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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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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Play-off Games Euro-league

Remaining Round-3 Play-off Games on Tuesday Don’t Decide Any Final-Four Spot

 April 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just as Monday’s two matches, the remaining two played on Tuesday April 21, 2015 were equally thrilling encounters with narrow victory margins for the winners. Both Spanish sides lost their road games with FC Barcelona suffering second consecutive defeat in Olympiacos Piraeus’ home ground at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. Real Madrid also lost their […]

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Euro-league Basketball

Excitement Continues in Euro-league Basketball Play-off Series as Teams are Poised for Third-Round Games on Monday & Tuesday

 April 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of last week, three teams had 2-0 lead after their second round matches. Real Madrid joined CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul and all three teams are now poised for the entry to the Final-Four as they head for their third round games on road. Real Madrid scored a thrilling 90-85 win […]

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Euro-league Basketball

Euro-league Basketball: CSKA Moscow & Fenerbahce Ulker Make it 2-0 in the Second play-off Rounds

 April 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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After winning their Round-1 play-off matches on Tuesday at home, CSKA Moscow and Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul also scored repeat victories in their Round-2 games played once again on their home turfs on Thursday. In the best-of-five play-off series, the lead of 2-0 has given a vitally important edge to these two teams. In the history […]

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Euro-League Basketball Playoffs

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid Win Series Openers in Their First Rounds of Euro-League Basketball Playoffs

 April 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the best-of-five playoffs series, Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid won their opening games against their opponents on Wednesday April 15, 2015. In games were played on their home turfs, Barcelona downed Olympiacos Piraeus 73-57 while Real Madrid staved off a strong challenge by Anadolu Efes Istanbul to win with a 80-71 score. […]

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