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The Ateneo Blue Eagles will not be forced to forfeit their victory against the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors last September 8, but head coach Bo Perasol has been suspended for their last game of the elimination round.

A source close to the league board told ABS-CBN News that the Blue Eagles will not be forced to forfeit their 77-72 win, which was put at risk after UE filed a letter seeking clarification.

They weren't even supposed to be in the tournament in the first place, but Mexico managed to buck the odds and go the distance, trouncing Puerto Rico 91-89 to become champions of the 2013 FIBA Americas tourney, Wednesday (Thursday, PHL time) at the Polidero de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela.

Mexico only qualified as a late replacement for a banned Panama squad, but they proved their worth late in a tightly-contested championship match.

Facundo Campazzo exploded for 31 points, 15 coming off three-pointers, to help Argentina claim third place in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship, via a 103-93 win over the Dominican Republic, Wednesday (Thursday, PHL time) at the Polidro de Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela.

Campazzo's game-high 31 came on an 8-of-10 clip from the field, and he also converted 10-of-15 free throws. In addition, the 22-year-old point guard made it a double-double with 11 assists, plus four rebounds.

Joseph Yeo will boost the Air 21 Express’ flickering hopes in the PBA Governors’ Cup starting Friday when they go up against the Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters.

The PBA has approved the one-on-one trade involving Yeo and forward Mark Isip on Thursday.

Talk ‘N Text star Jayson Castro is man enough to accept a one-sided beating his team suffered at the hands of league-leading Petron Blaze.

What he couldn’t accept was getting what he thought was a cheap shot when the game was already decided.

Latvia, Serbia and Lithuania opened the second phase of EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia with victories on Wednesday as teams tried to step up their bids to reach the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

LATVIA vs UKRAINE Game Highlights (VIDEO)

The Latvians lowered the boom on Ukraine in the first Group E game of the day, 85-51. The Baltic side, who finished third in Group B and carried no victories into the Second Round since none of the teams they beat advanced, got into a shooting rhythm early and opened a 24-11 lead.