MANILA — Basketball is booming within the Philippines, one of many hosts of this summer time’s World Cup match, with consumption more likely to enhance additional within the rising financial system and solidify the nation’s place as a singular basketball superpower in Southeast Asia.
On Feb. 24, American NBA star Carmelo Anthony was appointed a worldwide ambassador for the Worldwide Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup, praising Filipinos as “a number of the finest fan bases that is on the planet” in a information convention at an enviornment in Manila.