AfroBasket 2013 tips off in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

AfroBasket 2013 tipped off on Tuesday with four games to start the African qualifier for the FIBA World Cup 2014. The top three teams will advance to Spain 2014 from Abidjan. The competition will run through Saturday, 31 August, with the Championship and Bronze medal games being held. The first day contests were attended by…

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Salah Mejri signs with Real Madrid

Salah Mejri (217 cm) is moving to Real Madrid (Spain-ACB) from Blusens Monbus Obradoiro CAB (Spain-ACB) for the 2013-14 season. The Tunisian big man will likely play a reserve role, backing up Real Madrid’s starting front court. Mejri averaged 9.4 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 36 games for Blusens Monbus in 2012-13. He was the…

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Turkey takes 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold

The host country Turkey earned themselves 2013 Mediterranean Games Gold medals on the hardwood on Tuesday with a 17-point win over Serbia, 79:62. Turkey went undefeated in the competition with their closest contest coming in the Semi-Finals over Tunisia in an eight-point contest, 77:69, that was just had Turkey up by just two points going…

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2013 Mediterranean Games moves to semis

The 2013 Mediterranean Games got underway on Tuesday in Mersin, Turkey, with over 3,000 athletes from 24 countries competing in 27 sports. In Servet Tazegül Sports Hall, the basketball competition tipped off on Tuesday with seven National Teams competing in two groups. In Group A – Turkey, FYR Macedonia, Egypt, and Algeria were scheduled to…

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Marko Kolaric signs with Stade Nabeulien

Marko Kolaric (213 cm, Charminade’09) has signed with Stade Nabeulien from Tunisia’s Division 1. The Serbian player started the 2012-13 season playing for Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi from Turkey’s TB2L. In nine games Kolaric averaged 7.9 ppg and 8.1 rpg. This was his second season with the Turkish team. In the 2011-12 season he averaged 10.9…

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La’Shard Anderson is added by Club Africain

La’Shard Anderson (185 cm, Boise State’11) has been signed by Club Africain Tunis of Tunisia’s Division I. He previously played for Belgium’s Gent Dragons in Division II. There Anderson averaged 4.9 ppg and 1.5 apg in 26 games. As a product of Boise State, the American-born guard averaged 15.1 ppg, 4.7 apg, and 2.2 spg…

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Bryson McKenzie signs in Tunisia

Bryson McKenzie (211 cm, Northern Illinois´06) has signed in Tunisia with Etoile du Sahel. Last season Bryson McKenzie played for CSM Bucuresti from Romania where he was the 3rd rebounder of the league with an average of 8.6 rpg. He also added 9.4 ppg.

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U18 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…

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Quarterfinals are set in U18 African Championships for Men

The preliminary rounds have been completed and the U18 African Championships for Men have their quarterfinals set and ready to tip off on Thursday, Aug. 23rd in Maputo, Mozambique. In the first contest, Angola (2-3 in Group B) will square off against Mali (3-1 in Group A). Cote d’Ivoire (3-2 in Group B) will face…

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