August 31, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
Photo Courtesy: FIBA.com
Iran and Jordan were the only Asian teams that played on the third day of this 24-nation championship. Iran finally captured their first victory with a 71-58 thrashing of Tunisia. The Iranians, however, cannot celebrate this victory as they are scheduled to meet Team USA on their next game on September 1. Jordan, [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | 
Tags: FIBA, Serbia, Tunisia | 
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August 31, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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Team USA escaped a nail-biting 70-68 thriller over reigning FIBA-Americas champion Brazil in the ongoing preliminaries of the 2010 FIBA-World Champiosnhip in Turkey. It was a very tough night for the Americans that the game went through the last tick of the clock. Early on, the Brazilians taught the Americans neat basketball fundamentals. [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Team USA, Turkey | No Comments »
August 14, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
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The 2010 FIBA-World Championship starts on the 28th of August in Turkey and this early I could see Team USA heading for another shameful exit. It’s not because I’m subjective but realistically speaking, the current US squad is not at par with the best teams out there at this point in time. Gone [...]
Categories: FIBA-World Championship | Tags: 2010 FIBA-World Championship, Brazil, Carmelo Anthony, France, Greece, Lithuania, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Team USA, Turkey | 1 Comment »
May 29, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
There are already a number of Chinese basketball players that invaded the elite professional ranks in other countries or have made name for themselves internationally. So far, among the Chinese who made it to the NBA, only Sun Yue is listed below seven feet. From Wang Zhizhi to Bateer Menk, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, [...]
Categories: Rising Stars - China | Tags: Bateer Menk, Bayi, Bayi Rockets, Belgrade, Brian Goorjian, China, China skyscrapers, Chinese skyscrapers, Dongguan, Guangdong, Max Zhang, Serbia, skyscrapers, sun Yue, Sun Zhe, Wang Zhizhi, World University Games, Xu Zhonghao, Yantai, Yantai China, Yao MIng, Yi Jianlian, Zhang, Zhang Zhaoxu | No Comments »
March 13, 2010 | Posted by Benjie
I understand that almost every Filipino by this time is too preoccupied with tomorrow’s ‘The Event’. We sometimes tend to overlook some other major sports events. Take the Aussie trip of the Smart Gilas, for instance. I was aware that they’re scheduled to leave Manila by March 12 as they embarked their second ‘road’ trip [...]
Categories: FIBA-Asia Teams Updates | Tags: 'The Event', Athens, Australia, Australian Football, Chris Tiu, Down Under, Manila, Rajko Toromam, Serbia, Smart Gilas, Smart Gilas Aussie trip, United States | No Comments »
November 25, 2009 | Posted by Benjie
World’s number-one-ranked Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia has decided to play both the Masters Super Series and the Laos SEA games in December. His early exit in last week’s China Super Series in Shanghai due to an aching knee prompted him to sit out at least one of the two competitions. However, after consultations with [...]
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Chee Long Wei, Eagle Den Junlaphan, Gamba Osaka, Huh Jung-moo, Juan Palacios, Kengo Nakamura, Kuala Lumpur, Laos SEA games, Lee Chong Wei, LPGA Player of the Year, Malaysia, Masters Super Series, Misbun Sidek, Nancy Lopez, Nicaragua, Oledong Sithsamerchai, Osaka, Pathumthani, Rashid Sidek, Serbia, Shin Ji-Yai, South Korea, Texas, Thailand, Yasuhito Endo | No Comments »
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