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FIBA Europe Cup semi-finals set
French club ES Chalon-Sur-Saone is the fourth and final team to secure its berth in the FIBA Europe Cup semi-finals. They secured their seat after defeating KK Cibona Zagreb, 83-78. They join Belgium’s BC Telenet Oostende, German team Telekom Baskets Bonn, and fellow French club JSF Nanterre. Chalon will face Oostende and Nanterre will do…
Read MoreBasketball Champions League: Quarter-Finals underway
We are at the Quarter-Finals stage of the first ever FIBA Basketball Champions League. The first two Quarter-Finals ties tipped off on Tuesday, with the other two to be played on Wednesday. Ludwigsburg took a major step towards the last four with a road success over Banvit. The Germans can seal the deal at home…
Read MoreGuaros de Lara wins back-to-back Liga Americas titles
Defending Directv Liga Americas champions, Guaros de Lara (Venezuela-LPB) convincingly defeated Weber Bahia Blanca Basket (Argentina-Liga A), 88-65 to retain their crown in 2017. The game was close in the first half. The game was close in the first half. With Bahia holding onto a two-point lead (35-37) as both squads headed to their respective…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League Quarter-Final Draw
The FIBA Basketball Champions League has lived up to expectations as an exciting tournament that brings European Basketball together. We are now at the Quarter-Final stage of the inaugural season of FIBA Basketball Champions League and the organizers have this weekend announced the draw for the last eight of the competition. We have been following…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: 3 make Quarterfinals
The business end of the FIBA Basketball Champions League is taking shape. Three of the eight ties were solved on Tuesday, with the final contests to be decided tomorrow. After two legs of 1/8 Finals action, we know three clubs that are making their way to the next stage. ASVEL Lyon, Banvit, and Dinamo Sassari…
Read MoreBasketball Champions League: Round of 16 Game 1 roundup
There are only 16 clubs remaining in this, the first-ever FIBA Basketball Champions League. We are at the stage of knockout hoops, with two legs set to determine which clubs will populate the Quarterfinals pot. Leg one of the Round of 16 tipped off on Tuesday and concluded on Wednesday. With eight games across the…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Round of 16 picture completed
The FIBA Basketball Champions League Play-Offs have been completed on Wednesday and the Round of 16 has been set. There were four contests today, following from the previous four on Tuesday. Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir, Banco Sardegna Sassari, EWE Baskets Oldenburg, and AEK Athens progressed to the next round yesterday. Joining them in the Round of…
Read More2017 U19 World Cup groups drawn
The countries participating in the 2017 U19 World Cup now know how they will be lining up at the start of the tournament after the official draw was held in Cairo, Egypt today. Egypt is the host nation of the 2017 U19 World Cup and the competitions will run from July 1st through July 9th.…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Qualifiers underway
We are into the Play-Off Qualifiers of the FIBA Basketball Champions League. This is the first season of the new tournament so consequently these are the first qualifiers in Champions League history. There were two games to open the first round, with a further six to be played tomorrow. All of these ties will have…
Read MoreSonny Weems dismissed by Maccabi Tel Aviv
Sonny Weems (198 cm, Arkansas’08) has been dismissed by Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel-Winner League). This comes in the wake of allegations that Weems refused to take a FIBA-sanctioned antidoping test and failed to show up at practice. A ban from FIBA could be forthcoming, pending further investigation. Weems joined the team in April 2016. Weems had…
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