John Hobbs

John Hobbs is TalkBasket's Editor
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Euroleague qualifying round wrap-up

EWE Baskets Oldenburg advanced to the second stage of the Euroleague qualifying rounds with a 79-74 win over Cimberio Varese in Vilnius. ...

British Basketball League round up (week 1)

Newcastle Eagles defeated the visiting Durham Wildcats 85-78 in the North-East derby on Friday night, but were made to work hard for their win....

Saras is home

Veteran guard Sarunas Jasikevicius has signed for his hometown club Zalgiris Kaunas for the upcoming Euroleague season. The 37-year-old joins from Barcelona on, what is...

Ukic to miss start of Euroleague season

Panathinaikos guard Roko Leni-Ukic will miss the start of the Euroleague season due to an Achilles tendon strain in both of his feet. ...

FIBA to announce wildcards in February

FIBA have announced that they will name the four wildcard spots for the 2014 World Cup of Basketball over the weekend of 1-2 February....

Velickovic to miss start of Euroleague season

Brose Baskets have confirmed that forward Novica Velickovic will miss the beginning of the Euroleague season due to muscular deficits. The...

France win EuroBasket for the first time, beat Lithuania (pics)

For so long they have been the nearly men of international basketball. Finally France can say that they are champions. France...

Ukraine invites you to “jump” into EuroBasket 2015

The Ukraine and the Local Organising Committee officially revealed the 2015 EuroBasket logo complete with a professional presentation and a theme of ‘jumping into...

An insight into Mike Fratello’s Ukrainian success (vid)

A fantastic video interview from FIBA Europe with Ukraine coach Mike Fratello, who has guided the hosts for 2015 Eurobasket to a best ever...

France vs Lithuania: The final showdown in Ljubljana

It all started on September 4 as four arenas spaced out around the picturesque setting of Slovenia hosted group games in order to move...

France get their revenge and beat Spain to reach final

France exacted their revenge against the Eurobasket holders, but the real winner was basketball after a thrilling encounter that took the game of the...

Lithuania through to first EuroBasket final since ’03, as they beat Croatia

Linas Kleiza had the hot hand early on, and Jonas Maciulis kept it going as Lithuania eased into Sunday’s Eurobasket final. ...

Datome perfecting his craft

Two hours until tip-off, and Luigi Datome is already out on the floor, warming up. Roughly five minutes of stretching before he takes a...

Lithuania use fourth quarter surge to beat Italy

Lithuania qualified to the FIBA World Cup by locking the basket in the fourth quarter, and throwing away the key. Lithuania...

Croatia through to first EuroBasket semi-final since 1995

They made it hard at times, but Croatia are in the semi-finals of Eurobasket and they have progressed to the FIBA World Cup. ...

France sink hosts in the capital

Slovenia battled, but France had the answers as the hosts bowed out at the quarter-final stage. A Tony Parker-led 27 points...

Spain get the better of Serbia’s nerves to advance

For all the talk regarding Serbia providing a stern test to Spain, and all the European champions needed was four minutes. ...

EuroBasket QF Preview: Croatia vs Ukraine; Lithuania vs Italy

With the first of today's quarter-final ties looming here at Eurobasket, TalkBasket's John Hobbs looks at tomorrow's match-ups. Croatia vs Ukraine...

EuroBasket QF Preview: Spain vs Serbia; Slovenia vs France

TalkBasket's John Hobbs has been in Slovenia covering Eurobasket for us from the opening tip in Ljubljana to now. Here he goes through what...

EuroBasket – 2nd round, day 6

The final day of the second round sees the last eight line-up virtually sealed, but with one spot still to be determined. ...

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