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(Eagle News)–Gilas Pilipinas went on to clinch the gold in the men’s basketball event of the 30th South East Asian Games on Tuesday, Dec. 10, after obliterating Thailand at the Mall of Asia Arena. The final score was 115-81. The Filipinos led by only nine points at the half, but pulled away in the third quarter. Their win came after the Philippines’ women’s basketball team made history after winning the country’s first-ever gold in that […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines women’s basketball team made history on Tuesday, Dec. 10, after winning the country’s first-ever gold medal in the biennial sports event. The Filipino players routed Thailand with a 91-71 blowout at the Mall of Asia Arena. Jack Animam and Janine Pontejos led the Philippines’ offense against Thailand led by Tiffany Bias. Indonesia copped the bronze after defeating 2017 gold medalist Malaysia, 70-59.
The Philippines basketball coach resigned and apologized to the country on Wednesday after the national squad failed to win a game at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and finished last. Yeng Guiao’s team were blown out by a combined 105 points by Italy and Serbia to open their campaign in Group D at the tournament in China, and also lost to Angola in overtime, 84-81. The Gilas, ranked 31st in the world, fared no […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Aug. 31, hailed Gilas Pilipinas players after their match against Italy. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the players deserve Filipinos’ admiration because they “played with grit and passion.” He said Duterte “patiently watched the game as the Filipino players valiantly fought their taller, bigger, shiftier and sharp-shooting Italians.” “In the end we were outplayed and out-scored but not without displaying some flashes of brilliance, although few and far between,” he […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go pose for a picture as they watch the Gilas Pilipinas’ basketball match against Italy. The picture was posted on Go’s Facebook account. ” Naubos na namin ni Tatay Digong ang popcorn. Laban team Pilipinas Gilas! – Kuya Bong GO,” his caption read. Italy won the match by a whopping 46 points : 108-62.
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — NBA star Jordan Clarkson is stoking Philippine fans’ clamor to allow him to play in this year’s World Cup as their team seeks to hurdle FIBA’s eligibility rules. The Philippine Basketball Federation (SBP) is appealing to basketball’s world governing body to recognize Clarkson as a Filipino citizen, allowing him to play for Gilas Pilipinas who won a World Cup berth last weekend. The Filipino-American Cleveland Cavaliers guard on Tuesday congratulated Gilas […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The Yeng Guiao era is off to a rough start after Iran defeated the Philippines 81-73 at the Azady Gym in Tehran at the resumption of the 2019 FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers. This is the first FIBA qualifier match for the Philippines since that now-infamous July 2 game against Australia was marred with a massive brawl that led to 10 Gilas players and long-time coach Chot Reyes being suspended. […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippines secured a fifth place finish in the 2018 Asian Games on Friday, Aug. 31, after a dominant win against Syria in Jakarta, Indonesia. The final score was 109-55. The Philippines pulled away from Syria in the first quarter alone, and continued to coast along the rest of the game, with contributions from several members of the squad. Jordan Clarkson contributed 29 points, followed by Christian Standhardinger with 27 points. The country’s finish […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines crushed Kazakhstan, 96-59, in its opening match in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia on Thursday, Aug. 16. This was even without NBA player Jordan Clarkson, who arrived in Jakarta on the same day. It was Stanley Pringle who led the scoring parade for the Filipinos, with 18 points. Christian Standhardinger scored 15, and James Yap, 12. Paul Lee contributed 10 points, and Chris Tiu nine. The Philippines will face […]
(Eagle News) — Basketball Australia Chief Executive Officer Anthony Moore said on Thursday, July 19, they “acknowledge” the sanctions meted out on some of its players and on Filipino players over the Boomers-Gilas Pilipinas brawl in a World Cup Qualifier on July 2. “We also welcome FIBA’s finding in its report that no discriminatory or racist language was used by Australian Boomers players, nor did it incite the incident as has been alleged,” Moore said. […]
(Eagle News) — The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas on Thursday, July 19, said it accepts the decision of Fiba to sanction it, and suspend 10 Gilas players and two coaches over the Philippines-Australia brawl in a World Cup qualifier on July 2. Al Panlilio, SBP President, said Fiba was “quite fair” in its decision, even as he said they would ” clarify some facts. “And maybe if we do that we can mitigate some things in […]
Chot Reyes, Uichico also suspended; two basketball federations fined and referees sanctioned (Eagle News) — Fiba on Thursday, July 19, announced the suspensions of 10 Gilas Pilipinas players over the brawl that ensued between the Philippines and Australia on Monday, July 2. Ordered suspended were players Japeth Aguilar and Matthew Wright (1 game each); Terence Romeo, Jayson Castro William, Andray Blatche and Jeth Rosario (3 games each); Roger Pogoy, Carl Cruz and Jio Jalalon (5 […]
