U17 World Championships move to Semis

The U17 World Championships for Women advance to the semi-final round on Saturday with the United States squaring off with Canada and Japan facing Spain. Classification Round Korea – Turkey 82-79 Korea: J. Shin 21, K. Kim 13, J. Park 13. Turkey: M. Gulcan 21, E. Manlaci 18, S. Atas 16, H. Coklar 10. Mali…

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Eurobasket Qualifier Aug. 24 Schedule

Group A 18:00 Slovak Republic – Israel – Levice, SVK, City Sport Hall 20:30 Serbia – Estonia – Novi Sad, SRB, JP SPC Vojvodina 20:30 Montenegro – Iceland – Niksic, MNE, SC Niksic Group B 19:30 Luxembourg – Bulgaria – Luxembourg, LUX, Centre National Sportif & Culturel d’Coque 20:00 Germany – Sweden – Ulm, GER,…

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U17 World Championships for Women Quarters Today

The quarter-finals of the U17 World Championships for Women will be played today with the winners moving on to Friday’s semi-finals. The preliminary games will feature match-ups for 9th-12th place and then Italy will face Spain in the first of the four contests today. Classification Round 10:00 (GMT +2) Korea – Turkey 12:15 Brazil –…

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Besiktas signs veteran big man Damir Markota

Besiktas JK Istanbul added to its frontcourt by signing experienced big man Damir Markota to a one-year contract. Markota (2.08 meters, 26 years old) is a veteran of seven Euroleague seasons with three different teams. Last season he averaged 4.7 points and 6 rebounds in seven Euroleague appearances for Union Olimpija. He ranked third in…

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Turkey remains unbeaten in U20 European Championships

Turkey remains the only undefeated team in the U20 European Championships for Women, being played in Debrecen, Hungary. The 12 teams will play their last qualification match on 22 August and will start the Quarterfinals on the 24th. Results from Aug. 21 Group E Netherlands – Lithuania 66-54 The Netherlands knocked Lithuania out of the…

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Angry Tanjevic calls NBA coaches “stupid”

Coach of the Turkish national men’s basketball team Bogdan Tanjevic has lashed out at his American counterparts, saying most of the NBA coaches are “stupid.” The Montenegrin coach was quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport, where his team was to face Italy in a European Basketball Championship qualifying game yesterday. Tanjevic returned to coaching after…

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US – Japan Unbeaten in U17 World Championships

The USA and Japan have taken care of business at the U17 Women’s World Championships so far, entering the last day of the qualification round with perfect 4-0 records. USA – Belgium 80-50 The US defeated Belgium 80-50 behind 17 points from Rebecca Greenwell, Diamond DeShields added 14 points and 11 rebounds and Kaela Davis…

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U17 Women’s World Championship – Day 3

Group A Korea – Mali 76-61 Korea: H.Kim 19, Park 19, Shin 9 Mali: Dakouo 13, Maiga 11, Diallo 11, Fomba 10, Keita 9 USA – Italy 83-43 USA: Greenwell 16, Reimer 12, Harper 11, DeShields 11, Turner 11 Italy: Marangoni 8, Pan 7, Zandalasini 6 Canada – Belgium 50-45 Canada: Wolfram 12, Nurse 9,…

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Trabzonspor added Murry to roster

Toure Murry has penned a contract with Trabzonspor in Turkey. The 1.95m guard graduated this spring from Wichita State University in the US, where he averaged 12.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists. He spent this summer playing for the Los Angeles Lakers summer team in Las Vegas.

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