Weinberg helps the US beat Australia 11-10 in the men's water polo quarters at the Paris Olympics

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Adrian Weinberg made two blocks in a penalty shootout to help the United States beat Australia 11-10 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the men's water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics.

Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen each scored two goals in regulation as the U.S. reached the semifinals at the Olympics for the first time since 2008. Daube and Bowen also converted their penalty shots in the tiebreaker.

“It was exhausting," U.S. attacker Marko Vavic said. “Both of us fighting for our country, each trying to get to the semifinal. It’s what we’ve been dreaming about since we were kids. Everyone put it down on the line.”

It was the third straight win for the U.S., which will play Serbia on Friday at Paris La Defense Arena. Serbia is trying to become the third men’s team to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals.

Croatia will face Hungary in the other semifinal. Croatia beat Spain 10-8 in the first quarterfinal of the day, and Hungary edged Italy 12-10 in another game that went to a penalty shootout.

Serbia advanced when captain Nikola Jaksic skipped home a perfect shot from deep with 3 seconds left, lifting his country to a 12-11 victory over Greece.

“We finally looked like the team that came here to win it," Jaksic said. “We didn’t give up from the first to the last moment.”

Angelos Vlachopoulos had just tied the game for Greece with 6 seconds remaining.

“In this moment, I really hope this is a dream right now, just a nightmare and I will wake up and play again," Greece's Dimitrios Skoumpakis said. "Every guy on this team really tried a lot. We worked very hard, but this is the sport.”

The U.S. rallied after a tough sequence in the first quarter. Max Irving had a goal waved off when the game was stopped for a video review and U.S. attacker Johnny Hooper received a brutality foul, taking him out for the rest of the contest.

Luke Pavillard converted a penalty shot to give Australia a 3-1 lead. Australia also got a 4-minute power play that it turned into two more goals and a 5-2 advantage.

But the U.S. went ahead 6-5 when Daube scored with 6:03 left in regulation. After Pavillard scored two straight for Australia, Bowen's man-up goal with 32 seconds remaining tied it at 7.

Irving also connected for the U.S. in the tiebreaker before Vavic closed it out for the U.S., beating Australia goaltender Nic Porter after they played together in college at Southern California.

“I didn’t even look at him until I went up to shoot," Vavic said. "He was trying to eye me down and talk to me about the pressure before I got there.

“He was chirping me, but I just tried to keep my composure and luckily I stuck it."

Pavillard scored four times for Australia in regulation on four shots. He also converted his penalty shot in the tiebreaker.

“Full credit to the U.S.,” Porter said. “They really pulled it out of the fire there. It was our game to win, and they snatched it from us for sure.”

Krisztian Manhercz scored five times for Hungary in its quarterfinal win, and Gergo Zalanki had three goals. Manhercz and Zalanki also made their penalty shots in the tiebreaker.

Francesco di Fulvio and Gonzalo Echenique each scored three goals in the loss. When it was over, Italy’s Nicholas Presciutti directed a middle finger toward Hungary's players.

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Italy's Tommaso Gianazza reacts during a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Hungary's Soma Vogel celebrates with his teammates at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy's Andrea Fondelli reacts at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italy's Marco Del Lungo argues with Hungary players as they celebrate at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Italy's Nicholas Presciutti gestures to Hungary players after Hungary won on a penalty shoot out at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Croatia's Maro Jokovic celebrate at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Croatia and Spain, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Hungary's Marton Vamos celebrates at the end of a men's quarterfinal match between Italy and Hungary, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Serbia's Nikola Jaksic celebrates after scoring during a men's quarterfinal match between Greece and Serbia, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

United States' Hannes Daube scores a goal during a men's quarterfinal match between USA and Australia, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

United States' Adrian Weinberg celebrates after saving a penalty during a men's quarterfinal match between USA and Australia, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine televangelist, who calls himself the “anointed son of God” and once claimed to have stopped an earthquake, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of abuse of minors and human trafficking in a court arraignment that's the latest mark of his reversal of fortune.

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy and four of his co-accused were brought under heavy security to the regional trial court in Pasig city in metropolitan Manila for the human trafficking charges and was later arraigned by video from police detention by another court handling a separate non-bailable case of child abuse.

Lawyer Israelito Torreon told reporters his client Quiboloy entered not guilty pleas before the two courts because he's innocent of the charges. Quiboloy, 74, also asked the court to allow him to be detained in a hospital due to unspecified illnesses but no immediate decision was made.

Quiboloy, the preacher and founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ group, faces similar charges in the United States, where he has been included in the FBI’s most-wanted list.

The United States was expected to request the extradition of Quiboloy and his co-accused at some point, but President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said they have to first face justice in the Philippines. Quiboloy surrendered in his vast religious complex in the south Sunday in an operation involving more than 2,000 police officers.

In his heyday, Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders in the Philippines with many followers and was regarded a political kingmaker, who backed the equally controversial former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Quiboloy and his co-defendants have been accused of recruiting young followers, who were lured to submit themselves to the “divine will” and promised scholarships and foreign travels but later forced to solicit money in spurious ways including house-to-house Christmas caroling and peddling pastries and biscuits.

The victims were threatened and beaten when they failed to reach collection quotas and defy orders, according to the charge sheet.

More alarmingly, Quiboloy and his key aides were accused of deceiving Filipino and foreign girls as young as 12 to serve as privileged “pastorals,” who were ordered to give Quiboloy a massage in his bedroom before they were raped by him. Some of the alleged victims testified in a Philippine Senate hearing earlier this year on Quiboloy’s alleged crimes, including a woman from Ukraine who testified by video because of the war in her country.

Quiboloy and his co-accused and their lawyers have denied any wrongdoing. They said they were ready to answer the charges in court. The raft of allegations, they said, was fabricated by critics and former members who were removed from his religious group.

After Quiboloy surrendered and taken into police custody in his 30-hectare (75-acre) religious complex in southern Davao city over the weekend, police said at least five other religious followers may file criminal complaints and testify against him.

Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said Quiboloy had in effect used religion as a cover for criminality. "This is one of the most extreme evils because faith is something sacred,” he told The Associated Press.

Quiboloy has made outrageous claims that sparked questions about his character but endeared him to his fanatical followers. In 2019, he claimed that he stopped a major earthquake from hitting the southern Philippines.

In the U.S., federal prosecutors announced charges against Quiboloy in 2021 for allegedly having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to the self-proclaimed “son of God.” The allegations were made by former followers of Quiboloy.

The expanded indictment included charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud, money laundering and visa fraud.

Quiboloy and eight other defendants were accused of recruiting women and girls, typically 12 to 25 years old, as “pastorals,” who cooked his meals, cleaned his houses, massaged him and traveled with him around the world. Minors as young as 15 were scheduled for “night duty,” when they were sexually abused by Quiboloy, according to the indictment.

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, center, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, leaves the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

People, in green helmet, charged with human trafficking, leave the Pasig Regional Trial Court, walking after Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, a Filipino preacher, in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

People, in green helmet, charged with human trafficking, enter the Pasig Regional Trial Court, walking after Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, a Filipino preacher, in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, enters the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, leaves the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, enters the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, arrives at the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, wearing a helmet and flak jacket, a Filipino preacher charged with human trafficking, enters the Pasig Regional Trial Court in Pasig City, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon)