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Euroleague: Fenerbahce and Olympiacos suffer defeats
Four games took place on Wednesday as the second round of the Euroleague Last 16 got underway. The pick of the action was in Group E where FC Barcelona picked up an important road win over Fenerbahce and Olympiacos fell to defeat away to Milan. There were also two games in Group F as Tel-Aviv…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: Madrid and Barcelona cruise
The Top 16 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague is underway after the first day of Round 1 took place on Thursday evening. It was a night dominated by Spanish teams as all four teams from the country took part in the five games taking place, and there was even an all Spanish clash in Group E.…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: Who can stop Real Madrid?
As the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 is set to get underway, there are several looming questions that remain unanswered. One of which is “Who can stop Real Madrid?” After an impressive, record-breaking regular season, the Spanish club will definitely have a target on their backs in the second stage of the competition. Their fast-paced…
Read MoreReal Madrid beats Barca for 25th unbeaten
Real Madrid welcomed Barcelona to the Madrid Caja Magica last night and secured a 98-84 victory over their great rivals. The “El Clasico” was another blockbuster game befitting one of the biggest fixtures in European Basketball as the two giants of Spanish Basketball clashed in the league. The victory was Madrid´s 13th so far in…
Read MoreEuroleague: Last 16 is set
It has been another Regular Season of fantastic Euroleague action and with Week 10 now underway there is only Friday left until we turn our attention to the Last 16. There were eight games on Thursday with plenty of business to be taken care of as the final five positions for the Last 16 of…
Read MoreEurocup: Last 32 gets 4 more clubs
The door to the Last 32 of the Eurocup has slammed shut as the final week of the Regular Season finished on Wednesday night. There were nineteen games around Europe on day 2 of week 10 and the final four Last 32 positions were decided with Bilbao, TED Ankara, CEZ Nymburk, and Banvit Bandirma becaming…
Read MoreEurocup: Cedevita and Valencia head to Last 32
The Eurocup Regular Season is drawing to close this week as Round 10 is completed and attention turns to the Last 32. There were just five games around the continent on Tuesday (the remaining games on Wednesday), but with so much to sort out in the groups there were two more teams booking their places…
Read MoreLubos Barton inks with Valencia
Lubos Barton (202 cm, Valparaiso’02) has signed a short term contract with Valencia Baskets (Liga Endesa, Eurocup) after the player has enjoyed a solid start to the season. The small forward has been playing in his native Czech Republic for NBL team BK Decin so far in 13/14. He has taken to the court in…
Read MoreEuroleague: Milan qualifies to next stage
There is just one more week left of the Euroleague Regular Season after another round of action in Week 9, and with there still plenty to play for it is promising to be an exciting finale to the first group phase. There are five more Last 16 places up for grabs next week with only…
Read MoreNikola Cvetinovic heads to BdR Valladolid
Blancos de Rueda Valladolid from Spain’s Liga Endesa has acquired Serbian forward Nikola Cvetinovic (203 cm, Akron’12) for 2013-14. Nikola began the season with Petrolina AEK Larnaca from Cyprus’ Division A, but only up to the preseason. On October 2013 he signed with Czech Republic NBL team JBC MMCITE Brno. Cvetinovic was able to play…
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