Fajardo, Bolick named to 16-man PH team to SEA Games

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 23:22:44 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Many-time PBA MVP winner June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar, Matthew Wright and Kevin Alas were among the PBA cagers named to the 16-man pool of Gilas Pilipinas for the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday. The four players along with Mo Tautuaa and Isaac Go are joined by Robert Bolick, […]

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Gilas drawn with Lebanon, New Zealand in FIBA Asia Cup

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 07:24:07 +0000

By JONAS TERRADO Gilas Pilipinas will have more games against New Zealand and India after being drawn in Group D of the pandemic-delayed FIBA Asia Cup which is set mid-July in Jakarta, Indonesia.The three countries are joined by Lebanon following a draw ceremony held Friday, Feb. 18 that determined the groupings for the continental tournament […]

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SBP launches Academy for coaches

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:30:23 +0000

“Investing in the development of our coaches enables us to raise the number of players that we will help improve exponentially,” said SBP President Al Panlilio. “For every coach we help, that’s at the very least twelve more players who will benefit and a lot of these will be younger players.”

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Go For Gold eyes Guinness mark

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:00:51 +0000

“Being a SEA Games year, we want to be able to encourage a lot of Filipinos to be active in supporting sports and our national athletes,’’ – Jeremy Go

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New SBP, Gilas logos unveiled

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 12:41:08 +0000

SBP president Al Panlilio led the presentation of this latest development on the basketball association, which signify the strength and discipline of the programs the federation will launch.

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Cage wars at MOA

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:58:52 +0000

By Waylon Galvez Pressured by the public outcry, sports officials removed one thorn in their bid to stage a successful SEA Games by succeeding to bring basketball matches to a bigger arena. Initially scheduled at the smaller The Arena in San Juan, basketball games will now be played at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena […]

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SBP, Aussies jointly apologize

By JONAS TERRADO The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and its Australian counterpart Basketball Australia once again apologized for Monday’s brawl at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan, this time through a joint statement that the two national federations hope would ease the tension between the two teams. Both federations made separate statements in the aftermath […]

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