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Russia Federation teams banned by FIBA
All Russia Federation Basketball teams have been banned by FIBA the country announced on Wednesday, with all tiers of the national team omitted from further FIBA competitions. The sport’s governing body made the decision after a political spat at the top of Russian Basketball has failed to be resolved. The ban means that the men’s…
Read MoreFIBA U18 European Championship, Day 2 Second Stage
Day 2 of the Second Stage at the FIBA U18 European Championship saw Group E and Group F take shape as the nation’s compete to make the Quarter-final. France was handed its first loss by a Serbia team looking for consistency in Group E, but along with Spain the French seems destined for the next…
Read MoreU18 European Championships: Four Teams Advance
Volos, Greece – Four teams advance to the quarterfinals of the U18 European Championships, staying undefeated after the second stage of the competition. Both France and Germany advance from Group E after coming up with some very dominant victories. France blazed through Latvia, 91-62 on some solid offensive execution. The duo of Stephane Gombauld and…
Read MoreRodney White vs. Guaiqueries at BAT
Rodney White filed a claim versus former club Guaqueries de Margarita (Venezuela-LPB) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, penalties, and interest. The claimant submitted that the team only made partial payments based on their contract. The team answered that it had paid the player more than what he claims he received but…
Read MoreEuropean Championship U18, day 1 summary
The FIBA European Championship U18 has tipped off in Volos, Greece and it proved to be an exciting day of game one action through groups A to D. There were a few standout contests along the way, such as Spain clashing with France, while Turkey narrowly picked up a win to begin its quest for…
Read MoreSerbia claims U20 European Gold
Serbia ended 7 years of hurt to defeat Spain and once again lay claim to the FIBA U20 European Championship Gold. A 70-64 win was enough to hand the country a first championship since 2008 and propelled Serbia to 5 U20 titles overall, a record. It was a tight decider between two nations that entered…
Read MoreSpain and Serbia clash for U20 Gold
Spain and Serbia will compete the final of the 2015 FIBA U20 European Championship as both nations progressed from the semi-finals. It is a fitting showpiece game as both Spain and Serbia has reached this stage with unbeaten records, while both nations are perennial competitors in the latter stages of the competition. Spain finished as…
Read MoreU20 European Championship, France, Spain, Turkey, and Serbia make final four
We are on to the final four at the U20 European Championship after Friday completed the Quarterfinal picture. Spain and Serbia continued to dominate proceedings as both swept into the semi-finals and will avoid each other in the next round. Also set to compete for a place in the final are France and Turkey, after…
Read More2015 U20 European Championship, Quarterfinals locked
The Quarterfinals of the 2015 U20 European Championship have been set after Groups E and F wrapped on Wednesday, allowing four more nations to book their place in the last eight. Those countries were Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, and Latvia. Group E Latvia and Belgium secured qualification to the next round, but it was the Latvians…
Read MoreFIBA U20 European Championship, Second Stage day 2
The Second Stage of the FIBA U20 European Championship got under way on Tuesday with Groups E and F tipping off with three games each. The full schedule of games saw six nations in each group square off on the road to Quarterfinals. After four games of the tournament so far, three teams remain perfect,…
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