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ARG - Argentinean League round-up
8 March, 2010 - 09:24Peñarol take over top spot as Atenas stumble MAR DEL PLATA (Liga Nacional de Basquet) - Peñarol Mar del Plata, who celebrated their FIBA Americas League title last month, took over first place of their domestic league after crushing Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) 96-47 on Sunday. Alejandro Diez had 17 points and Sebastian Vega added 13 as ...
BRA - Brazilian League round-up
8 March, 2010 - 09:22Marcelinho sets new single-game scoring records in Flamengo's win RIO DE JANEIRO (Liga Nacional de Basquete) - Brazilian shooter Marcelinho Machado didn't just break two league records in Flamengo's 101-89 win over Sao Jose, he obliterated them. Machado led Flamengo with an incredible 63 points - 38 of them coming in the first half - and hit an ...
PUR - Puerto Rican League round-up
8 March, 2010 - 09:21Four teams share the top spot in BSN PONCE (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) - Atleticos de San German, Capitanes de Arecibo, Leones de Ponce and Mets de Guaynabo are in a four-way tie at the top of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional table with 2-0 records after the first weekend of action. San German opened the season with a dramatic 70-68 win over ...
IRI – It’s a three-peat as Mahram capture title again
8 March, 2010 - 08:15TEHRAN (Super League) - Mahram underlined their superiority in Iranian basketball over the weekend by capping an unbeaten season with a 2-0 sweep of Zob Ahan in the Super League Finals. The leading club in Iran basketball captured the title for the third year running. In a rematch of last year’s Finals, Mahram dominated Zob Ahan in Game 1 on the ...
FRA - French guard Beaubois a star in the making
7 March, 2010 - 19:34DALLAS (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Jason Kidd was an inspirational figure in Team USA's run to the Olympic gold medal in Beijing two summers ago. Now Kidd, the Dallas Mavericks playmaker, is giving France a helping hand by aiding in the development of their promising NBA rookie, Rodrigue Beaubois. With Kidd creating numerous scoring ...
ESP – France duo De Colo, Pietrus lead Valencia in comeback win at Manresa
7 March, 2010 - 17:23MANRESA (ACB) - One star in the Cholet side that reached last season’s EuroChallenge Final, Rodrigue Beaubois, is impressing in his rookie season with the Dallas Mavericks. A teammate of his in that Cholet team, Nando De Colo, is showing signs he'll be joining him very soon in the NBA. De Colo, who was drafted last summer by the San Antonio ...
USA - Preliminary round groups for 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship announced
7 March, 2010 - 08:46SAN ANTONIO (2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - The draw for the 2010 FIBA Americas Men’s U18 Championship for Men that will be held June 26-30 at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, was conducted today during a press conference in San Antonio and the host nation United States was drawn into Group B with Argentina, Mexico and the ...
CRO – Bogdanovic’s fine display lands him Euroleague gong
5 March, 2010 - 16:13ZAGREB (2010 FIBA World Championship) – If you're good enough, you're old enough. That is what Croatia’s Bojan Bogdanovic proved on Wednesday night in the Euroleague, when he went for 22 points – hitting on all six three-point attempts – and grabbing nine rebounds to help Zagreb crush BC Khimki 82-63 for their first Top 16 ...
FIBA TV – Watch episode 8/2010 of FIBA World Basketball for FREE on FIBAtv.com
5 March, 2010 - 15:50FIBA TV (GENEVA – In episode 8 of FIBA World Basketball (watch it here): In our ongoing series of World Championship previews, we take a close look at Turkey centre Omer Asik, who stormed onto the world stage as he proved to be instrumental in his country’s EuroBasket shock first round defeat of Spain we turn your attention stateside ...
IRI – Petrochimi Imam Harbour clinch third; Mahram battle Zob Ahan for title
5 March, 2010 - 14:32QAZVIN (Super League) - Petrochimi Imam Harbour finished their season on a high in Iran’s Super League after sweeping Saba Mehr in two games to clinch third place. Eliminated from the title race after a 2-1 defeat to Zob Ahan, Petrochimi ended the season on a winning note. Petrochimi won the first game in the battle for third place at home, ...
BRA – Preliminary Squad named for Brazil Under-18s
5 March, 2010 - 14:10RIO DE JANEIRO (CBB) - Brazil’s senior teams have been making a lot of noise this year with coaching changes ahead of the FIBA World Championships for Men and Women. It remains to be seen which players take part in those tournaments for men’s coach Ruben Magnano and new women’s boss, Carlos Colinas. There is plenty of focus on the ...
AUS - Martin makes his professional mark; Wildcats win game one
5 March, 2010 - 13:37PERTH (NBL) - FIBA U19 World Championship gold medallist Damian Martin has steered the Perth Wildcats to a hard fought 75-64 win over the Wollongong Hawks in game one of Oceania's NBL Grand Final series. Martin was the glue in the Australian team that Andrew Bogut led to the U19 world title in ...
GER - German Duo ready to compete at the AST
5 March, 2010 - 13:11HAMBURG (2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Men) - Mannheim will be in the centre of international Basketball again as the 25th anniversary of the Albert Schweitzer Tournament takes place. Besides this jubilee, the participation of two German teams, the U18 and the U17 squad, bares a lot of excitement and many things to talk about. The ...
AUS – Clash of the present and the future Down Under
5 March, 2010 - 12:24CANBERRA (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - Fans of the World Championship-winning Opals of 2006 will have the opportunity to watch the current icon of Australian basketball, Lauren Jackson, battle future superstar Liz Cambage in the WNBL Grand Final on Saturday. Jackson, 28, one of the leading players in the world, is on the books of the ...
AUS – Shooting for dough
5 March, 2010 - 09:04CAIRNS (NBL Grand Final) – Most basketball fans go to games to watch the action. Cairns Taipans’ supporter Randy Ware, however, will be in Perth on Friday not to be a part of the action when Game One of the 2010 National Basketball League Grand Final series at Challenge Stadium is played. If Ware can hit a shot from half-court between the ...
PUR – Copeland’s late three lifts San German over defending champions Bayamon
5 March, 2010 - 08:58BAYAMON (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) – Donald Copeland buried a three-pointer with just 1.4 seconds remaining to lift Atleticos de San German over defending champion Vaqueros de Bayamon 70-68 on the opening day of the 2010 BSN season in Puerto Rico. The way the game finished was made even more improbable by the fact that Copeland was signed just ...
EUROLEAGUE – Maccabi advance after fourth-quarter rampage
5 March, 2010 - 08:54TEL AVIV (Euroleague) - Pini Gershon and Maccabi Tel Aviv won the FIBA Suproleague title nine years ago in Paris. A return to the City of Light for the Euroleague Final Four could be on the cards for the Israeli giants because on Thursday night, they pulled away from Montepaschi Siena (2-3) in the last quarter for a 97-82 triumph to seal a spot in ...
TURKEY BOUND – Puerto Rico’s Arroyo hits season-high as Heat beat Lakers in OT
5 March, 2010 - 08:51MIAMI (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Puerto Rico's Carlos Arroyo has come up with some big games against the best teams in the world for his country. On Thursday night, the point guard turned his best-ever performance for the Miami Heat against the Los Angeles Lakers. Arroyo played 42 minutes and scored a season-high 17 points in the Heat's 114-111 ...
USA – FIBA Americas U18 Championship Draw to be held on Friday
4 March, 2010 - 15:39SAN ANTONIO (FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men) – FIBA Americas with the collaboration from USA Basketball and San Antonio Sports will make the FIBA Americas U18 Championship Draw to be held on Friday, March 5 at 1:42 pm local time CT) at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio, Texas. Also on Friday a press conference will be done where all the ...
BRA – Brazil convinced Colinas is the man for the job
4 March, 2010 - 14:27RIO DE JANEIRO (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) – Brazil are confident that Carlos Colinas is the right man to lead their national team into the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. The 43-year-old Spaniard, who guided Spain to the gold medal at last year’s U18 European Championship in Sweden, was handed the reins on Wednesday as a ...