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Tropical Depression ‘Napoles’?

As Tropical Storm Maring exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Wednesday and a new low pressure area is spotted by the state weather bureau on Thursday, is it possible to name the next typhoon-which will carry the initial ‘N’- after businesswoman and alleged P10 billion pork scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles?

After a twinbill postponed by inclement weather last Wednesday, the PBA Governors’ Cup gets back into gear with scheduled games on Friday at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

Commissioner’s Cup champion Alaska finally gets to make its tournament debut against GlobalPort in the opening match at 5:15 p.m. before unbeaten defending champion Rain or Shine battle Petron at 7:30 p.m.

The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup is more than a year away, but Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes has already begun doing his homework.

The brains behind Gilas Pilipinas will embark on a trip to the FIBA AfroBasket 2013 tournament currently ongoing in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan after receiving his travel documents on Thursday.

The United States Open Tennis Championships (US OPEN) is a hard court tennis tournament which is chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year; the other three are the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.

2013 US Open Tennis will be held on August 26 - September 9, 2013 in Flushing Meadows, New York. World no.3 Andy Murray is the defending champion while Novak Djokovic is the runner-up last year.

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Gilas Pilipinas now has a different mindset following its sensational second-place finish in the recent FIBA Asia Championship.

National team coach Chot Reyes said they have proven that Gilas can be competitive even when lined up against bigger and taller teams.

The massive flooding due to the southwest monsoon that has inundated most of Metro Manila and nearby provinces over the past three days has caught the attention of two National Basketball Association (NBA) superstars.

Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol and Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade both took to social media to express their concern over the situation here.

If Manny Pacquiao is fine, he won't have any problem beating Brandon Rios, according to the Filipino boxer's former strength and conditioning coach.

Justin Fortune, who has worked with Pacquiao in the past, said the only concern the fighting congressman would have to address is his recent knockout loss.