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Basketball

Gilas Pilipinas leaned on a strong finish and completed a sweep of its two-game homestand in the fourth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers after a 68-56 win over Iran on Sunday, August 30, at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Kai Sotto erupted in a thunderous roar after his block sealed Gilas Pilipinas’ win over Jordan in the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

A month after the Under-21 boys’ team punched its ticket to the world stage at the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup, Gilas Pilipinas Women achieved the same feat, downing Chinese Taipei, 17-15, in the Stop 6 final of the FIBA 3×3 Nations League-Asia SEA Conference.

After consecutive fourth-place finishes in the previous two editions of the eFIBA World Finals, eGilas Pilipinas finally broke through, sweeping Turkiye in the grand finals to bag its first world championship in Doha, Qatar.

The Gilas Pilipinas Women pulled away for a 74-59 triumph over world No. 19 Colombia on Tuesday night (Manila time) at the Astroballe in Lyon, France, for a breakthrough win to exit the FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament on a high note.