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CHANGES in the composition of the national men’s 5x5 team to the 19th Asian Games remained possible—that is if the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (HAGOC) would heed amendments on the Philippine delegation’s composition that were submitted two months ago. But it won’t only be on the basketball team roster…
THE 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou start in 17 days with Team Philippines ready to leave in batches—including world-class bets Olympic and world champion weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo and world pole vault silver medalist Ernest John “EJ” Obiena who’ll be flying to China from separate origins abroad. Seven of the players…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AP) – Considering that about 110 million people live in the Philippines, it’s not feasible to expect that they all would be basketball fans. “But it’s close,” said Tim Cone, the country’s top professional coach. And that might not be an understatement, either. Basketball’s World Cup begins today, spread out over three nations […]
FIBA World Cup gives PH its moment of glory
WHO won’t recognize Erik Spoelstra in this basketball-crazy country? Perhaps Chip Engelland hardly rings a bell anymore especially to current generation Filipinos, but he was in the 1980s. Spoelstra is the Miami Heat head coach, a two-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion, who’s half Filipino—his mom the former Elisa Celino…