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NCAA sued. Players want to get paid.
Lawyers representing former and current college football and men’s basketball players in an anti-trust lawsuit on Friday indicated for the first time that they seek not only to collect billions of dollars in damages from the NCAA and its Division I schools for using the athletes’ images, names and likenesses, but also to fundamentally change…
Read MorePoland wins crucial road game vs Belgium
Poland won a crucial away game in, and against, Belgium with 87-73 in group E of the Eurobasket 2013 Qualifying round. Poland improved to a 3-2 record and he 2nd place in the group after undefeated Finland. Belgium dropped to 3rd place with a 2-3 record. Another key game took place in group C where…
Read MoreEuroleague Qualifying Rounds presented
The 2012 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds were presented Thursday afternoon at a media conference in Desio, Italy, attended by local dignitaries, Pallacanestro Cantu officials and Euroleague basketball representatives. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Rounds are scheduled to take place from September 25 through 28 at PalaDesio, with eight teams playing single-elimination games until one…
Read MoreIsrael cruise by weak Serbia 89-76
In tonight’s Euro Qualifying game in Tel Aviv Israel beat Serbia with 89-76 and now shares the 2nd place in group A together with Serbia and Estonia. To many this result was a big surprise, but not to the insiders. Serbia’s national team did not qualify for the London Olympics and was one of the…
Read MoreDutch shock unbeaten Georgia in EuroBasket
Netherlands – Georgia 91-88 The Netherlands had lost their first three contests in the EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers, so when unbeaten Georgia showed up in Almere for their fourth game, it’s safe to say that many felt each team would extend their current streak to four. Fortunately, the hosts had other thoughts and fought back from…
Read More26 Federations take FIBA Europe to arbitration!!
Representatives from Russian and Lithuanian Basketball Federations have confirmed to media that 26 national federations have sued FIBA Europe in Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, for not obeying it’s own statutes.
Following the firing of FIBA Europe General Secretary Nar Zanolin by the president of FIBA Europe Olafur Rafnsson, 26 national federations (28 according to Lithuanian media) requested to hold an emergency meeting of the General Assembly.
Read MoreChina routs Japan, Iran blows 15-point lead to Korea in U18
China used a 30-15 margin in the second quarter to run over Japan 103-80 in their U18 Asian Championships for Men Quarter-Final contest, while Korea had to use the last three quarters to erase a 15-point deficit to set up a rematch in the finals of Thursday’s thrilling overtime contest with China. Semi-Finals China –…
Read MoreFinland shocks Belgium, Montenegro and Italy first to 4 wins
Montenegro and Italy became the first teams to four wins in the 2013 EuroBasket Qualifier tournament on Friday with wins over Iceland and Belarus, respectively. In Helsinki, Finland and Belgium went in as the only to undefeated teams in Group E, but when the dust had settled, Finland stood atop the group standings with a…
Read MoreU18 AfroBasket Championship heads to Semis
The quarter-finals of the U18 AfroBasket Championships for Men were played Thursday, Aug. 23, in Maputo, Mozambique. Coming out of the quarters to play on Friday in the semi-finals are Mali against Senegal, and Egypt against Cote d’Ivoire. The finals will be played on Saturday at 18:00 (GMT +2) at Academica Stadium. Angola – Mali…
Read MoreOvertime Games Dominate the U18 Asian Championships
The schedule couldn’t have been drawn up any better in the U18 Asian Championships for Men yesterday with the top two teams in both Groups facing off on the last day before the quarterfinal matches were set. Both China and Korea came into their Group E matchup with perfect 4-0 records along with Iran in…
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