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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MAS - It's not Who, but How that matters more!

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:19:05 GMT

JOHOR BAHRU (FIBA Asia U16 Championship) - As the curtain goes up on the first of the two final events of the FIBA Asia annual calendar, the answer to the most popular question that will do the rounds among the discerning of the sport in Asia lies somewhere in the long-term thinking of the participants rather than the short-term myopic goals. True the ...

TURKEY BOUND - Team USA's Paul out indefinitely with ankle sprain

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:55:52 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Team USA’s point guards, Chris Paul and Deron Williams, have been out of action of late. New Orleans star Paul sprained his left ankle and is out indefinitely, according to the Hornets. Williams has missed the Utah Jazz’s last two games after being given personal leave to be with one of ...

TURKEY BOUND – Andersen hits career high 19 in NBA as Rockets win at Lakers

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:46 GMT

LOS ANGELES (2010 FIBA World Championship) – Australia’s David Andersen left Barcelona for the glitz and glamour of the NBA in the summer and on Sunday the 29-year-old rookie proved he belongs in the talented squad of the Houston Rockets. Andersen, a standout performer in the Euroleague over the years with CSKA and Barcelona, came off the ...

FIBA TV – FIBA World Basketball episode 44 is now available for FREE on fibatv.com

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:20 GMT

GENEVA [FIBA World Basketball] - FIBA TV – This week on FIBA World Basketball (watch it here): An in-depth profile of Puerto Rico favourite Larry Ayuso a round-up of what has been going on in the world of basketball Euroleague week 3 highlights highlights from France’s Pro A league game between Orléans and Asvel ...

TURKEY BOUND – Greece’s Bourousis back with a vengeance as Reds rout Efes Pilsen

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:32:23 GMT

ATHENS (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Greece's Ioannis Bourousis returned to the line-up for the first time since picking up a leg injury at Unicaja Malaga two weeks ago and led Olympiacos to victory at home against Efes Pilsen on Thursday night. The 2.10m center, who turns 26 next week, was nearly perfect shooting the ball and scored 23 points in the ...

TURKEY BOUND – Melo, Nuggets edge Noah’s Bulls

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:40 GMT

CHICAGO (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Team USA's Carmelo Anthony and his Denver Nuggets snapped a two-game losing skid with the help of video replay on Tuesday night in their clash at the Chicago Bulls. The Nuggets led 90-89 after Chauncey Billups split a pair of free-throws. The Bulls rebounded the intentional miss of the second free-throw attempt ...

MAS / KSA - Saudi Arabia confirm entry, to replace Myanmar in Group A

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

JOHOR BAHRU (FIBA Asia U16 Championship) - FIBA Asia has decided to allow the late confirmation of Saudi Arabia to participate in the inaugural FIBA Asia U16 Championship to be held from Nov 19-27. The Gulf sub-zone team will now replace Myanmar in Group A of the competition along side China, India and Jordan. The other three groups remain the ...

TURKEY BOUND – Manu, Mehmet on song stateside

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:15:15 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Argentina's Manu Ginobili hit six three-pointers on Monday night, including four in the final quarter, to lead the under-strength San Antonio Spurs past the Toronto Raptors. The Spurs were missing injured starters Tim Duncan and French playmaker Tony Parker but with Batman in the line-up (Ginobili recently made ...

TURKEY BOUND – Croatia’s Barac raises eyebrows in Vitoria

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:16:06 GMT

VITORIA (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Stanko Barac didn't represent Croatia at the EuroBasket in Poland but don't write off the 23-year-old center's chances of making it to the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey if he builds on his dominating display on Sunday night for Caja Laboral. In a hard Spanish ACB game against upset-minded Gran Canaria ...

TURKEY BOUND - James denied at the end as Cavs fall to Bulls

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:02:44 GMT

NEW York (2010 FIBA World Championship) - The Quicken Loans Arena hasn't been a happy hunting ground for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season. That was certainly the case on Thursday night in an 86-85 home defeat for LeBron James and the Cavs to the Chicago Bulls. James, the superstar who has yet to announce if he will play for Team USA at the 2010 ...

FIBA - Team sports discuss impact of swine flu

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:40:52 GMT

LAUSANNE (FIBA) - During a meeting of the medical leaders of the international team sport federations important questions regarding the H1/N1 pandemic (Swine Flu) at international sporting events was discussed. Experts from FIFA, IIHF, IHF, FIBA, FINA, IBAF, ICC and FIVB gathered on 1st November 2009 in Lausanne, at the headquarters of FIVB to discuss ...

TURKEY BOUND – Magic man Howard in scintillating form

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:23:59 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Orlando are off to a terrific start to the new NBA season and it's their Team USA center Dwight Howard who is leading the way. Howard poured in 25 points for the Magic on Wednesday night as they thumped previously unbeaten Phoenix 122-100. He is averaging 18.3 points and 13.3 rebounds per game. Howard has ...

CHN – Yi out indefinitely with knee ligament sprain

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:03:48 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) – China’s national team has been beset by injuries to their star center Yao Ming over the years and now Yi Jianlian is facing spell on the sidelines after getting hurt while playing for the New Jersey Nets. The NBA team has announced that 22-year-old Yi sprained a right knee ligament in Monday’s ...

TURKEY BOUND - Wild-Card wannabees Nowitzki, Deng lead NBA teams to comeback wins

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:08:13 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Dirk Nowitzki poured in a Dallas Mavericks record 29 fourth-quarter points to lead the Mavs to a 96-85 come-from-behind triumph over Utah while Luol Deng had an impressive double-double for Chicago as they fought back from an 18-point deficit to stun Milwaukee. Germany's Nowitzki, who skipped the EuroBasket in ...

TURKEY BOUND - Argentina's Scola racks up double-double in Rockets’ win

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:34:25 GMT

NEW YORK (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Luis Scola has been a constant presence in Argentina’s national team the past several years and will be their leader next year at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. Scola is warming up for the event in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and on Monday, he had 14 points and 15 rebounds in a 113-96 ...