Looking at a banner year for Philippine sports
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- 29 Mar 2023
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It’s shaping up to be another busy year for Philippine sports. If things fall into place – meaning the athletes get ample support and time to prepare, sports officials do their jobs and make the athletes’ welfare a priority, plus a bit of luck – then the potential of 2023 becoming a banner year for Philippine sports will not be at all a pipe dream.
This will probably be the only time that the Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games will be held in the same year. And with 2023 also serving a qualification year for the 2024 Paris Olympics, our national athletes will have a full schedule on their plates.
WORLD CUP FEVER
The Philippines will compete in two World Cup events in 2023 – one in basketball, the sport closest to the hearts of Filipinos, and the other in football that, though not as popular in the country, has produced a team that is slowly becoming a Filipino sports fan favorite.
Gilas Pilipinas
The country will host the FIBA World Cup from August 25 to September 10, only the second time that the biggest international men’s basketball event will be staged in the Philippines. The first time the World Cup was brought to the Philippine shores was 45 years ago when the tournament was held at the Araneta Coliseum and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum from October 1-14, 1978. Read More…
