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Kamil Novak Named Secretary General of FIBA Europe
Kamil Novak, Sports Director of the Fraport Skyliners, was announced as the new Secretary General of FIBA Europe this morning by the Fraport Skyliners. The decision to appoint Novak was made on Saturday by the FIBA Europe Executive Committee. The organization has been without a Secretary General since May when the Executive Committee ousted Nar…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Champions Cup Finals Set
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup Finals are set for Monday, Oct. 22nd in Beirut, Lebanon and it’ll be a repeat of the 2011 Finals with Al Riyadi squaring off with Mahram Tehran. It will be the fourth consecutive finals appearance for Mahram, who has won the Cup twice prior and the second consecutive trip for…
Read MoreEuroleague Friday – Olympiacos Stunned
Friday saw five Euroleague contests with some serious upsets along the way. The second round of games have been completed and eight of the 24 teams are still undefeated, eight haven’t picked up their first ‘W’ and eight have split with their opponents. In Friday’s action Anadolu Efes Istanbul stunned defending champions Olympiacos Piraeus 98:72;…
Read MoreClose games in Euroleague Round 2
The theme for Game 2 in the Euroleague schedule seems to be how close can they finish the games as five of the seven contests currently played have ended in score differentials at the end of regulation of a total of nine points. Last year’s Final Four Runner-Up CSKA Moscow slid past Partizan mt:s Belgrade…
Read MoreRovinari stuns Timisoara in OT – Romania A
In an early season stunner, Energia Rovinari gave Elba Timisoara their first loss of the Romanian Division A season, outlasting last year’s league runner-up in a 90-89 overtime win at home. Rovinari finished the 2011-12 campaign in the middle of the league at 16-12, while Timisoara was second in the regular season at 21-7. In…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Champions Cup Day Two
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup has moved into day three with the field of five teams quickly separating and the cream of the crop has risen to the top already with Al Riyadi and Mahram Tehran both coming into day three with two wins each and an average margin of victory of 54.5 and 47…
Read MoreIsrael, Turkey, Switzerland leagues start
As the calendar months inch closer to the end of the year, the basketball calendar continues to get more crowded with more leagues starting their seasons. This past weekend, the Israel Winner League, the Turkish Basketball League and the Switzerland LNA opened play. Israel Winner League The Israel Winner League opened their 59th season with…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Champions Cup Set to Tip Off
The 23rd FIBA Asia Champions Cup begins today in Beirut, Lebanon with five squads representing four Asian sub-zones ready to tip off. Competing in the 2012 edition of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup are: East Asia: Energy Resources Falcons (Mongolia) Persian Gulf: Duhok (Iraq) Central Asia: Belent Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) West Asia: Al-Riyadi (Lebanon) and Mahram…
Read MoreGreece Basket League Begins Play
Earlier this week the board members of ESAKE, the controlling board of the Greece Basket League, decided that it was in the best interest of everyone involved in the league to begin play this weekend. In a short statement the ESAKE board stated, “The board of ESAKE, having as its objective the smooth functioning of…
Read MoreEuroleague 2012-13: Alba shocks Montepaschi
Round 1 of the Euroleague 2012-13 season wrapped up yesterday with a stunner in Italy as Alba Berlin made the most of their return to Euroleague competition with a solid win over Montepaschi Siena at the Palaestra. The win snapped Alba’s seven game losing streak in the Euroleague, where they haven’t played since the 2008-09…
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