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TURKEY BOUND – Spain’s Pau Gasol enjoys winning return from injury

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Recently-crowned EuroBasket MVP Pau Gasol of Spain returned from a hamstring injury and helped fire the Los Angeles Lakers to victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. Gasol, who was also the MVP at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, played in his first game of the season and scored 24 points while ...

ARG/BRA – Quimsa win Liga Sudamericana

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:40 GMT

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Liga Sudamericana) - Quimsa will enter the FIBA Americas League as the new champions of the Liga Sudamericana following an 87-77 triumph over Libertad Sunchales on Thursday night. Julio Mazzaro had 29 points and Jonatan Triese 21 for the winners in the battle of Argentina teams. The key stretch in the game started with 3:30 left ...

AUS – Bogut blues

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:28 GMT

MILWAUKEE (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Milwaukee Bucks big man Andrew Bogut will have to wait between two and four weeks before resuming what had been his best year in the NBA so far after hurting his left leg in Thursday's win over New Jersey. The Australia center, expected to represent the Boomers next year at the FIBA World Championship, ...

KEN - Dominant Trailblazers and Predators claims NBA crowns in style

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:29:07 GMT

NAIROBI (Nairobi League) - Trailblazers and Predators won the Nairobi Basketball Association (NBA) men and women crowns as the 2009 provincial league comes to an end at Railways Club. In one of the most one sided play off finals ever, Trailblazers blanked Nairobi Aviation College (NAC) 3-1 while Predators were too strong for top seed Safe Spaces ...

FRA – Parker gives thumbs-up to fellow Frenchie Beaubois

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:59 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - San Antonio point guard Tony Parker got a chance to see fellow Frenchman Rodrigue Beaubois play in the NBA for the first time this week when the Spurs took on the Dallas Mavericks. The 21-year-old Beaubois has been one of the biggest surprises of the season, forcing his way into the Dallas Mavericks’ ...

BEN - Sporting Club beat Energie to 9th position

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:31:07 GMT

OUIDAH (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Alexandra Sporting Club of Egypt Friday defeated host of the 15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women by 87-63 points to clinch the ninth spot of the competition. The Egyptian club took the first three quarters by 17-16, 26-06 and 22-13 to go into the last with a 65-37 point’s advantage while ...

Day 2 Round-Up: FIBA Asia U16 Championship

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:23 GMT

JOHOR BAHRU (FIBA Asia U16 Championship) - Bahrain pulled a rabbit out of the hat beating Japan in the nick of time even as leading contenders Iran, Korea, China and Syria all posted their second wins from as many games in as many days on Day Two of the inaugural FIBA Asia U16 Championship at Stadium Bandaraya on Friday. Bahrain’s 85-84 against ...

BEN - First Bank through to semi-final beat First Deepwater

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:22 GMT

OUIDAH (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - First Bank basketball club of Nigeria Friday defeated her Nigeria rival, First Deepwater basketball by 88-48 points in the first quarter-finals of the 15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women at the ISPR gymnase, Ouidah, Benin Republic. The Elephant Girls who paraded eight Nigeria senior women ...

BEN - Interclube sees off A’Politecnica, battle First Bank in semi

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:17 GMT

OUIDAH (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Interclube basketball club of Angola Friday played the game of their lives to go past A’Politecnica basketball club of Mozambique by 62-58 points in the second quarter-final game decided at the IRSP gymnase, Benin Republic. Both sides had started the high tempo game on a cautious note with the ...

ARG/BRA - Quimsa win in OT to reach Sudamericana final

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:12:37 GMT

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Liga Sudamericana) - Quimsa edged Sionista 86-82 in overtime on Wednesday night in Argentina to earn a trip to the FIBA Americas League. Anibal Federico Juan Marin scored to the game at 76-76 in the final minute of regulation and then propelled Quimsa to victory in the extra period. His go-ahead three-pointer made it 81-80 with ...

TURKEY BOUND - Leading internationals hit sidelines with injuries

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:11 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Argentina’s Manu Ginobili strained a hamstring in the first quarter of San Antonio's overtime defeat to Dallas on Wednesday night and played no further part in the game. It’s uncertain when Ginobili, the MVP of Argentina's gold-medal win at the 2009, will return. He joined a growing list of ...

MAS - Day 1 Round-Up: FIBA Asia U16 Championship

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:54 GMT

JOHOR BAHRU (FIBA Asia U16 Championship) - Philippines' Overtime 64-59 triumph over Japan in Group B and Syria's hard-fought 53-52 win over Kuwait in Group C sparked the opening day's proceedings of the inaugural FIBA Asia U16 Championship at Stadium Bandaraya on Thursday. In another Group B game, Kazakhstan used their height advantage to good effect to ...

BEN - First Bank trash KPA, Energie loses to A’Politecnica and Interclube failed Desportivo test

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:04:43 GMT

COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Wild card entrant, First Bank basketball club of Nigeria Wednesday showed champion stuff with an emphatic 84-29 points pounding of Kenya Ports Authority in her last group-A game at the Palais des Sports arena, Cotonou, Benin Republic. The former champion won in all four-quarters by 22-06; 16-14; 26-01 ...

BEN - A’Politecnica versus Interclube

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:33:03 GMT

COTONOU (15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Losing a last minute opportunity to top group-B of the 15th FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women, Interclube basketball club of Angola will have her hands full when they file out against Mozambique A’Politecnica in the second quarter-final on Friday. The Angola who enjoyed some blitz in her ...

GBR - Mensah-Bonsu Pops up in Toronto again

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:34:59 GMT

TORONTO (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Pops Mensah-Bonsu has returned to the Toronto Raptors after being waived by the Houston Rockets. Mensah-Bonsu, one of Great Britain’s better known players, played 19 games for the Raptors last season and led them in rebounding in three of those contests. He had a chance to sign a new deal with the ...

TURKEY BOUND – Sergio has a pulse

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:41:52 GMT

SACRAMENTO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - The forgotten man of Spanish basketball, Sergio Rodriguez, finally got a chance to play for Sacramento on Tuesday night and had nine points and five assists in their 101-87 home defeat to the Chicago Bulls. Rodriguez, an important player in Spain's gold-medal triumph at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in ...

GER – German future looks very bright with Staiger, Harris

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:54:08 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) – If anyone is worried about the future of German basketball, they shouldn’t be. At least not on the evidence of the national side’s promising EuroBasket in Poland and the very impressive start in the American college ranks this season of two players who figure to be a big part of German ...

KEN - FIBA Africa coaches instructor Owino to hold second clinic in Nairobi

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:31:02 GMT

NAIROBI (Coach clinic) - FIBA Africa coaches instructor Ronnie Owino will hold a 10 day Module 2 clinic for coaches at the Nairobi Railways Club starting mid next month. Vitalis Gode, the Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) secretary said that only tacticians who completed their Module 1 clinic held a few weeks ago will be eligible to participate. The ...

ARG/BRA – Libertad, hosts Quimsa win on day one of Final Round

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:39:11 GMT

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Liga Sudamericana) - Libertad claimed a narrow win over Juventud Sionista and hosts Quimsa hit back from a half-time deficit to defeat Minas Tenis on the opening night of Liga Sudamericana Final Round play. In the first contest, Sebastian Ginobili drilled four of his six shots from long range and poured in 17 points - 14 in the first ...

BEN - Quarter-finalists emerged

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:15:38 GMT

COTONOU (FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women) - Eight teams have made their way to the quarter-final of the FIBA Africa Champions Club for Women holding in Cotonou, Benin Republic. In group-A First Bank look set to top the group with one game left for the winner of the 2003 edition of the continent most prestigious women club competition, other teams ...