This week, FIBA, the International Basketball Federation announced their first foray into esports with its first-ever international esports competition, the FIBA Esports Open 2020. A momentous set of exhibition games will see the top players from the all over the world battle it out on the virtual hardcourt for basketball supremacy. The global tournament will …
Having 6’10” Andray Blatche back in a national team jersey is good forteam morale. Thus bared Gilas head coach Yeng Guiao. Who better than the tall, burly, and agile Blatche who after missingthe last several games is back and part of the team preparing for thedaunting task of sweeping Qatar and Kazakhstan on the road …
http://https://sports.mb.com.ph/2019/02/05/sbp-executive-director-sonny-b-guest-at-psa-forum https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157174380427682&id=698057681 Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Executive Director Sonny Barrios with PSA Members- Sportswriters on Feb 05, 2019’s 1st Edition of PSA Forum.
Last February 26, the SBP Coaches Commission gave a clinic to some 220participants at the Go Kim Ta basketball court in Iriga City. This is the second year of the Coaches Commission where the staff, ledby Jong Uichico aims to hit more cities to teach the fundamentals ofthe game as prescribed by Fiba. “The reason …
MANILA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers) – With thePhilippines’ collective backs to the wall in terms of Fiba 2019 WorldCup qualification, naturalized player Andray Blatche says that he ison a mission to strap the country on his big broad shoulders againstQatar and Kazakhstan. “It was tough watching the games (against Kazkhstan and Iran) …
SBP Executive Director Renauld “Sonny” Barrios was the guest of honorduring the finals of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League lastMonday, January 28, at the Filoil Flying V Centre. The UAAP champion, Ateneo de Manila University defeated CESAFIcounterparts University of Visayas, 95-71, to pocket their fourth PCCLcrown. Barrios handed over the huge trophy to the Blue …
MANILA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers) – RaymondAlmazan, Andray Blatche, and Roger Pogoy cannot return to a moreopportune time for the national team. With Gilas reeling from successive losses to Kazakhstan and Iran; thePhilippines is in a dire situation. They need to win againstKazakhstan and Qatar and hope that Japan or Iran drop …
The Chooks to Go NBTC 3×3 tournament, a grassroots program of theSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas tipped off last Saturday, January 26,at the Sisters of Mary Boystown in Silang, Cavite. Over a hundred teams from schools in Cavite and the Tagaytay areacompeted in two divisions – the Under-20 and the Under-18 brackets;the first in a four-leg …
SBP: Mark, eight years na since huli ka naglaro para sa bayan. Ano feeling mo na nakabalik ka this stage in your career?Barroca: Naku! Sobrang excited. Hindi ko akalain na mangyayari pa ito. Excited din ako sa reunion namin ni Japeth (Aguilar) at Marcio (Lassiter) na nakasama ko sa dating Smart Gilas. Kahit naman wala …
