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Fabulous Fenerbahce Flay Real Madrid to Enter Final Four of Euro-League Basketball

 April 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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Not much is now left in the originally scheduled best-of-five playoff series of the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball. True to their form this season, Fenerbahce Istanbul defeated 2015 champions Real Madrid 3-0 on Tuesday and booked their place for Berlin’s Final Four. On Monday, CSKA Moscow had already secured their Final Four berth with a […]

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Best-of-Five Euro-League

Best-of-Five Euro-League Basketball Playoff Series Intriguingly Poised after Two Games

 April 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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Top16 super performer Fenerbahce Istanbul is just one win away from making it to the Final Four with their thumping victory over defending champions Real Madrid in Thursday’s second playoff game. Two other teams, CSKA Moscow and Laboral Kutxa Vitoria also recorded their second successive wins and inched tantalizing close to making the trip to […]

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Euro-League Basketball

Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball: Home Teams Hold Fort in the First Playoffs Games

 April 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the first playoff games, Fenerbahce Istanbul, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar scored home victories against their rivals to lead 1-0 in the best-of-five knockout series. While Laboral and CSKA Moscow scored emphatic wins over Panathinaikos Athens and Crvena Zvezda Telecom Belgrade respectively, Fenerbahce’s match against Real Madrid and the one […]

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Euro-League

Euro-League:Heartbreaks for Khimki Olympiacos & Brose Baskets as Top-16 Games End

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoff scenario in Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball clearly emerged after four Group F games on April 7. The remaining two spots went to FC Barcelona Lassa and defending champions Real Madrid. In a do-or-die game, Real Madrid got past Khimki Moscow and with Barcelona Lassa having already defeated Zalgiri Kaunas, playoff chances of Olympiacos […]

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Euro-League Basketball 5 Teams To Fight for Remaining 2 Spots

Euro-League Basketball 5 Teams To Fight for Remaining 2 Spots

 April 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoffs race in Turkish Airlines Euro-league Basketball has reached a point, from where just two Group F teams can make it to the last eight. There is no confusion in Group E, where four teams have already qualified and it is merely a question of who will finish second behind Fenerbahce Istanbul. In Group […]

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Euro-League Basketball Play-Offs

Euro-League Basketball Play-Offs: With 2 Rounds Left in Top16 Fates of 9 Teams Unknown

 March 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Round-12 of Top16 in Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball could only decide just one more qualifier last week. After three days of eventful action, Russian Club, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar emerged as the sole team to join Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow among the play-off qualifiers. Now the field has 9 teams for 5 remaining play-off spots […]

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Euro-League Basketball Top16

Euro-League Basketball Top16 Round-11: CSKA Moscow Join Fenerbahce in Play-offs

 March 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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Last week, four teams were eliminated after Round-11 games of Top16 in the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball. Thus far, only two teams have qualified for the play-offs. CSKA Moscow joined Fenerbahce after defeating Laboral Kutxa Vitoria in a Round-11 game on March 17. With Fenerbahce Istanbul having already qualified after beating Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar in […]

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Excitement Mounts in Top16 Euro-League Basketball after Round-9 Games are concluded

 March 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball’s Top-16 Round-9 games were played over three days on March 2, 3 & 4, 2016.  The matches brought joy for visiting teams as 4 games were won on road. After tasting their first Top-16 defeat in Round-8, Fenerbahce Istanbul came back to the winning ways and they could be the first […]

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Top 16 Round-8 in Euro-League

Finally Fenerbahce Laid Low as Home Teams Dominate Top 16 Round-8 in Euro-League

 March 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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Playing away from home against Panathinaikos Athens, Group E leaders Fenerbahce Istanbul suffered their first Top 16 defeat last week. While 7 out of 8 games were decided in favor of home teams in Round-8, Real Madrid scored the lone road victory by defeating Brose Baskets Bamberg at Nuremberg. The other talking point from Round-8 […]

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Euro-League Basketball Top 10

Even At Halfway Stage of Euro-League Basketball Top 10 Fenerbahce Refuse to Wilt

 February 14, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the conclusion of Round-7 games in Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball Top-10, there is a big difference between standings of Group E and Group F teams. Fenerbahce Istanbul are yet to lose a single match and look like finishing at the top in Group E. Right behind them are Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar with 5 wins […]

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