Serbia
Vlada Jovanovic parts with Igokea
Serbian coach Vlada Jovanovic and BC Igokea Aleksandrovac (Bosnia-Division I) have mutually come to an agreement to part ways. The team is off to a horrible start in the Adriatic league where they are in 13th place with a 2-7 win-loss record. Jovanovic was hired by the club in January 2014 and managed to guide…
Read MoreRed Star fan Killed
The Euroleague and indeed the wider Basketball community is in shock and mourning today after the death of a Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) Belgrade fan before the clubs’ clash with Galatasaray in Istanbul, Turkey. 25-year old Marko Ivkovic was tragically stabbed in the chest and died of his injuries after five hours of surgery at…
Read MoreReal Madrid and Galatasaray win in Euroleague
Real Madrid survived a road test by a dogged Zalgiris Kaunas as the Spanish team got back on track in the 2014/2015 Euroleague season. Los Blancos were not the only team tasting victory on Friday as Round 6 wrapped with three other games on the night. In the rest of the action, Nizhny Novgorod kept…
Read MoreEurocup Round 6 of Regular Season
We are deep into the competition now as the Eurocup Round 6 brought another week of action to the continents second biggest club competition. There were plenty of thrills through the two days, and the odd spill too as only two teams now remain unbeaten, one of them booking passage to the Last 32, the…
Read MoreStefan Zivanovic inks with Igokea
BC Igokea Aleksandrovac from Bosnian League has added Serbian player Stefan Zivanovic (196 cm) for the 2014-15 season. The last team he represented was Kangoeroes in the Belgian Scooore League during 2013/14 season. Stefan averaged 12.8ppg and 2.9rpg in twenty five appearances for the club. The 25-year-old Zivanovic had initially tried out for Italian Serie…
Read MoreVladimir Micov Out with Fractured Foot
Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (Turkey-TBL) is expected to miss their Serbian import, Vladimir Micov (201 cm) for a month due to a fractured bone in his foot. The 29-year-old forward suffered the injury during his team’s clash with Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkish TBL action. So far this season, Micov was able to play in five…
Read MoreAdriatic League, Partizan win marred by violence
Another week of Adriatic League action is underway this weekend with three games having played out so far. On Friday Union Olimpija Ljubljana maintained its solid early season for with a win, while on Saturday Buducnost kept troubling the top of the standings with another victory, while Partizan Belgrade continued to blow out the cobwebs…
Read MoreNemanja Nedovic signed by Valencia
Nemanja Nedovic (190 cm) is returning to Europe to ply his trade with Valencia Basket in the Spanish Liga Endesa and the Euroleague. The Serbian player is heading to a Valencia team struggling in the continent’s elite competition and he will add some attacking experience to the current Eurocup champs. The point guard started the…
Read MoreEuroleague Regular Season, week 5
The fifth round of the Euroleague Regular Season tipped off with seven games on Thursday, including an all-Russian clash and plenty of other mouth-watering match ups. The group campaign is now in full swing as we reach the midway point and the tables are starting to reveal the teams in the mix for qualification, as…
Read MoreEurocup, close games aplenty in Round 5
Round 5 of the Eurocup regular season saw perhaps the closest hoops of the 2014/2015 campaign so far, with a number of games going right to the wire. The groups are now taking shape and the fight for the Last 32 is officially heating up, with all tables having runaway leaders and a chasing pack…
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