Philip Matel is an online sports journalist for Rappler, focusing on local sports news in the Philippines, particularly in Manila. With a passion for sports and a keen eye for the latest developments in the field, Philip provides insightful coverage of various sporting events and athlete profiles.
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Philip Matel's coverage is heavily focused on sports, specifically basketball and Filipino basketball players. His articles predominantly cover local events and evolving stories related to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). If you have insights or access to local basketball events, particularly those involving Filipino players or teams in Manila, your pitch is likely to resonate with him.
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Once seen as a cinch to make the UAAP Season 87 men's basketball Final Four, the UE Red Warriors are suddenly in survival mode
By: Jasmine Payo, Philip Matel
Camille Clarin and the unbeaten NU Lady Bulldogs inch closer to a perfect elimination run and an outright finals berth after dispatching the defending champion UST Growling Tigresses
By: Jasmine Payo, Philip Matel
PBA champion TNT may have spoiled RJ Abarrientos' 31-point explosion, but the Ginebra rookie sensation thinks his efforts didn't entirely go to waste
By: Jasmine Payo, Philip Matel
The once mighty Ateneo Blue Eagles crash out of Final Four contention for the first time since 2013, becoming the first team to get eliminated in the UAAP Season 87 men's basketball tournament
By: Philip Matel, Jasmine Payo
Ronnie Torres and Kayle Villanueva deliver a pole show-stopper to cop the Classique Duo crown in the International Aerial Cup
By: Jasmine Payo, Philip Matel
After losing by double digits in two straight games, the UP Fighting Maroons think they need to address their ‘immaturity' before the UAAP Final Four rolls in
After a rough start to the season, new coach Sean Chambers and the FEU Tamaraws pile up key victories in the second round to keep their UAAP Final Four hopes alive
By: Philip Matel, Jasmine Payo
Months after an impressive run in the Paris Paralympics, taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin becomes the first para athlete picked to join the Atletang Ayala program
By: Jasmine Payo, Philip Matel
‘They just need time, a little bit more time. The whole experience in itself is the biggest learning lesson for them,' says former Ateneo star Kiefer Ravena of the cellar-dwelling Blue Eagles
‘I think the players are kind of affected psychologically and mentally, so that's what we want to overcome now,' says UE coach Jack Santiago as the Red Warriors try to salvage what was once a rosy campaign
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