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Euroleague: Olympiaocs and Barcelona win
Round 10 of the Euroleague Regular Season wrapped on Friday with four contests. Barcelona recovered from its recent slip with a win over Panathinaikos at home. Olympiacos outlasted Darussafaka on the road and Zalgiris Kaunas downed Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. Finally, Baskonia Vitoria took out Galatasaray at home. Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul vs. Olympiacos, 71-77 Olympiacos…
Read MoreEuroleague: Fenerbahce sees off Real Madrid
The tenth round of the Euroleague regular season tipped off with four games on Thursday. There was a mouthwatering clash as Fenerbahce edged Real Madrid by a single point in an Istanbul thriller. Unics Kazan hit a century of points to defeat Milan at home. CSKA Moscow downed a plucky Bamberg on the road, while…
Read MoreEuroCup: Round 8 summary
We are at the important end of the EuroCup regular season as Round 8 started introducing clubs to the next round. Five teams booked their passage to the Top 16 as Khimki Moscow Region, Hapoel Jerusalem, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod and Ratiopharm Ulm all went through despite contrasting fortunes on Wednesday. They joined Valencia,…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: Round 7 day 1
While the Euroleague and EuroCup take a week off, the inaugural FIBA Basketball Champions League is open for business. Round 7 of the Regular Season got underway with ten games across the continent on Tuesday. The remainder of the week’s action will be played out over ten games on Wednesday evening. Group A Ironi Nahariya…
Read MoreEuroleague: wins for CSKA, Galatasaray, and Panathinaikos
There were three games to close the ninth round of the Euroleague, with plenty of interesting results to talk about. CSKA Moscow sent a clear message with a huge win over Baskonia Vitoria, while Galatasaray collected a huge win over FC Barcelona in Istanbul. Finally, Panathinaikos just edged out a tricky Darussafaka Istanbul in Athens.…
Read MoreEuroleague: Round 9 tips off with five games
We are now on the final straight of the Euroleague regular season as five games ushered in Round 9 of the competition. There were big wins for Istanbul clubs as Anadolu Efes nailed Crvena Zvezda Belgrade at home and Fenerbahce took out Milan on the road. Also tasting away success was Maccabi Tel Aviv, thanks…
Read MoreEuroCup: Round 7 Recap
Round 7 of the EuroCup Regular Season got underway on Wednesday as the groups started to take more shape heading into the penultimate week. Gran Canaria and Valencia cemented their positions with wins in Group A and Group B. Malaga and Bayern Munich set up an exciting encounter in with wins in Group C. Group…
Read MoreEuroBasket 2017 draw, mascot, and new trophy introduced
The draw for next year’s historic EuroBasket 2017 tournament has been made, with the 24 participating nations now aware of their groups for the competition. FIBA Europe made the draw at the Ciragan Palace on the shores of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The Draw Ceremony was also used to debut a new EuroBasket trophy and…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid demolishes Barcelona
A Friday of huge derbies closed Round 8 of the Euroleague. Firstly, CSKA Moscow remained top with a win over Zalgiris Kaunas. That game was merely a warmup for huge games in Turkey, Greece, and Spain. Galatasaray edged Darussafaka Dogus in the Istanbul derby. In Greece, Panathiniakos brought Olympiacos to Athens and conceded the game…
Read MoreEuroleague: Fenerbahce halts slide
Round 8 of the 2016/2017 Euroleague got underway on Thursday with four games around the continent. Maccabi Tel Aviv was the only club to taste road success with a tight win over Unics Kazan in Russia. Fenerbahce snapped its losing run with a big win over Anadolu Efes in an Istanbul derby. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade…
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