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Spain, Puerto Rico complete Olympic basketball cast as Greece, Brazil also qualify
Rappler.com· 2 hours agoSpain, Puerto Rico, Greece, and Brazil completed the 12-team field in men’s basketball for the Paris...
'Means a lot to me': Giannis emotional as Greece ends 16-year Olympic wait
Rappler.com· 4 hours agoGiannis Antetokounmpo sat on the sidelines and wiped away tears of joy as Greece advanced to the...
Doing the improbable: Gilas Pilipinas 2 wins away from Olympic goal
Rappler.com· 3 days agoIt has been so long since the last time the country sent a basketball team to the Olympics that none...
Kai Sotto hails Justin Brownlee as 'Michael Jordan of PH basketball' after giant upset vs Latvia
Rappler.com· 5 days agoThe last time the country beat a team from Europe happened in the 1960 Rome Olympics, where the...
FACT CHECK: FIBA was founded in 1932, not 1960
Rappler.com· 3 days agoFIBA was founded on June 18, 1932. Before its recent victory over Latvia on July 3 (July 4 in Manila), the Philippines last won against a European team in 1960, beating Spain.
Major shocker as Gilas Pilipinas upsets Latvia to end 64-year skid vs Euro teams
Rappler.com· 5 days agoGilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone convinced his wards on the eve of their battle against Latvia...
'What we've always wanted': Cone says Gilas Pilipinas stunner vs Latvia huge for PH hoops
Rappler.com· 4 days agoThe win marked the Philippines’ first over a European squad in an official FIBA competition in over...
Luka Doncic, Slovenia won't advance to Paris Olympics
Rappler.com· 1 day agoJust less than a month after the Dallas Mavericks were beaten in the NBA Finals, Luka Doncic suffers...
DREAM’S NOT OVER: Gilas’ Paris hopes still alive
Malaya· 4 days agoProving they wanted it more to fuel a decades-long desire to return to the Summer Games, the nationals essayed a stunning 89-80 upset of world No. 6 and...