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                    [ArticleID] => 2351254
                    [Title] => World-ranked Ian Abne extra motivated to go after first title
                    [Summary] => Ian Paul Abne has long been in the world rankings.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-04-29 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804803
                    [AuthorName] => Emmanuel B. Villaruel
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports
                    [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 2273192
                    [Title] => Onward to Frankfurt?
                    [Summary] => If you were at the Philippine Book Festival that took place at the World Trade Center earlier this month, you would have been surprised to find how many Filipinos were writing, publishing, selling, buying and reading books.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136590
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807335
                    [AuthorName] => Jose Dalisay
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 297949
                    [Title] => POC assured of PBA support
                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose Cojuangco Jr. said yesterday he has been assured that the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will support the national team sanctioned by the Philippine Basketball Federation (PBF) once it is recognized as the country affiliate of the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA).


The PBA signed a memorandum of agreement with the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) before it was suspended and later expelled as the National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball by the POC General Assembly last June.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295603 [Title] => Not too late [Summary] => Someone said the other day that one of four wildcard tickets to the 24-nation World Basketball Championships in Saitama, Japan, next year has been offered to Puerto Rico.

There are no clear criteria in determining which countries will be allocated wildcards. FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball) reserves the absolute right to choose the lucky recipients without having to explain itself to anybody.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295443 [Title] => Eala eyes wildcard ticket for RP [Summary] => Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) commissioner Noli Eala said yesterday he will appeal to FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball) secretary-general Patrick Baumann for a wildcard ticket to next year’s World Championships in Saitama, Japan, on condition the country resolves the sport’s leadership crisis as a prerequisite to the lifting of its suspension.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294290 [Title] => The hottest potato [Summary] => Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) president Joey Lina says the ball is in the hands of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). But the POC and the Philippine Basketball Federation (PBF) disagree, insisting it’s up to FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball).

In my opinion, the ball is in the BAP’s hands.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290925 [Title] => No Ching Dynasty [Summary] => Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) president Carl Men Ky Ching of Hong Kong isn’t addicted to power. He heads the world governing body for the sport that Filipinos love with a passion and says when his term ends next year, that’s it.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290422 [Title] => PBF hopeful of FIBA affiliation [Summary] => Philippine Basketball Federation (PBF) president Mauricio (Moying) Martelino said yesterday he is optimistic that the newly-recognized National Sports Association (NSA) for hoops will soon be affiliated with the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) and the ban on the country’s participation in FIBA-sanctioned events will be lifted.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290334 [Title] => Pagkilala ng PSC sa PBF hindi kailangan sa pagkuha ng rekognisyon ng FIBA [Summary] => Hindi masyadong makaka-apekto sa inaasam na international recognition ng Philippine Basketball Federation (PBF) ang pagbibitin ng pagkilala sa kanila ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) bilang isang National Sports Association (NSA).

Sinabi ni Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chairman Robert Aventajado na ang rekognisyon mula sa FIBA ang mahalaga pa rin para sa PBF.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289929 [Title] => Chicken and egg [Summary] => Here’s an interesting twist to the never-ending travails that bedevil Philippine basketball.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has withdrawn recognition of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) in the wake of its expulsion by the General Assembly of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) as the country’s National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball.

Because of the withdrawal of recognition, the PSC ordered the BAP to vacate its office at the Rizal Memorial complex, which is under the government agency’s jurisdiction.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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