IRI ? Ex-Slovenia boss Becirovic to coach Iran 
LJUBLJANA (FIBA Asia Championship) - Iran will look to make it back to the top in Asian basketball with former Slovenia coach Memi Becirovic. Champions in 2007 and 2009, the national side came up short in its bid to win a third straight FIBA Asia title last summer when it was upset by Jordan in the Quarter-Finals. The federation then parted ways with ...
GBR - Deng back, Stafford working hard 
CHICAGO (Olympics) - There have been encouraging developments for the Great Britain men's and women's Olympic teams of late. Luol Deng played on Saturday for the first time since hurting his wrist a couple of weeks ago and looked very good in helping the Chicago Bulls trounce Milwaukee, 113-90. Meanwhile, Natalie Stafford, who suffered a broken foot while ...
ARG/BRA ? Gutierrez MVP as Obras clinch title 
BUENOS AIRES (Liga Sudamericana) – With Argentina coach Julio Lamas pulling the strings and national team big man Juan Gutierrez scoring and rebounding, Obras Sanitarias clinched their first Liga Sudamericana crown over the weekend. Obras clinched the championship with an 88-73 triumph over Pinheiros de Brasil. Gutierrez had 16 points and nine ...
USA/ARG - No Love lost with Scola 
MINNEAPOLIS (NBA) - Team USA's Kevin Love and Argentina's Luis Scola are two of the fiercest competitors in basketball, which is evident every time they wear their national team jerseys. Neither will shy away from physical contact, which has been evident in their NBA meetings of late. Love, who plays for Minnesota, has gone toe-to-toe with Scola and the ...
BRA - Marcal and Brazil look to London and beyond 
RIO DE JANEIRO (Olympics) - While all eyes are fixed firmly on London, you can probably forgive those donning the gold and green of Brazil if they are tempted to glance a little further beyond this summer - four years beyond in fact. For their status as hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games has already got an entire nation excited. Meanwhile ...
URU/ESP - Granger the future of Uruguayan basketball 
MADRID (Liga Endesa) - It requires many sacrifices to pursue a dream. Just ask Jayson Tyson Granger, who decided to leave Uruguay as a 16-year-old to play for Estudiantes of Madrid, a club with a long, rich history in Spanish basketball. Now 22, Granger, a huge talent with a strong physique for a guard, is living his best moment in the Liga ...
BRA - Barbosa: "I hope to play in London but it's down to coach" 
TORONTO (Olympics) - This summer, Brazil will end a 16-year absence from the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament. As they return to the event for the first time since 1996, the Brazilians will be expected to field the best team possible. However, national icon Oscar Schmidt last week surprised many in saying he believed Leandro Barbosa and Nene - who ...
GRE - Sloukas proving to be no slouch 
ATHENS (Euroleague/Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - Kostas Sloukas made the step up to Greece's top team at the EuroBasket last summer in Lithuania, taking full advantage of Dimitris Diamantidis' international retirement and an injury that kept Vassilis Spanoulis out of the squad. With the expected return of Spanoulis, his Olympiacos teammate, the ...
USA/AUS - Irving ponders possible Aussie switch 
CLEVELAND (Olympics) - Decision time is coming for Kyrie Irving, the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie and top pick in last year's NBA Draft. Does he want to set the wheels in motion by firmly declaring he wants to play for Australia, the country of his birth, at the Olympics, or will he remain in the USA Basketball fold and hope to one day represent the United ...
AUS/USA - Bogut returns 
MILWAUKEE (NBA) - Andrew Bogut is back and that is very good news for Milwaukee. The Australia international, expected to make his third straight Olympic appearance this year in London, missed four games with the Bucks while tending to a personal matter back home in Melbourne but has returned to his club and on Tuesday night helped his team bounce back ...
AUS - Former New South Wales Premier appointed Chair of Basketball Australia Board 
ALEXANDRIA - Basketball in Australia has received a massive boost following the appointment of former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally to the position of new Chair of Basketball Australia's Board. Keneally served as the 42nd Premier of New South Wales from 2009 to 2011, becoming the first woman to head the state's government. She is to assume ...
AUS/CHN - Mills shines with Xianjian, surprises Donewald 
XINJIANG (CBA/Olympics) - At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, fresh-faced 20-year-old Australia playmaker Patty Mills caught the eye of basketball fans around the world with a stunning 20-point performance against the USA, which at the time featured a trio of elite NBA point guards in Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Jason Kidd. Fast forward to the present day ...
AUS - Superb Snell 
SYDNEY (WNBL/Olympics) - Belinda Snell wrote her name in permanent ink in the history books of international basketball at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women. As a part of the Opals side that captured the gold medal in Sao Paolo, Snell had the most important game of her career in the Semi-Final against Brazil, hitting three of five shots from ...
AUS - Newley has appendix removed 
VILNIUS (Olympics) - Australia international Brad Newley will be out of action for a month after having an appendectomy. Lietuvos Rytas, who are competing in Lithuania's LKL, the VTB United League and the Eurocup, have announced the news about their 26-year-old guard from Adelaide on the club website. Newley played for Australia at the 2008 Olympics and ...
OLY - Italian giants Siena stacked with players eyeing London 
SIENA (Olympics/Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - With one player from a national team already qualified for London and four from three teams that will compete in next summer's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), Montepaschi Siena is one of the club sides that is most involved in the road to London 2012. Siena big man David Andersen may have been missing ...
Commonwealth Games ? Australian bid includes basketball commitment 
QUEENSLAND (2018 Commonwealth Games) – A successful bid by Australia’s Gold Coast for the 2018 Commonwealth Games would see basketball among the list of sports, the team behind the Gold Coast bid have announced, a move welcomed by FIBA Secretary General and IOC Member Patrick Baumann. “Basketball is one of the most widely played and ...
AUS/USA - Bogut returns MILWAUKEE (NBA) - Andrew Bogut is back and that is very good news for Milwaukee. The Australia international, expected to make his third straight Olympic appearance this year in London, missed four games with the Bucks while tending to a personal matter back home in Melbourne but has returned to his club and on Tuesday night helped his team bounce back ...
AUS - Former New South Wales Premier appointed Chair of Basketball Australia Board ALEXANDRIA - Basketball in Australia has received a massive boost following the appointment of former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally to the position of new Chair of Basketball Australia's Board. Keneally served as the 42nd Premier of New South Wales from 2009 to 2011, becoming the first woman to head the state's government. She is to assume ...
AUS/CHN - Mills shines with Xianjian, surprises Donewald XINJIANG (CBA/Olympics) - At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, fresh-faced 20-year-old Australia playmaker Patty Mills caught the eye of basketball fans around the world with a stunning 20-point performance against the USA, which at the time featured a trio of elite NBA point guards in Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Jason Kidd. Fast forward to the present day ...
AUS - Superb Snell SYDNEY (WNBL/Olympics) - Belinda Snell wrote her name in permanent ink in the history books of international basketball at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women. As a part of the Opals side that captured the gold medal in Sao Paolo, Snell had the most important game of her career in the Semi-Final against Brazil, hitting three of five shots from ...
OLY - Italian giants Siena stacked with players eyeing London SIENA (Olympics/Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - With one player from a national team already qualified for London and four from three teams that will compete in next summer's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), Montepaschi Siena is one of the club sides that is most involved in the road to London 2012. Siena big man David Andersen may have been missing ...
AUS - Landon receives another prestigious honour 
MELBOURNE - Basketball Australia's Lorraine Landon was among the sporting legends inducted into Sport Australia's Hall of Fame on Thursday, the third prestigious honour bestowed upon her in 2011. Landon, the General Manager of National Teams and Competitions for Basketball Australia since 2001 and the presiding Chair of FIBA's Women's Commission, joined ...
AUS ? Versatile Aussies look to bounce back 
Puerto Montt (FIBA U19 World Championship for Women) - If you were predicting the top eight for a FIBA women’s event, it would take a brave punter to overlook Australia. In every underage women’s event FIBA has held, Australia has made it to the quarter-final stage, picking up medals of each colour along the way. In senior women’s ...
NZL - Jones, Winitana kick off NZNBL playoffs in style 
NELSON (NZNBL) - Former New Zealand Tall Blacks Phill Jones and Paora Winitana have guided the Nelson Giants and Bay Hawks to elimination final victories as the NZNBL playoffs got underway tonight. Jones piled in 23 points and received strong support from imports Darryl Dora (26 points, 13 rebounds) and Rod Grizzard (22 points, 7 rebounds) as the Giants ...