INCOMING President Rodrigo R. Duterte would be at courtside to cheer Gilas Pilipinas’s campaign in the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) Manila Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
But which game Duterte would watch has yet to be determined.
According to William Ramirez, who is returning as chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Duterte is an avid sports fan and would love to be rooting for the national men’s basketball team in the tournament, set from July 5 to 10 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Duterte was invited to the games by Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas President Manuel V. Pangilinan.
“The President is coming to the Fiba qualifiers in MOA. You are going to see him there watching Gilas,” Ramirez told Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at Shakey’s Malate.