P800M okayed for PH’s FIBA World Cup hosting

By Peter Atencio

An initial amount of P200 million will be available by the end of the second quarter of the year, said Bachmann.

“Budget for the SBP has been approved already. And that’s a total of P800 million,” said Bachmann, who also the chairs the inter-agency task force for the country’s World Cup hosting.

At the moment, the draw for the tournament is set on April 29, with all 32 participating nations set to find out their opponents for the event.

The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Araneta Coliseum.

Argentina legend and FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Global Ambassador, Luis Scola, will be on stage to assist with the draw.

raya Springs is not really a long course, so my approach shots and putting were very much used,” said del Rosario, due for a big finish in the LPGA Tour’s farm league.

“What I noticed about my game is that I made a lot of shots below 100 yards, so I would focus on practicing those yardages just to fine-tune it a little bit more,” added the ICTSI-backed 2017 Ladies Philippine Golf Tour Order of Merit winner, who missed the Anvaya Ladies International ruled by fellow Epson Tour campaigner Bianca Pagdanganan last February.

“It’s so nice to see familiar faces and back in local competition. There’s a lot of talents here and I’m glad to be a part of it,” said del Rosario, who also topped the LPGT Riviera leg in 2020 before embarking on the US tour.

Ahead by four on 69-68 rounds, del Rosario was cruising along with a twobirdie, two-bogey card after nine holes then birdied Nos. 12 and 16 to hold off the 19-year-old Kim’s late charge that featured birdies on Nos. 13, 14 and 16. Kim’s closing four-under card gave her a 209 total worth P83,000 for her second runner-up effort after yielding the crown to amateur sensation Rianne Malixi at Riviera-Langer last year.