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Azerbaijani women's basketball team defeats U.S. at Olympics

Azerbaijani women's basketball team defeats U.S. at Olympics

The Azerbaijani women's 3x3 basketball team played its second match at the Olympics on July 31. The Azerbaijani team, consisting of Dina Ulyanova, Tiffany Hayes, Alexandra Mollenhauer and Mercedes Walker, met with the last Olympic …

Azerbaijani basketball players become European champions

Azerbaijani basketball players become European champions

Azerbaijani athletes are crowned as the new FIBA U18 EuroBasket 2024, Division C winners after defeating Luxembourg 77-71 in the final in Elbasan. The 2016 winners got their second-ever gold with a routine success over Luxembourg who …

First active NBA Player becomes billionaire

LeBron James has hit the $1 billion milestone after nearly 20 years in the NBA. The iconic Los Angeles Lakers star just became the first NBA player to score the billionaire title while still actively playing, …

Basketball Euroleague disqualifies all Russian clubs

Basketball Euroleague disqualifies all Russian clubs

Basketball Euroleague has decided to exclude all Russian clubs. The press service of the tournament explained that the results of Zenit, UNICS and CSKA in the current season 2021/22 were canceled due to the situation in Ukraine. Also, …

Turkish League best scorer joins CSKA

Turkish League best scorer joins CSKA

CSKA Moscow bolstered its backcourt by signing Allerik Freeman, who has been one of the best scorers in the 7DAYS EuroCup this season with Frutti Extra Bursaspor. As BasketNews reportedy, Bursaspor will receive a buyout of …

Erdogan plays basketball, calls on citizens to pick up sports

Erdogan plays basketball, calls on citizens to pick up sports

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called on citizens to pick up sports for better life and health. The call came after Erdogan played a game of basketball with several senior ministers and government officials at the …

Dynamo basketball team becomes champion of Georgian Superliga

Dynamo basketball team becomes champion of Georgian Superliga

Today, the competitions of the Georgian Basketball Super League finished in Georgia. In the final series of games, Tbilisi’s  Dynamo met with the Kutaisi team.   The Tbilisi team became an undisputed winner and champion of Georgia …

Istanbul to host 2017 Final Four

Istanbul to host 2017 Final Four

Istanbul will host the 2017 Final Four from May 19 to 21 in what is sure to be a thrilling finish to a ground-breaking season, the first in European basketball history in which all the teams in the continent's premier competition are …

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the fifteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 30 medal sets: boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, basketball, water polo, volleyball, badminton, handball, mountain biking, athletics, diving, triathlon, …