2010 Asian Games flyweight gold medalist Rey Saludar clashes with Tajikistan’s 2010 World Combat Games silver medalist, 19 year old Safoviddin Yusufi in a top sixteen bout late tonight at the World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Yusfi lost in the finals to China’s superstar Zou Shiming 7-1 in the finals. An AIBA report [...]

  Congressman Roberto “Robbie”Puno has filed House Resolution 1761 commending and congratulating the Smart Gilas national basketball team for finishing 4th in in the recently concluded Fiba Asia Championship held in Wuhan City, China after dropping a 70-68 heartbreaker to South Korea.   Puno, a longtime basketball fan and sportsman filed the House resolution that gives [...]

  The Philippines, behind the efforts of the Smart Gilas national team has climbed eight places in the FIBA World Rankings and in so doing has broken into the top 50. The latest FIBA rankings places the Philippines at No. 45 just behind 2012 London Olympic Games hosts Great Britain and Portugal. The Philippines heartbreaking [...]

China has always been suspected of doctoring the ages of their players to enable them to qualify for the international youth basketball tournaments of FIBA.

Host nation China, as expected, is resorting to unfair tactics in the FIBA Asia Men’s Basketball Championships which they are hosting in Wuhan.

In a totally unexpected move Lebanon has questioned the eligibility of Marcio Lassiter and Chris Lutz, key members of the Smart Gilas national team to the FIBA Asia Men’s Championships in Wuhan, China which is the qualifying tournament for a sole berth in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Crack Fil-Am point guard Chris Banchero’s agent has confirmed that the 6’1” , 185 pound star will suit up for San Miguel Beer in the Asean Basketball League’s third season which is expected to open in January 2012.

Former Alaska coach Tim Cone’s announced “leap of faith” has seen him land onto the lap of the giant San Miguel Corporation where a long term, multi-faceted agreement leads off with his initial assignment as Head Coach of the popular Derby Ace B-Meg Llamados in the PBA.

Alaska team owner Fred Uytengsu doesn’t intend to back off on his position regarding the salary cap of players in the PBA.

Not wishing to take any chances in the quest for gold, coach Norman Black has chosen naturalized Smart Gilas national player Marcus Douthit to banner the talented Philippine team to the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia in November.