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FIBA World Cup: No Raymond Almazan for Gilas in Spain after visa denial

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Paul Lintag, ABS-CBN Sports

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/08/03/20190715-gilas-practice-jc-2674.jpg"/><figcaption>Raymond Almazan thinks not being able to join his team in a visa group application was a factor in his application being denied. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>One more Gilas Pilipinas pool member won’t make the national team’s Spain training camp.</p><p>Raymond Almazan will be missing the trip together with June Mar Fajardo, Christian Standhardinger, Troy Rosario, RR Pogoy, and Stanley Pringle.</p><p>Fajardo, Standhardinger, Rosario, and Pogoy are playing in the 2019 PBA Commissioner’s Cup finals while Pringle is “slightly injured,” according to Gilas head coach Yeng Guiao.</p><p>In Almazan’s case, his visa application to Spain was denied.</p><p>“Nagka-problema daw kasi,” Almazan said.</p><p>“Nu’ng inayos ko kasi ’yung visa, may appointment ako ng 7 in the morning kaso may playoffs kami ng Alaska nu’n so di ko napuntahan. Pero nare-sched naman and napuntahan ko. Siguro du’n nagka-problema, di nasabay sa mga player ng Gilas talaga.”</p><div><strong>For the full story, click <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/gilas/news/2019/08/03/fiba-no-almazan-spain-visa-gets-denied-59644">here</a>. </strong></div><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>Almazan will be missing the trip together with June Mar Fajardo, Christian Standhardinger, Troy Rosario, RR Pogoy, and Stanley Pringle.</p>

Almazan will be missing the trip together with June Mar Fajardo, Christian Standhardinger, Troy Rosario, RR Pogoy, and Stanley Pringle.

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FIBA World Cup: No Raymond Almazan for Gilas in Spain after visa denial

Paul Lintag,

ABS-CBN Sports

Published Aug 03, 2019 09:10 PM PHT

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