2. Basketball
โข Is a team sport played by two teams
of five players on a rectangular court.
3.
4. โข The objective is to shoot a ball
through a goal (basket). The team
with the most points at the end
of the game wins.
5. Dr. James Naismith
โข A Canadian American physical education
professor and instructor at the
International Young Menโs Christian
Association Training School (YMCA) in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
15. 1936
โข The Philippines participated in the
first official Olympic
Gamesbasketball tournament held at
Berlin, Germany.
16. 1951
โข The Philippines won the first ever
Gold Medal at the Asian Games held
in New Delhi, India.
17. 1960
โข The Philippines won the first ever
Asian Basketball Confederation.
โข Carlos Badion was named the first
ever FIBA Asia Most Valuable Player