Category: Sports

It’s Down to the Final Four in the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup!

I’ve got Team USA and France battling it out in the Finals. I expect Team USA to reach the top and claim their fifth consecutive World Cup crown. But the gap has definitely shrunk. The lesson from the near-disaster against Italy is that raw talent is no longer a shield against cohesive, hungry international teams. A cohesive team with 3 to 4 WNBA players can take down a team of USA superstars if they don’t make good music together. If the US doesn’t sort out its internal flow, Spain, France, or a surging Germany will happily take the crown.

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Gilas Prepares for a New Challenge

This is not the star-studded Gilas team we expected. But it is precisely the kind of team that defines the true spirit of Philippine basketball. When the odds are stacked against us, when our backs are against the wall, and when the world counts us out – that is when Puso shines the brightest.

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The Breaking Point: A 20-Billion Dollar Deal Sparks a Revolt in the Football World

If the combined federations under the UEFA, CONCACAF and AFC push through with their threat to boycott, global football could fall apart. A World Cup without European giants – like newly-crowned World Cup champ Spain, football heavyweights France, England, Germany, etc – would lose all competitive legitimacy. Add to that the football federations in the Americas and Asia, and FIFA will find itself a mother organization without its subordinate groups.

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