Hawks Basketball Club

A CORUNA (Olympics) – Lithuania have been brushing aside the competition in the build-up to the Olympics. At the Torneo Ciudad De La Coruña on Monday, Linas Kleiza erupted for 24 points in a 90-61 mauling of Portugal. Prior to that triumph, Ramunas Butautus’ team had thrashed Belarus 113-57 and followed that up with two more ...

MADRID (Olympics) – Manu Ginobili played almost 21 minutes and scored 18 points but Argentina fell to Olympic rivals Spain 90-88 on Tuesday in a warm-up for the Beijing Games. There have been fears that Ginobili may not be available for the South Americans in China because of an ankle injury he suffered in the NBA play-offs but on Tuesday the San ...

BEIJING (Olympics) - African champions Angola warmed up for the Beijing Games in style by winning all three of their games at the Borislav Stankovic Cup in China. Alberto Carvalho’s team, which will be in Group B at the Olympics with Greece, Germany, Spain, China and the United States, thrashed a Russia B team 89-70. They followed that up with a ...

CACERES (Torneo Extremadura) - Spain hammered a Victor Khryapa-less Russia 91-56 in the last game of the Torneo Extremadura – a warm-up event for the Beijing Games. Khryapa, one of the leading players on Russia’s gold-medal winning side at EuroBasket 2007, isn’t able to play right now because of an ankle injury that is threatening to ...

MADRID (Olympics) – Spain coach Aito Garcia Reneses on Saturday confirmed Jorge Garbajosa is in his final 12-strong squad for the Beijing Games. The veteran power forward/center Garbajosa, who missed virtually the entire 2007-08 NBA campaign after an operation on his leg, played in Spain’s 84-35 friendly win over Portugal on Friday in ...

CADIZ (Olympics) - Spain’s women have begun their preparations for the Olympics in San Fernando, Cadiz and point guard Nuria Martinez is working out with the squad following an operation on a finger injury. Martinez had to be dropped for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament and was replaced by youngster Silvia Dominguez but Evaristo Perez could ...

ROSARIO (Olympics) - Argentina edged Poland 88-86 in Rosario on Wednesday in their first warm-up game for the Olympics. The South Americans played without injured Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino, who is still in talk over a new contract with the Toronto Raptors. Center Fabricio Oberto left the game through injury as the Argentinians struggled against ...

CADIZ (Olympics) - Spain have been one of the darlings of international basketball for several years with success in EuroBaskets and a gold medal triumph at the 2006 FIBA World Championship proof that they are one of the top sides in the sport. The Olympics haven’t been as kind to the Spanish, though, especially four years ago in Athens when the ...

ATHENS (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) - Croatia edged Australia71-69 in the opening game of the Acropolis Tournament in Athens– the third friendly between the two sides in the last six days. Victory did not hide the fact that the Croatians have a lot of work to do before the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament tips off next week in ...

CADIZ (Olympics) – Aito Garcia Reneses, the recently appointed coach of Spain’s national team, couldn’t be happier. The former DKV Joventut boss, embarking on one of the biggest challenges of his coaching career, has arguably the most talented squad in the country’s history and will be hoping the team achieves great things at the ...

BAMBERG (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - Puerto Rico dug themselves an early hole that they couldn't climb out of and lost 93-86 to Greece in the championship game of the Supercup at the JAKO Arena on Saturday night. Germany defeated Slovenia 77-67 to clinch third place. All four teams are warming up for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying ...

BAMBERG (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - Germany suffered an 85-83 defeat on Friday at the Supercup  in Bamberg, a loss that didn't sting nearly as much as the one earlier in the day when it was confirmed a back problem will prevent Ademola Okulaja from playing for Dirk Bauermann's team this summer. Bauermann has now lost three key men from ...

RIJEKA (Olympics) - The Australia Post Boomers have fallen one point shy of their seventh straight win after losing to Croatia in Rijeka this morning, 82-81. Australia fought back from a 6-point half time deficit to lead by as many as seven points in the third quarter before the hosts found their range and stole victory. The reigning Most Valuable ...

RIJEKA (Olympics) – Marko Popovic poured in a game-high 19 points but Croatia lost 78-74 to Australia in a friendly on Wednesday in Rijeka. Warming up for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens, Jasmin Repesa’s Croatians had a strong start but the Boomers hit back with the pressure defense that allowed them to sweep Iran 3-0 and New ...

MADRID (Olympics) - Emerging star Ricky Rubio is hoping he and his Spain teammates can keep the country in a celebratory mood after the football team’s Euro 2008 title triumph in Vienna. Luis Aragones’ team won their second major title and first in 44 years with a 1-0 victory over Germany. Rubio and Spain will arrive at the Beijing Games ...

BERLIN (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) – Germany whipped Poland 92-70 on Monday in the second of two friendlies between the two sides. Dirk Bauermann’s team, warming up for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Athens where they will attempt to claim one of three spots still available for the Beijing Games, stormed out to a 27-16 ...

KRANJSKA GORA (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) – Captain Rasho Nesterovic took out his frustration over the injury problems in Slovenia’s national team by scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 73-70 triumph over Croatia in the second of two friendlies between the two sides. The veteran center, who is playing for Slovenia for the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - If all of Athens had hoped to see seven-footer Kostas Koufos with their own eyes, they’ll have to wait a while following the American-born player’s decision to spend this summer with the Utah Jazz instead of playing at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Panagiotis Yannakis had ...

HALLE (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) – Germany prevailed on Saturday night in their first warm-up game ahead of July’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament but they didn’t put away a determined Poland until the fourth quarter. Dirk Bauermann’s team, which included Dirk Nowitzki and a host of newcomers to the senior side, only ...

BRUNICO (Olympics) – Australia completed a three-game sweep of their friendly series against Russia with a 98-56 victory in Italy. In a battle of countries that will play at the Beijing Games, Jan Stirling’s Australians broke open a close game in the second quarter when they outscored their opponents 29-6 en route to a commanding 54-27 ...