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Marcus Cousin wins claim vs. Krasny Oktyabr
Marcus Cousin and his agent Eric Fleisher filed a claim against BC Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd (Russia-VTB) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) for outstanding salaries, bonuses, travel expenses, compensation for breach of contract, and agents fees. They submitted that the team failed to play the player his salary and bonuses as well as the agent’s…
Read MoreFIBA bans Slovenia from European Championship
The two major Basketball governing bodies in Europe have engaged in a political tug of war, and the fight between FIBA and ULEB could change the landscape of the sport on the continent forever. Caught in the middle are Basketball federations and the largest clubs in Europe, but the standoff between the International Basketball Federation…
Read MoreEuroleague and Eurocup 2016-17 Structures Set
The competition structures of the 2016-17 Euroleague and Eurocup were discussed in a recent meeting of Euroleague Basketball A License clubs. The clubs discussed the revamped structures of Europe’s Top basketball competitions, the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and the Eurocup. Euroleague The Euroleague will consist of 16 teams which will compete in a round robin format…
Read MoreMalik Hairston wins claim vs. Galatasaray (BAT)
Malik Hairston (198 cm, Oregon’08) filed a claim against his former team Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul (Turkey-BSL) at the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT). He was claiming for outstanding salaries, bonuses, rental fees and interest. Hairston was on the roster of Galatasaray for the 2013-14 season. He is currently with AEK Athens (Greece-A1). The arbitrator of…
Read MoreBasketball Champions League Launched
Paris, France – With over 200 guests in attendance, FIBA officially launched the Basketball Champions League at the Maison du Sport. The league’s inaugural season will tip off this 2016-17 and begin on September 27th 2016. 32 teams will participate in the regular season. 24 teams will qualify directly, while eight other teams will advance…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: Maccabi Rishon Advances
Israeli club Maccabi Rishon Le-Zion booked their ticket to FIBA Europe Cup Quarter-Finals after sweeping its series against BK Ventspils. They move on to face the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany-BBL) who also swept their Octo-finals series against AEK Athens (Greece-A1). Maccabi Rishon is the fourth team to make through to the next stage of the…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup: last 16 continues
Four contests continued the first leg of the FIBA Europe Cup 1/8 Finals on Wednesday after two games on Tuesday opened the week’s action. There will be a further two games on Sunday and next Wednesday before the second leg contest in two weeks. BC Enisey took a slender first leg advantage on the road…
Read MoreFIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers draw
The draw for the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers was made by the Basketball governing body in Munich, Germany on Friday. The completed draw means the competing 27 nations in the qualifying round now know their opponents when the competition gets underway in September. The countries were split into seven groups, with six groups of four…
Read MoreEurocup Wednesday roundup
The Eurocup Last 32 reached its critical midway point this week as the third round was completed around the continent. Form here all clubs will be looking to the standings to see how they are positioned to reach the next round, the first knockout stage. There was plenty of action on Wednesday with twelve games…
Read MoreFIBA: Italian and French clubs commit to governing body
FIBA met with the top Basketball federations of Europe on Thursday in London and on the agenda was the prospect of creating a Basketball Champions League in the continent. The federations of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain and Turkey met with FIBA Vice-President/FIBA Europe President Turgay Demirel and Secretary General Patrick Baumann chairing the…
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