Archive for 2012
Saso Ozbolt inks deal with Portoroz
Saso Ozbolt (191cm) and agreed to terms with Splosna plovba Portoroz (Slovenia-2SKL) for the rest of the season. Most recently he suited up for KK Zagreb (Croatia-A1).
Read MoreFIBA Asia Champions Cup Postponed
The Final game of the 23rd FIBA Asia Champions Cup between Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon and Mahram of Iran, which was scheduled for Monday has been put off due to the prevalent situation in the Lebanese capital. The delegation of Mahram will leave Beirut as planned on Monday evening. “FIBA Asia will take a…
Read MoreFIBA and ESPN sign Multi-Year Broadcast Deal
GENEVA, Switzerland (TV) – FIBA and ESPN today announced a multi-year, multi-platform (TV, internet, and mobile) agreement, which includes the rights to more than 400 games across six tournaments from 2013-2015. The agreement covers the FIBA Americas Championships (2013, 2015), the EuroBaskets (2013, 2015), the FIBA Basketball World Cup (2014) and the FIBA World Championship for Women…
Read MoreNapoli expelled from Italian Legadue
. It lasted three games this season, the adventure of Napoli-Sant’Antimo. Today the team was excluded from the Italian Legadue because they did not pay the taxes to the Italian Federation (€ 33.000) and were then kicked out of the league. Napoli lost all three games played so far this season. Now, the Legadue will…
Read MoreHooligans clash at Buducnost vs Partizan
A hooligan clash delayed the start of the Adriatic league game between home team Buducnost (Montenegro) and Partizan Belgrade (Serbia). During the warm up fans of the two teams were provoking each other to the point that they stormed the court and charged at one and other. The riot police managed to prevent a massive…
Read MoreIndiana Fever win WNBA Finals
Series MVP Tamika Catchings (1.85m, college: Tennessee) led the Indiana Fever to their first WNBA Title in franchise history, beating the defending champion Minnesota Lynx 87:78 in game four to take their best of five series, three games to one, in front of their home crowd Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Catchings tallied 25…
Read MoreMilos Pavlovic rejoins OKK Beograd
Milos Pavlovic (2.10m) has rejoined OKK Beograd (Serbia-A League) for this season. Pavlovic wore the colors of both Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus-Division A) and KK Fersped Rabotnicki (FYR Macedonia-Prva Liga) last season and the year prior to that he was with OKK Beograd. With KK Fersped Rabotnicki last year he scored 11.6 points and grabbed 5.8…
Read MoreRuslan Nazmiev inks deal with Sokhumi Tbilisi
Ruslan Nazmiev (2.00m) has agreed to terms with Sokhumi Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague) for the 2012-13 season. Most recently Nazmiev played for Severstal (Russia-Superleague) where he averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game over 36 Superleague contests.
Read MoreKris Drouse joins Turi Svitavy
Kris Drouse (1.98m, college Point Park) has signed on with Turi Svitavy (Czech Republic-NBL) for this season. Drouse played 18 games with the Liverpool Mersey Tigers (United Kingdom-BBL) last season averaging 16.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest.
Read MoreKamil Novak Named Secretary General of FIBA Europe
Kamil Novak, Sports Director of the Fraport Skyliners, was announced as the new Secretary General of FIBA Europe this morning by the Fraport Skyliners. The decision to appoint Novak was made on Saturday by the FIBA Europe Executive Committee. The organization has been without a Secretary General since May when the Executive Committee ousted Nar…
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