French Pro A recap

The French ProA is going right down to the wire as Round 26 of the league failed to really separate the teams fighting it out at the top. Throughout the campaign it has been uncomfortably tight and with just four rounds to go in the Regular Season it seems “games against” is going to be…

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Eurocup Eighthfinals: Kiev opens round with win

The Eurocup Eighthfinals started on Tuesday with two clashes as the path to the Final Four opened for business. The best teams from the Top 32 have gathered together for the first knock out stage of the competition; Budivelnik Kiev and JSF Nanterre opened the round, followed by Besiktas grabbing a win against Novgorod. The…

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Eurocup: Nanterre remains unbeaten

JSF Nanterre remained unblemished in the Eurocup Last 32 as the French club opened Round 3 with a home win over Ratiopharm Ulm. Indeed, it was an evening of home wins as each team found it easy in front of their own fans. There were two other games on the night as Valencia Basket got…

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Eurocup Last 32: Nanterre drops Cantu in OT

The Last 32 of the Eurocup is underway after one game was played on Tuesday night as JSF Nanterre welcomed Foxtown Cantu to Paris and claimed a thrilling double OT victory. An exciting and nail biting game was the perfect way to kick off the next phase of the Eurocup tournament and hinted at the…

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Je´Kel Foster leaves Nanterre

Je’Kel Foster (194 cm, Ohio State’06) will leave JSF Nanterre (France, ProA and Euroleague) when his contract expires. The guard joined the French team on a short term deal early in October and the club has decided not renew the contract when it expires on December 28th. The American has played twelve games for Nanterre…

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Euroleague: Milan qualifies to next stage

There is just one more week left of the Euroleague Regular Season after another round of action in Week 9, and with there still plenty to play for it is promising to be an exciting finale to the first group phase. There are five more Last 16 places up for grabs next week with only…

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Euroleague: Panathinaikos and Vitoria head to Last 16

With the Regular Season now nearing its end, it is a time when the Euroleague groups are taking shape and on Friday one group was put to bed. All that remains in Group D is the formality of Rounds nine and ten as the four qualifying teams have been sent through after Panathinaikos and Laboral…

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Euroleague: FCB and CSKA win in Group A

Round 6 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague is underway after six games were held in the competition with the remaining six to be played on Friday. The big news came from Group A, where FC Barcelona and CSKA Moscow continue to put pressure on form team Fenerbahce at the top of the table. Barcelona is now…

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Euroleague Round 5: roundup

The second night of Euroleague Round 5 action in the has finished and it was a night in which Maccabi Tel Aviv downed old rivals Panathinaikos at home. Thursday featured some of the closest matches in recent weeks as Barcelona continued to find consistency with a road win over Kiev and Kuban narrowly defeated Kutxa…

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Euroleague: Round 4, Friday recap

Round 4 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague was completed on Friday night as teams from Group A and Group C took to the court. There were few surprises on the night as in form team Fenerbahce continued to lay down a claim on the Euroleague title with a tricky road win over Partizan NIS Belgrade. Elsewhere…

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