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Turkish Airlines EuroLeague: Thursday preview
Round 24 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague tips off on Thursday with four big games. CSKA Moscow can extend at the top if it beats Maccabi Tel Aviv, while Zalgiris can continue its great form with a win over Barcelona. Valencia and Brose Bamberg will clash in a game between two inconsistent teams, while finally…
Read More2019 Basketball World Cup: missing players don’t affect big basketball nations
The big news over the basketball weekend was, of course, the 2019 Basketball World Cup qualifiers where international hoops came together to continue the path to next year’s tournament. As we already know, the EuroLeague and NBA have not cooperated with FIBA to deliver players to their nations. That means the best players, the cream…
Read More2019 World Cup Qualifying Round: Europe Roundup
The latest round of 2019 World Cup Qualifying Round games took place in Europe on Sunday, with eight explosive international basketball clashes around the continent. There are two rounds of action remaining as groups E through H took to the floor on Sunday. On Monday, the remaining four groups (A-D) will complete the action this…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: revenge for Real Madrid in El Clasico
Real Madrid traveled to Barcelona in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday and took revenge for last Sunday’s cup final defeat in a demolition job. Elsewhere in round 23, Khimki took out Panathinaikos at home, while Zalgiris smashed Efes on the road. Finally, Brose Bamberg took out Crvena Zvezda in style. Like yesterday, the…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: CSKA Moscow qualifies
It was a night of comfortable home wins in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Thursday as Round 23 got underway. This was a significant night as CSKA Moscow became the first club to reach the play-offs, thanks to a win over Baskonia Vitoria. Champs Fenerbahce took apart Milan in Istanbul, and Olympiacos crushed Valencia. Finally,…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Thursday preview
The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague took a week off last week so Europe’s leagues could hold their domestic cup competitions. However, the competition is back this week for Round 23 and we are at the first stage of deciding games. If CSKA Moscow defeats Baskonia Vitoria on Thursday, the Russian Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders will settle…
Read MoreEuropean Basketball cup round up
This weekend in European Basketball has been dedicated to cup competitions with major cup tournaments held all around the continent. In some of the biggest countries in the European Basketball community, there have been plenty of thrills and quite a few spills over the weekend. Check out below the clubs that are celebrating being domestic…
Read MoreCopa del Rey: Semi-finals set
The Semi-Final of the 2018 Copa Del Rey has been locked after the Quarter-Final stage was played out over Thursday and Friday. The Four clubs competing in the Final Four in Gran Canaria on Saturday are reigning Champions League winners Iberostar Tenerife, Barcelona, hosts Herbalife Gran Canaria, and reigning Copa Del Rey champs Real Madrid.…
Read MoreGreek A1 Regular Season Round 16
Panathinaikos Athens continued to maintain its iron-like grip on the Greek A1 standings through Round 16 of the competition. The runaway league leaders G.Larissa-Faros in comfortable fashion to enhance its position at the top. Arch-rival and biggest title threat Olympiacos Piraeus played on Tuesday and crushed Trikalla on the road. Lavrio, AEK Athens, and Promitheus…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: path to final plotted
The final round of the FIBA Basketball Champions League closed last week and we have been looking ahead to the Play-Offs. Knockout hoops will commence in the competition on March 6 and today the draw was held to determine who will meet who in the next round. During an event at the House of Basketball…
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