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With the 3-on-3 basketball turning out to be a huge success in the first Youth Olympic Games here, plans are already afoot to firm up the format with the Olympics as a long-term goal.

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The Asean Basketball League, a home-and-away tournament that would feature professional teams owned by private corporations, was formally launched here yesterday.

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The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is dead serious in its bid to host the 2011 FIBA Asia Men’s Championship and is in fact willing to build a new coliseum to hold the games.

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Sa ikalawa at huling araw ng pakikipagpulong ng mga opisyal ng SBP sa pangunguna ni 3-man panel chairman Manny Pangilinan kasama sina PBA Chairman Ricky Vargas, PBA Commissioner Noli Eala, at PLDT Executive Al Panlilio, positibo ang naging resulta nito.
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PBA commissioner Noli Eala, in an email message, said their initial meeting lasted two hours with the "tone and substance of discussions wide-ranging and positive."
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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan, PBA board chair Ricky Vargas and PBA commissioner Noli Eala will meet the FIBA officials Friday and Sunday, updating them on the efforts being done to unify the sport in accordance with the Tokyo communiqué.
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The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is dead serious in its bid to host the 2011 FIBA Asia Men’s Championship and is in fact willing to build a new coliseum to hold the games.

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Sa ikalawa at huling araw ng pakikipagpulong ng mga opisyal ng SBP sa pangunguna ni 3-man panel chairman Manny Pangilinan kasama sina PBA Chairman Ricky Vargas, PBA Commissioner Noli Eala, at PLDT Executive Al Panlilio, positibo ang naging resulta nito.
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PBA commissioner Noli Eala, in an email message, said their initial meeting lasted two hours with the "tone and substance of discussions wide-ranging and positive."
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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, business tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan, PBA board chair Ricky Vargas and PBA commissioner Noli Eala will meet the FIBA officials Friday and Sunday, updating them on the efforts being done to unify the sport in accordance with the Tokyo communiqué.
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