UAAP SEASON 82 : COURTSIDE REPORTERS REVEALED

The new batch of courtside reporters for the each of the eight members schools for the University Athletics Association of the Philippines' 82nd season has finally been revealed.

This batch is composed of 3 holdovers from last season and 5 new faces that will deliver news and scoops about each of the teams and their players from the sidelines during the televised basketball and volleyball games. In a tweet from the ABS-CBN Sports account, the eight courtside reporters this season are:

Adamson - Rain Matienzo
Ateneo - Frannie Reyes
La Salle - Aiyana Perlas
FEU - Mariz Domingo
NU - Baileys Acot
UE - Jaime Ascalon
UP - Yani Mayo
UST - Makyla Chavez

Your #UAAPSeason82 Courtside Reporters!

🦅 @franniereyess for Ateneo
💙 @rainmatienzo for Adamson
🏹 @itsaiyana for DLSU
🔰 @_marizdomingo for FEU
🐶 @_baileysacot for NU
🛡️ @JaimeAscalon15 for UE
✊ @itsYaniMayo for UP
🐯 @makylachavez_ for UST pic.twitter.com/qag43hJ2al

— ABS-CBN Sports (@abscbnsports) August 29, 2019

Reyes, Perlas and Chavez will be on their 2nd year as courtside reporters while all others are new faces. Matienzo, Ascalon and Acot will be doing their jobs as reporters for a different school as to where they are enrolled. Matienzo and Ascalon are from UP and will be doing the job for Adamson and UE, respectively while Acot is from UST and will be reporting for NU.

Good luck to this new batch of UAAP courtside reporters!

FOOTBALL: PHILIPPINE FOOTBALL WOMENS NATIONAL TEAM FALLS SHORT OF FINALS OF AFF WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Philippine Football Women's National Team falls short of advancing to the finals of the AFF Women's Championship in Thailand after losing to Vietnam, 2-1.

The Filipinas, who finished second in their group behind powerhouse Thailand, entered the semis of the competition for the first time and faced the winner of the other group - Vietnam. The loss is still impressive since Vietnam swept the group stage with an average goal difference of 7 goals. The one goal advantage is the slimmest margin of Vietnam's wins in the tournament.

The first goal was scored by the Filipinas through an own goal by Vietnam. Before halftime, Vietnam equalized, ending the half tied 1-1. In the second half, only Vietnam found the back of the net, scoring the go ahead goal and the win.

The Filipinas will face Myanmar, which was beaten by Thailand in the other semifinals match up, on August 27 for the bronze medal.

GILAS PILIPINAS: FINAL LINE UP FOR THE 2019 FIBA WORLD CUP ANNOUNCED

The final line up of the Gilas Pilipinas for the 2019 World Cup was announced yesterday after their last tune up match against the Adelaide 69ers of Australia. Coach Yeng Guiao  choose a mix of veterans and young blood to comprise the 12 players going to Foshan, China this week.

Only 5 holdovers from the 2014 World Cup team was picked - naturalized player Andray Blatche, Gabe Norwood, PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar and Paul Lee.

Also making the cut are players from the World Cup Qualifiers Raymond Almazan, Mark Barroca, Troy Rosario, Roger Pogoy and the comebacking Kiefer Ravena, whose suspension ended over the weekend. Two PBA rookies will wlso be debuting in the world cup - Robert Bolick and CJ Perez.

Our Gilas Pilipinas line-up for the 2019 FIBA World Cup is COMPLETE! 🇵🇭 #SBP #GilasPilipinas #LabanPilipinas #ParaSaBayan #PilipinasGotGame #FIBAWC pic.twitter.com/rtqXbDppbr

— SBP (@officialSBPinc) August 25, 2019

The Philippines will be part of Group D and will play the group stage at the International Sports and Cultural Arena in Foshan, China. The schedule of Gilas for the group stage is in the tweet below and will be shown live in ESPN 5:

Here’s the official game schedule of GILAS PILIPINAS for the upcoming FIBA WORLD CUP 2019 Group D against Italy, Serbia & Angola. GAME ON!! 🇵🇭👊🏻 #LabanPilipinas #PUSO #PilipinasGotGame #FIBAWC2019 pic.twitter.com/vUsBxC1j3s

— KuwentongGilas (@KuwentongGilas) August 19, 2019