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U18 AfroBasket Tournament Team
All-Tournament Team for the U18 AfroBasket Championships for Men MVP: Saleh Ehab of Egypt Best Scorer: Saleh Ehab of Egypt Best Rebounder: Ndoye Aboulaye of Senegal Best Coach: Madiene Fall of Senegal 1st Team Saleh Ehab of Egypt Boubacar Coulibaly of Mali Ndoye Aboulaye of Senegal Kehasson Oulai of Ivory Coast Ali Moatez of Egypt
Read MoreAsian Basketball Association to hold Club Championship
The Asian Basketball Association has released the list of preliminary round matches for their Club Championship to be held in Shenzhen, China, Sep 7-11. Preliminary Round Sep 7 Guangzhou Whampoa vs. Ryukyu Golden Kings Sep 7 Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. Seoul Samsung Thunders Sep 8 Ryukyu Golden Kings vs. Guangdong Southern Tigers Sep 8 Guangzhou…
Read MoreCougars to meet Eagles in SBL Grand Final Sept. 1st
The finals of the State Basketball League in Western Australia, Australia, are set with newcomers to the Grand Final, East Perth, and the Cockburn Cougars, who have reached their first final since 2003. The Cougars last won the Grand Final in 1992. The East Perth Eagles have earned a spot in the championship game by…
Read MoreMontenegro survives comeback to stay unbeaten in EB
The Slovak Republic reminded the unbeaten squad from Montenegro why basketball games are played in their entirety, amazing comebacks have been known to happen… The hosts found themselves down by 19 late in the third quarter of their Group A EuroBasket Qualifier 2013 in Levice, and fought their way back to a three-point deficit with…
Read MoreTurkey falls to Czech Republic in EuroBasket Qualifier
The Czech Republic improved their record to 3-1 in the EuroBasket 2013 Qualifier with an impressive 82-64 win over Turkey, the 2010 FIBA World Champions, at home in Chomutov in front of 2,200 fans. The loss drops Turkey to 2-2. The Czechs took a slight margin into the second quarter, 21-19, but put on a…
Read MoreTal Burstein set to retire
Tal Burstein, 32, announced his retirement from professional basketball at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday night. After learning that his injured hip would require surgery, Burstein decided that the best option was to hang up his shoes. The surgery would have required extensive rehabilitation that would have cost him the entire…
Read MoreBasketball Australia announces broadcast deal
Basketball Australia announced a multi-year broadcast deal with PERFORM Media that will allow all National Basketball League games to be broadcast live via an NBL.tv subscription service. The subscription will allow fans to watch NBL games on the Internet, on their mobile phones, tablets and IPTV. Games and highlights of previous games will also be…
Read MoreLakers to honor Abdul-Jabbar with statue
Karem Abdul-Jabbar will soon be seen every night at Laker games again, when the Lakers organization unveils a statue honoring the long-time Laker center. Over his 20-year career he helped earn six championships and won six MVPs. His relationship has been strained over the last few years, to the point of making his feelings known…
Read MoreDutch shock unbeaten Georgia in EuroBasket
Netherlands – Georgia 91-88 The Netherlands had lost their first three contests in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers, so when unbeaten Georgia showed up in Almere for their fourth game, it’s safe to say that many felt each team would extend their current streak to four. Fortunately, the hosts had other thoughts and fought back from…
Read MoreVitaly Fridzon’s Olympic Bronze Medal is Stolen
According to Russian media, the bronze medal won by Vitaly Fridzon, as part of the Russian basketball team, in the 2012 Olympics in London, was stolen on Saturday. According to the Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police were called to a Moscow suburb to check on a report that the apartment of a 27-year-old…
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