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NBA allows Jordan Clarkson to play for PH team in Asian Games — Gomez

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ORMOC City Mayor Richard Gomez, concurrently the chief of mission for the Philippine delegation to the Asian Games in Indonesia, said on Tuesday that the National Basketball Association (NBA) allowed Fil-American Jordan Clarkson of the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Philippine team. JOSEF T. RAMOS    

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Jordan Clarkson can’t play for PH in Asian Games

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NATIONAL Basketball Association (NBA) player Jordan Clarkson will not join the Philippine men’s basketball team in the Asian Games in Indonesia, according to a statement released by the NBA. “The NBA’s agreement with FIBA (International Basketball Federation) [is]that NBA players can participate in the Olympics, the FIBA Basketball World Cup, Continental Cup competition and associated […]

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Duterte to send off PH athletes to Asian Games on Aug. 13, says top aide

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will send off next week athletes who will be representing the Philippines in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, his top aide said on Tuesday. In a statement, Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go confirmed that Duterte would lead the send-off ceremony on August 13, which will include a […]

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PH will send basketball team to Asian Games; coaches, players named

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THE Philippines will be sending a basketball team to the Asian Games, according to sports officials on Sunday. “We would like to announce our participation in the Asian Games, and it’s final,” said Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Chairman Ricky Vargas in a hastily called press conference, which Al Panlilio, president of the Samahang Basketbol ng […]

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North Korean athletes arrive in South for joint Asiad training

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SEOUL: North Korean athletes arrived in the South on Sunday for joint training ahead of the Asian Games next month, the latest effort at rare cross-border sports diplomacy. The two Koreas agreed last month to field joint teams in three sports — canoeing, rowing and women’s basketball — at the Asiad in Jakarta and Palembang […]

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