ALLAN THE MAN

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Kobe Bryant had a definitive answer when asked if he's going to suit up for the United States team that will play in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.

"No," was the response given by Bryant.

FIBA released the system of competition for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be held in Spain on August 30 - September 14, 2014. Iran, Philippines and South Korea will represent the Asian region in the Basketball World Cup.

Preliminary Round:

The twenty-four (24) participating teams will be divided into four (4) groups (A, B, C, D) of six (6) teams each. Each team will play all the other teams in its own group (total of five [5] games for each team).

The games are done. The championship has been awarded to Iran for the third time in the last four years. And the individual awards have been handed out.

Named to the Mythical Five Selection of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship were: Jason Castro, Kim Min Goo, Lin Chih-Chieh, Oshin Sahakian and Hamed Hadadi. Let’s take a look at how they did.

UPDATES:

Due to the bad weather and the delayed flight of Kobe Bryant & team, the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) event will be moved from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM.

Kobe Bryant's Resorts World schedule today remains the same. Only the MOA event will be moved from 1030AM to 6PM.

Iran won its third FIBA Asia Men's Basketball crown on Sunday night but had to face a determined Gilas Pilipinas squad in the championship game at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Iran wound up winning 85-71 but faced several tense moments, especially in the first half as Gilas, despite playing without center Marcus Douthit, managed to remain within striking distance.

Developers, students and IT professionals joined mobile communications giant Nokia and Globe Labs, a fast-growing developer community of Globe Telecom, in the Asha Developer Night held recently at the Nokia headquarters in Makati City.

Participants to Nokia, Globe Labs Asha Developer Day are given a briefing 

on the suite of tools for the Nokia Asha platform

The first Asha Developer Community Meetup highlighted the various business opportunities which developers can explore. They were given an introduction to the Nokia Asha user interface as well as the Nokia Asha SDK - a suite of tools that help with the development of Java apps on the Nokia Asha platform.

The Philippine national men’s basketball team battled gallantly before succumbing to basketball powerhouse Iran, 85-71, in the title game of the FIBA Asia Championship.

Gilas Pilipinas had to settle for a silver medal, the country’s best finish since winning the Asian title in 1985.

WATCH 'Gilas Pilipinas vs Iran Full Game Replay' BELOW: