Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone and Kai Sotto during the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup qualifying match against New Zealand. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Gilas Pilipinas’ seemingly endless year-long ordeal at the hands of New Zealand finally came to an end in the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers on Thursday night after easing to a heartbreaking 93-89 triumph … Read more
Players to watch for Gilas Pilipinas and New Zealand Tall Blacks in their Fiba Asia Cup 2025 clash: Justin Brownlee and Corey Webster. –FIBA/INQUIRER photos Gilas Pilipinas’ numbers took a hit in a tough test in the Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers on Thursday night. But national coach Tim Cone assured that his charges will put … Read more
Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone during a Fiba OQT Riga game against world number 6 Latvia. –FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – Whether Gilas Pilipinas performs in the upcoming 2025 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers, coach Tim Cone made sure of one thing. This year 2024 was and is the team’s “trial year”. Article continues after this … Read more
Antonio Frigoni (with glasses) is pointing his squad toward the World Championships. —CONTRIBUTED/SAVA MANILA, Philippines —Alas Pilipinas coach Angiolino Frigoni anticipates a “pretty difficult” Pool A campaign in the FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship 2025, but vows the men’s national volleyball team will put up a fight. The world rank No.64 Philippines was automatically seeded … Read more
FILE–Gilas Pilipinas’ Andy Gemao during a game against Indonesia in the Seaba qualifiers in Malaysia.–Photo from Malaysia Basketball Association MANILA, Philippines — Gilas Pilipinas boys will miss star Andy Gemao in their Fiba U18 Asia Cup campaign starting on Monday evening (Manila time) in Amman, Jordan. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) on Sunday revealed … Read more
Alas Pilipinas women during the FIVB Challenger Cup.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas men’s and women’s squads battle Japanese clubs in international friendlies on September 7 and 8 at Philsports Arena. The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) on Wednesday announced that it is bringing the top Japanese club teams to Manila next week as … Read more
FILE–Alas Pilipinas coach Angiolino Frigoni during the SEA VLeague first leg.–SAVA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas started off on the wrong foot in the SEA VLeague second leg after getting dominated by home team Indonesia, 24-26, 11-25, 15-25, on Friday at in Yogyakarta. Without star Bryan Bagunas, who suffered a knee injury in their … Read more
Alas Pilipinas men’s Buds Buddin and Kim Malabunga during the SEA VLeague first leg awarding ceremony at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.–LANCE AGCAOILI/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Buds Buddin and Kim Malabunga earned individual awards in Alas Pilipinas’ bronze medal finish in the SEA VLeague first leg on Sunday evening at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Buddin, a … Read more
Alas Pilipinas men’s Bryan Bagunas. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Bryan Bagunas returned to Alas Pilipinas under the new system of Italian coach Angiolino Frigoni in the SEA VLeague and had the luxury of with young guns like Buds Buddin and Louie Ramirez backing him up. Struggling in the last two sets, Bagunas kept his … Read more
Louie Ramirez and the Alas Pilipinas men’s team in the SEA VLeague. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Louie Ramirez finally got his opportunity to play for Alas Pilipinas and he made sure to make the country–and his league NCAA–proud. With the Philippine men’s volleyball team’s main option Bryan Bagunas struggling, Ramirez joined hands with fellow … Read more