Euroleague
Pablo Laso extends deal with Los Blancos
Real Madrid has officially announced that head coach Pablo Laso has extended his contract with the club and will be at the helm of the team until the end of the 2015/2016 season. The Spaniard is now in his third season with the Spanish giants and will stay with the club for a further two…
Read MoreEuroleague: FCB and CSKA win in Group A
Round 6 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague is underway after six games were held in the competition with the remaining six to be played on Friday. The big news came from Group A, where FC Barcelona and CSKA Moscow continue to put pressure on form team Fenerbahce at the top of the table. Barcelona is now…
Read More2013/2014 Euroleague: Round 5, Friday
Round 5 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague season is done and dusted after Friday´s games. It proved to be a good night for home teams as no club recorded a road win as the night threw up several key contests. CSKA Moscow demolished Partizan in Russia to keep in touch in Group A, while Olympiacos came…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 5: roundup
The second night of Euroleague Round 5 action in the has finished and it was a night in which Maccabi Tel Aviv downed old rivals Panathinaikos at home. Thursday featured some of the closest matches in recent weeks as Barcelona continued to find consistency with a road win over Kiev and Kuban narrowly defeated Kutxa…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid puts Efes to the sword
Real Madrid put on a Euroleague masterclass on Wednesday night as the Spanish giants destroyed Anadolu Efes in the opening game of the 5th round. The Efes players would have been on a high after seeing off Zalgiris last week to go second in Group B, but Madrid was in unforgiving mood and swept the…
Read MoreMalik Hairston joins Galatasarary
Malik Hairston (198 cm, Oregon’08) has been unveiled as the new signing for Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (Turkey, TBL and Euroleague). The swingman is signing on a deal that will keep at the club until the end of the 2013/2014 season. Hairston played last season in Italy for EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (Serie A and…
Read MoreEuroleague: Round 4, Friday recap
Round 4 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague was completed on Friday night as teams from Group A and Group C took to the court. There were few surprises on the night as in form team Fenerbahce continued to lay down a claim on the Euroleague title with a tricky road win over Partizan NIS Belgrade. Elsewhere…
Read MoreEuroleague: Maccabi Electra wins third straight
A win by a deuce counts the same as a win by a dozen… Maccabi Electra, seen to be struggling in the early part of the 2013-14 season, made it three straight in Euroleague competition with a 74:76 victory on the road against Lietuvos Rytas on Thursday. It wasn’t a good day for the home…
Read MoreEuroleague: Nanterre beats Barça at home
At the end of the 2012-13 season JSF Nanterre surprised a lot of people when they defeated the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 ranked teams in the French ProA playoffs to be named “Champion de France 2013” and get an invite to play in the Euroleague for the 2013-14 season. At the start…
Read MoreUros Slokar signs for Berlin
Uros Slokar (210 cm) has been signed by German team ALBA Berlin (BBL and Eurocup) for the remainder of the season. The power forward is coming off a season playing for Herbalife Gran Canaria 2014 (Spain, ACB) where he played 31 games and averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. The Slovenian international 2011/2012…
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