John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1772345366802reppc6qim7dlgjhowubt.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Basketball action between Iran and Jordan on February 28, 2026. <em>FIBA </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Several games scheduled for Monday, March 2, in the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers were postponed as tensions in the Middle East rose.</p><p>FIBA decided to reschedule &quot;light of the developments today in the region,&quot; it <a href="https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2027-asian-qualifiers/news/fiba-statement-on-the-group-c-and-group-d-games-of-the-fiba-basketball-world"><strong>said in a statement </strong></a>on Sunday.</p><p>United States and Israel launched waves of strikes Saturday against targets in Iran, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic, according to a report by Agence France-Presse.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/3/1/iranian-leader-ali-khamenei-reported-killed-in-us-israel-attack-0833"><strong>READ: Iranian leader Ali Khamenei killed in US, Israel attack</strong></a></div><p>The impacted games were Group C matches between Iran vs. Syria, and Iraq vs. Jordan, as well as Group D affairs between Lebanon vs. India, and Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia.</p><p>The governing body for basketball said it is in &quot;close contact with the National Federations concerned,&quot; in relation to the assuring of safety of the teams, officials and staff involved in those games.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/3/1/marcos-jr-ph-monitoring-filipinos-welfare-amid-middle-east-airstrikes-1036"><strong>READ: Marcos Jr.: PH monitoring Filipinos’ welfare amid Middle East airstrikes<br/></strong></a></div><p>The games affected will now take place sometime in the third window of the qualifiers, &quot;set for late June.&quot;</p><div><strong>—with a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Several games scheduled for Monday, March 2, in the #FIBAWC 2027 Asian Qualifiers were postponed as tensions in the Middle East rose.</p>

Several games scheduled for Monday, March 2, in the #FIBAWC 2027 Asian Qualifiers were postponed as tensions in the Middle East rose.

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Basketball: Several Asian Qualifiers games postponed as tensions in Middle East rise

Kennedy Caacbay,

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Published March 01, 2026 02:40 PM PHT

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