Tag: Eurobasket2011
FIBA Europe dismisses doping speculations
FIBA Europe has dismissed media speculations which claim that two of the players participating in the recent EuroBasket in Lithuania returned ...
Doping cases in Eurobasket
Two players have been found positive in doping tests during Eurobasket 2011 according to Lithuanian anti-doping agency. According to Eva Stanikuniene,...
Blatt pays tribute to Lokomotiv as Russia win
Russia's coach David Blatt paid tribute to the 43 people that perished in Yaroslavl, as they defeated Finland 79-60 in Vilnius. ...
Forget Paul the Octopus, we got Saras the Cat!
A new prolific sports-results predicting animals has made its appearance and this time it's a Lithuanian cat! The cat which is...
Eurobasket Rankings: Part 1 (positions 19-24)
I just finished up my rankings, which include expectations and on the values of each team, after watching a few games and measuring...
European Basketball Tour: Day 1 Results
Friday saw the tip-off of the annual European Basketball Tour, Cyprus event. In the first day of the competition Russia demolished Bulgaria, Israel overcame...
Schortsianitis quits Greece NT
According to last minute information, Sofokils Schortsianitis has decided to withdraw from Greece NT squad. As Big Sofo let his coach...
Broken foot rules out Croatian star
Croatia's Roko-Leni Ukic has been ruled out of next month's Eurobasket with a broken foot. Ukic broke a metatarsal bone in...
Kaun knocked out of Eurobasket
As officially announced by the Russian Basketball Federaiton, Sasha Kaun will have to stay out of Eurobasket for injury reasons. ...
Nachbar out of Eurobasket
Bostjan Nachbar is set to miss Eurobasket 2011 after having to go through surgery to fix a problem in his ankle. ...
FIBA refuses to insure Khryapa for Eurobasket
Viktor's Khryapa participation in Eurobasket is on thin ice after FIBA refused to insure the player for the tournament. According to...
Spanoulis to miss Eurobasket
Greek international combo guard Vasilis Spanoulis will have to skip the upcoming Eurobasket due to injury. Spanoulis had to leave Greece...
Nowitzki, Kaman to play in Eurobasket
Great news for German fans, as their basketball federation announced that both Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman will play in Eurobasket 2011, in Lithuania....
Lorbek officially out of Eurobasket
Three days ago TalkBasket reported that Lorbek was unsure about his presence in Eurobasket 2011. Seems like he made his mind today not to...
Zouros names Greece squad
Elias Zouros has named the 16-men preliminary squad of the Greek National Team. Zouros delayed his announcement as he...