox from the Sacramento Kings in February, and he was slated to become an unrestricted free agent after this coming season. Instead, the team chose to lock up his contract through 2029-30. Fox, […]
Read MoreNBA champion Isaiah Joe of the Oklahoma City Thunder himself could not believe that there is a 4-point line in Philippine basketball. The PBA first implemented the 4-point line in November 2024 as part of its new innovations for the league’s 49th season. “Is that real? That’s real?” Joe said during his visit to Manila […]
Read MoreNorman 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 […]
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