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Okapi Aalstar lead Eurochallenge winners
Okapi Aalstar went hot on Tuesday by destroying BC Astana at home in the third week of Eurochallenge Last 16 action. The Belgian club piled 108 points onto the board to see off an Astana team that had itself claimed 113 points last week. The teams clashed as part of six games taking place around…
Read MoreAdriatic League, Partizan surges
Partizan NIS Belgrade’s climb up the Adriatic League standings continued as the Serbian powerhouse took out Igokea Aleksandrovac at home. The contest was part of three games from Round 19 on Saturday night, with the rest of the round to be played out over the coming days. Also, celebrating victories are Cedevita Zagreb and Union…
Read MoreEurochallenge Last 16 Round 1 recap
After taking a few weeks off for the Holiday Season, the Eurochallenge is back, and with it comes Round 1 of the Last 16 phase. The movers and shakers from the group stages have progressed and opened the Last 16 in style, with Groups I through L offering plenty of midweek hoops action. Interestingly there…
Read MoreShavlik Randolph vs. Foshan L.L. at BAT
Former NBA forward Shavlik Randolph filed a claim against his former team, the Foshan Long Lions (China-CBA) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries and submitted that his contract was improperly terminated due to his season-ending injury. He was on their roster during the 2013/14 season. Randolph is currently playing for the Phoenix…
Read MoreChampville Sanctioned by FIBA
On December 2014 Lebanese Division A club Champville was sanctioned by FIBA for its continued breach to honor an award issued by the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) in October 2014. FIBA imposed a ban on the registration of new players by the club. BAT issued an award in favor of claimant, Nigerian player Jeleel Akindele…
Read More2014/2015 Eurochallenge Last 16 set
The Regular Season has ended and the 2014/2015 Eurochallenge Last 16 has been locked, with the clubs now heading into the winter break awaiting the next phase of the competition. The final round of Basketball decided plenty of late arrivals into the next round, while there was heartbreak and jubilation on the courts around the…
Read MoreFIBA: potential World Cup 2019 and 2023 hosts
FIBA announced the nations that have been shortlisted as potential hosts of the next two instalments of the flagship international tournament, the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Germany has been named as either a lone host or possibly as a joint host with France, while China, Qatar, the Philippines, and Turkey have also been shortlisted for…
Read MoreZoran Krstanovic vs. Kryvbasbasket at BAT
Serbian player Zoran Krstanovic and his agent Akos Vegvari filed a claim against the player’s former team BC Kryvbasbasket (Ukraine-Superleague) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT). The claimants were seeking outstanding salaries, penalties, interest, and declaratory relief. He played for the club during the 2012-13 season. The arbitrator of the case awarded in favor of…
Read More2014/2015 Eurochallenge, Round 5
Round 5 of the 2014/2015 Eurochallenge is up and running after a busy schedule of games ushered in the fifth week of competition on Wednesday. There were twelve games played through Europe on the night, while more teams booked their place in the Last 16 when others slipped out of contention for the next phase.…
Read MoreEurobasket 2015 Draw Results are In!
The Eurobasket 2015 Draw took place in Disneyland, Paris and the results have been announced! Next year, 24 of Europe’s best national basketball teams will compete in one of the sport’s premier events. There will be four host nations for the event and the group stages will take place in Zagreb, Croatia; Montpellier, France; Berlin,…
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