News
Nick Calathes is willing to play for Greek NT at least until 2024

2022-04-01

Greek Basketball Federation president, Vaggelis Liolios, and the general manager of the Greek national team, Nikos Zisis, had a meeting with Nick Calathes. According to George Zakkas of SDNA.gr, Calathes told them that he is willing to play for the Greek National Team at least until 2024 (Paris Olympics). FC Barcelona player debuted with Greek NT jersey in 2009 and won the bronze medal at the ...
Cyprus, Finland and Latvia announced as EuroBasket 2025 hosts

2022-03-29

Latvia will host one group phase and the final phase of EuroBasket 2025, the FIBA Europe Board decided. The president of FIBA Europe Turgay Demirel announced that the Baltic country will be the one of the three hosts of the group phase of the tournament, with Cyprus and Finland also winning their respective bids. The country is no stranger to international events. Latvians have hosted 12 European ...
Nando De Colo will skip the EuroBasket with France: 'I want to be back for the World Cup'

2022-03-22

The French national team will be missing a very important piece in their 2022 EuroBasket effort (September 1-18, 2022), following their success and the silver medal won at the Tokyo Olympics. As Arnaud Lecomte of the French newspaper L'Equipe reports, Nando De Colo has decided to take a break from the team and will skip what would have been his thirteenth international tournament with Les Bleus. ...
Lithuanian Basketball Federations voids foreign player status for Ukrainians

2022-03-02

Lithuanian Basketball Federation announced that its voiding foreign player status for every Ukrainian player. In addition to this, the usual taxes in such cases won't be applied as well. This means that from now on, Lithuanian clubs of every division can sign an unlimited number of players with Ukrainian citizenship. This decision will be valid until the end of the 2021-22 season, but it could be ...
FIBA Europe bans Russian teams and officials from club competitions

2022-03-02

Following the initial decisions of FIBA communicated yesterday, the FIBA Europe Executive Committee convened on Wednesday, March 2, to take further necessary decisions in view of recent events in Ukraine.The Committee took those decisions to safeguard the integrity of competitions and the safety of all participants, as well as to ensure fairness for Ukrainian players, teams, clubs and officials ...
Jonas Valanciunas named the best Lithuanian player of the year

2022-02-07

Jonas Valanciunas was announced as the best Lithuanian basketball player of 2021. New Orleans Pelicans center retrieved such title after a four-year break. The last time Valanciunas won this award was in 2017. It was the fifth time Valanciunas was announced as the best Lithuanian basketball player of the year. "It's a big honor, Valanciunas said in the press release. "It's my fifth award, thanks ...
Mantas Kalnietis retires from the Lithuanian national team

2022-01-26

End of an era for Mantas Kalnietis and the Lithuanian national team. Long time Lithuania's point guard retires from national team duties. 35-year-old confirmed it in an exclusive interview for BasketNews. "I haven't made this decision in one day," Kalnietis said. "I had a very good time with the national team, and I never had any doubts about playing for my country. I was very lucky because my ...
Official FIBA EuroBasket 2022 schedule announced (1)

2021-12-06

The official schedule for FIBA EuroBasket 2022 is now set after all game times for the Group Phase and Final Phase were confirmed. The schedule was finalized after taking into consideration the preferred tip-off times of all four hosts Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, and Italy, as well as FIBA's broadcast partners. The 41st edition of Europe's flagship event will commence on Saturday, September ...
Greek federation president Liolios: ‘I want Itoudis for EuroBasket 2022’

2021-09-28

Dimitris Itoudis is the frontrunner for the Greek national team head coach position at the upcoming EuroBasket 2022. During his inaugural press conference, newly elected Greek basketball federation president Vangelis Liolios made clear that he wants to see CSKA Moscow's coach lead his national team. "I'm going to communicate to the Board my will that Itoudis should be the coach at EuroBasket ...
Latvia among candidates to organize the EuroBasket in 2025

2021-08-20

Latvia will seek the right to host the 2025 EuroBasket, per Friday's official announcement by the Ministry of Education and Science. It was also reported that the Latvian Sports Council showed support for such an idea. The country is no stranger to international events. Latvians have hosted 12 European championships of different age groups over the last fifteen years. The last time the European ...
2022 EuroBasket will begin right after 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers

2021-08-19

European pre-qualifiers of the 2023 FIBA World Cup wrapped up yesterday, with Belarus, Iceland, Latvia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Slovakia, and Sweden advancing to the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. The eight countries have joined the remaining 24 that will compete in the 2022 EuroBasket. All 32 teams will fight for a spot in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. FIBA has announced that the World ...
International tournament top scorers: Scoring prowess doesn't always lead to team success

2021-08-02

So far, in this year's Olympic basketball tournament Luka Doncic tops all scorers with 28.3 points per game. Slovenia has won all three games and safely made it to the quarter-finals. Rui Hachimura ranks second on the list with a 22.3 points average. Unlike Slovenia, Japan lost all three games and ended their fight for the medals. Patty Mills is third with 21.7 points per game. Australia went 3-0 ...
«  1 ··· 6 ··· 12 ··· 18 ··· 24 ··· 30 ··· 32 33 34