John Hobbs

John Hobbs is TalkBasket's Editor
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Brazil top Tunisia to go 2-0

Brazil are joint-top with United States of America, with a 80-65 win over Tunisia in Istanbul.   Leandro Barbosa led all scorers...

Ukraine keep GB sweating on 1st

Standard Life Great Britain ended their EuroBasket Qualifying round, with defeat in Dnipropetrovsk to Ukraine, 75-66. But it didn’t affect the Brits chances, as...

Croats win at the second time of asking

Croatia got their first win of the 2010 World Championships, by beating Iran, 75-54 in Istanbul   Roko-Leni Ukic and Bojan Boganovic...

Ukraine beat GB Women

Standard Life Great Britain ended their EuroBasket qualifying campaign with a 70-66 defeat in Ukraine - but, despite the loss, GB had already clinched...

USA breeze past Slovenia

USA made it two wins from two, with 99-77 hammering of Slovenia, in the opening game of day two in Istanbul. The...

Brazil top Iran to bring day one to a close

Brazil ended day one here in Istanbul with a comfortable 81-65 win over Iran.   Guilherme Giovannoni led Brazil’s scoring with...

USA brush past Croatia

USA got their World Championship campiagn off to a flying start with an expected 106-78 win over Croatia Despite defeat, Bojan Bogdanovic...

Slovenia down Tunisia

Slovenia have begun the 2010 World Championships with a comfortable 80-56 win over Tunisia in Istanbul.   “It was a great game...

Deng explodes as GB plan Lithuania

Standard Life Great Britain have qualified for their second straight EuroBasket event - after seeing off the challenge of Bosnia &Herzegovina 94-85, after a...

GB Women qualify for Poland in style.

Standard Life Great Britain Women secured their place at EuroBasket 2011 in Poland, with a 77-59 hammering of Germany in Liverpool. This...

GB Women secure big win in Slovakia

Standard Life Great Britain scored an unlikely win in Kosice, as they beat the Slovak Republic, 70-63 - to improve to 3-1 in Group...

Great Britain get destroyed in Skopje

FYR of Macedonia gained a measure of revenge for their defeat in Newcastle nearly two weeks ago, with a devastating display against Standard Life...

Big night for British Basketball

Tonight in Skopje, the once unknowns of world basketball, Great Britain could qualify for their second straight EuroBasket, if they beat FYR of Macedonia....

GB Women make it 2-1 against Ukraine

Standard Life Great Britain Women secured their second straight victory in EuroBasket Qualifying, as they beat Ukraine, 57-49, in front of a sell-out crowd...

Great Britain go 5-0…Just

Standard Life Great Britain almost led slip a double-digit against Hungary at Birmingham’s N.I.A. - but, held on for a nervous 66-64 win, to...

GB Women win in Germany

Great Britain bounced back from defeat at home to Slovakia on Saturday afternoon, with a away win in Germany, 72-63. Julie Page led...

Finch: Dan Clark has an excellent basketball IQ

On September 10th 2009, a young 20-year-old man boarded a plane from Warsaw International to London’s Heathrow Airport - and despite his 6 foot...

GB improve to 4-0 with win over Ukraine

Standard Life Great Britain remain unbeaten in EuroBasket Qualifying Group B, following a 90-76 victory over a hard-working Ukraine side in Birmingham. ...

GB Women start bid with loss at home

Standard Life Great Britain Women started their EuroBasket Qualifying campiagn with a 76-67 defeat to an impressive Slovak Republic side at Birmingham’s National Indoor...

Great Britain rally to win in Sarajevo

Standard Life Great Britain secured a vital victory on the road, as they came from behind to edge Bosnia-Herzegovina, 84-80 in a nail-biting encounter...

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