Euroleague
Euroleague Top 16, FC Barcelona responds
Round 4 of the Euroleague Top 16 ended on Friday and brought a big win for Barcelona in Group E, while current champs Maccabi Tel-Aviv kept winning momentum in Group E. In Group F Nizhny Novgorod put together its performance of the season with a huge home win over Anadolu Efes, while Olympiacos stayed untouched…
Read MoreEuroleague, CSKA Moscow makes it 14-0
The honors were split in the Euroleague on Thursday as Round 4 of the Top 16 tipped off with four games across the continent. Two home wins and two away wins dealt with the action in Groups E and F, while there will be a further four contests taking place on Friday. Real Madrid stretched…
Read MoreEuroleague Friday round up
Round 3 of the Euroleague finished on Friday with five games in Europe’s elite club competition. Both Group E and Group F are starting to take shape, although there is still plenty to play for with some giants of the game with plenty of work to do. On Friday Greek giants Panathinaikos and Olympiacos grabbed…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Tel Aviv downs Barca
There were just three games tipping off round 3 of the Euroleague Top 16 this Thursday, but the Basketball typically threw up plenty of talking points. Such as Barcelona’s cagey form at this stage, the Catalan club fell to champions Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight. Barca’s great rival, Real Madrid fared much better on the road,…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 Round 2, Friday
After Real Madrid, CSKA, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Olympiacos all grabbed wins on Thursday in the Euroleague Top 16, the gauntlet was firmly thrown down to the other giants of the European game. Fenerbahce responded with a convincing road win over Nizhny Novgorod, but there could only be one winner from Barcelona and Panathinaikos as…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid, CSKA, Tel Aviv, and Olympiacos win
The Euroleague Top 16 is in full swing now as Round 2 tipped off this week with four games on Thursday. It was a night of celebration for home fans as each team with home court advantage took the spoils in the four contests, and interestingly none looked unduly troubled in picking up those wins.…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 Round 1 recap
After the brief warm up at the end of 2014, the Euroleague Top 16 kicked into full swing with the rest of Round 1 completed on Friday evening. There was plenty of thrills and spills as the 16 best Basketball teams on the continent went head to head in a spectacle of Basketball. After the…
Read MoreEuroleague, Galatasaray and Panathinaikos win
Christmas may have gone, but the gift of Basketball keeps on giving with two Euroleague games taking place that kept the festivities going. With the competition kicking into full gear again in the New Year, the two clashes on Tuesday were the perfect Top 16 opener as Galatasaray and Panathinaikos both started their second phase…
Read MoreNikos Zisis joins Fenerbahce
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (Turkey, TBL and Euroleague) has filled its problem guard position by tabbing Greek veteran Nikos Zisis (197 cm). The 31-year old comes with bags of experience, even at the elite level of the Euroleague and will help Fener’s drive in the competition when the Top 16 commences in January. The guard is…
Read MoreAleks Maric waived by Maccabi. Signs with Galatasaray
Maccabi Electra Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League) has waived veteran Australian player Aleks Maric (211 cm, Nebraska’08) and replaced him by Joe Alexander. The 29-year-old Maric played for Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia-VTB) over the last couple of seasons. In 2013-14 he played 23 games for them during their run in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and was able to…
Read More