2015 Euro-League Basketball

2015 Euro-League Basketball World Tour Begins on September 25

 September 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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As in the previous years, Euro-League Basketball World Tour will get underway on Friday September 25, 2015 as part of the organization’s corporate social responsibility program. The World Tour 2015 will feature five of Europe’s signature clubs in a globe-hopping expedition to compete in 10 exhibition games in 4 continents to develop new audiences. Besides, […]

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FIBA America Championship

Venezuela Argentina Qualify in 2016 Rio Men’s Basketball after FIBA America Championship

 September 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Venezuela defeated Canada in a nail-biting semifinal of 2015 FIBA Americas Championship at Mexico City on Friday September 11, 2015, they confirmed their place in 2016 Rio Olympic Games. On the same day, Argentina also qualified by defeating hosts Mexico in the other semifinal. Therefore, as far as Rio Olympic qualification was concerned, the […]

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Afro-Basket

Nigerian Men’s Basketball Team Qualifies for 2016 Rio Games by Winning 2015 Afro-Basket

 September 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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Afro-Basket is the biennial men’s basketball continental championship of Africa. The 2015 Afro-Basket was the 28th edition and it acquired added significance since it also served as the qualifying tournament for FIBA Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games at Rio de Janeiro. 16 teams participated in the event that began on August 19 and […]

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Rio Basketball qualification

Three National Teams Book Rio Basketball Tickets With Victories In Qualification Matches

 August 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the conclusions of three different FIBA sponsored tournaments last week, Australian men and women’s teams and Canadian women’s team have qualified for basketball in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. In the two-legged FIBA Oceania Championship matches played in Australia and New Zealand, the men and women’s teams scored victories over New Zealand in both […]

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2016 Rio

US Basketball Team & Other Sporting Superstars Are Excited About 2016 Rio Participation

 August 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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USA’s Basketball teams have an amazing record in the Olympics. The men have won 14 out of 17 Gold Medals in the over 100-year Olympic history and since the women’s basketball was introduced in 1976 Montreal Olympics Games, USA women have won the Gold 7 out of 8 times. The teams didn’t participate in the […]

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Russian Women Basketball Team

Olympic Qualification System Deprives Russian Women’s Basketball Team of Rio 2016 Berth

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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On June 28, 2015, Russian women’s basketball team played against Turkey for the fifth place in the Euro-Basket tournament at Budapest. A win would have sent the Russians to another last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament in 2016 but they lost to Turkey 66-68 on the buzzer. With the sixth place finish, their dreams of Olympic qualification […]

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USA Win FIBA U-19 Women World Basketball

USA Win FIBA U-19 Women’s World Basketball Championship for the Sixth Consecutive Year

 August 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Americans don’t want to slack their stranglehold on Basketball for men or women, whatever be the category. The NBA in the United States is the most popular sporting obsession and it attracts the best basketball stars from around the world. Therefore, it was hardly surprising that the under-19 American women, who get extensive exposure […]

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U-20 European Basketball Championship

Serbia Beat Spain to Claim U-20 European Basketball Championship

 July 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Serbia are U-20 European Basketball champions. In Sunday’s title game at Lignano, Italy, Serb U-20 team defeated Spain in a tight finish. It was Serbia’s first gold-medal since 2008 and it came against last year’s silver medal winners. The Serbia-Spain fight went down to the wire as Spain’s Juan Hernangomez reduced the gap to 67-64 […]

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Euro-League Championship

After 20 Years, Real Madrid Regain Turkish Airlines Euro-League Championship as Curtain Comes Down After a Long-Drawn Tournament

 May 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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Real Madrid had won the last Euro-league title in 1995 against the same opponents; Olympiacos Piraeus in the Spanish city of Zaragoza. Two decades later, they repeated the feat and lifted the 2015 championship with powerful performances all through the season. That match culminated the great Final Four in which Olympiacos stunned CSKA Moscow on […]

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Euro-League

Basketball Action Moves to Madrid for the Last Four Games of This Season’s Turkish Airlines Euro-League Competition

 May 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second week of Turkish Airlines Euro-league Playoffs turned out to be absolutely amazing in throwing up four of the strongest teams in the Final Four. The completion of this year’s playoff series has ensured that there will be a new champion and great basketball entertainment is on the cards because there could not have […]

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