Russia
Euroleague, 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 MoreAvtodor shocks Unics Kazan in VTB League
Avtodor Saratov stunned high flying Unics Kazan at home in the VTB United League as Round 15 of the competition kicked off. Unics has won its last three VTB United games and were sitting in fourth place with a 9-5 record, but they were undone by a solid Avtodor performance. The Saratov club climbed to…
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 MoreEurocup Last 32 Round 1 recap
Round 1 of the Eurocup Last 32 wrapped on Wednesday with fifteen games taking place around the continent on a busy night of action. The contests followed from reigning champions Valencia dominating SLUC Nancy in the round opener on Tuesday. Groups G through N were all played out by the end of the day, but…
Read MoreAaron Miles parts with Lokomotiv Kuban
Aaron Miles (186 cm, Kansas’05) is parting ways with Russian club Lokomotiv Kuban (VTB) and will be hitting the free agency market. Miles played nine games for them in the Eurocup and averaged 5.0 ppg and 4.2 apg. He was also able to play in 11 games in the VTB United League and there he…
Read MoreKrasnie Krilya sanctioned by FIBA
Russian basketball club Krasnie Krilya Samara was sanctioned by FIBA on December 2014 for its continued breach to honor an award granted by the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for two to of its former players, American DeJuan Collins (photo above) and American-Macedonian Jeremiah Massey. Both players filed a claim against Krasnie Krilya at the BAT…
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 MoreBernard King leaves Volgograd
Bernard King (196 cm, Texas A&M’03) time at Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd (Russia, VTB League and Eurocup) has come to an end. The player is the latest to leave the club as it has a mid-season clear out. King joined the Volgograd team back in March 2014 and through this season he has played six VTB…
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