Tag: Latvia
Latvia crushes Czechia to close EuroBasket group phase
Latvia closed the EuroBasket 2025 group stage in emphatic fashion, defeating Czechia 109-75 on Wednesday night in Riga. The victory marked only the fifth time...
Kristaps Porzingis lifts Latvia past Estonia with clutch performance
Latvia earned its first EuroBasket 2025 victory in Riga, edging out Estonia 72-70 in a heated Group A battle. The Baltic showdown drew 10,291 fans,...
Türkiye crushes Latvia in EuroBasket 2025 Group A
Türkiye opened their EuroBasket 2025 campaign in dominant fashion, defeating host nation Latvia 93-73 in Riga to take first place in Group A. The matchup...
Greece, Latvia, Puerto Rico, and Spain will host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024
The anticipation for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 has reached new heights as the FIBA Executive Committee has officially announced the host nations...
Spain, Latvia, Greece, Puerto Rico: Front-runners to host 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifiers
Spain, Latvia, Greece, and Puerto Rico have emerged as front-runners to host the highly anticipated 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, a crucial step leading...
Team basketball turning into many wins for Latvia & Lithuania
Latvia & Lithuania have been a pleasant surprise so far at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, thanks to tremendous team basketball. Latvia had six players...
Basketball in the Baltics – a rich but difficult history
After a recent picture went viral on Reddit, a map denoting the most popular sports in each country around the world, many people were...
Gobert outplays Porzingis
Two times NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2018, 2019), Rudy Gobert does not forget his offensive skills, as he masterfully outplayed Kristaps Porzingis.
History made in the Wizards loss to the Bulls
Despite the Washington Wizards overtime loss to the Chicago Bulls, NBA history was made, as two teammates from Latvia played together in the same...
18th Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp concludes in Latvia
RIGA, LATVIA, June 13, 2019 –The 18th annual Basketball Without Borders Europe Camp concluded yesterday in Riga, Latvia, where the top European basketball talents aged 17...
Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle to coach top European prospects at first Basketball...
NEW YORK AND RIGA, LATVIA, May 29, 2019 – The National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Latvia Basketball Association (Latvijas...
NBA, FIBA and Latvian Basketball Association to host first Basketball Without Borders camp in...
NEW
YORK AND RIGA, LATVIA,April10, 2019 –The National Basketball
Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the
Latvian Basketball Association (Latvijas Basketbola Savieniba)
today announced that the...
FIBA released the latest World Rankings
Greece, Italy, Russia and Latvia climbed higher in the World Rankings following the end of the fifth round of the FIBA WC Qualifiers. Greece is...
Great Britain coach Chema Buceta praises team’s intelligence after two road wins
Great Britain women's head coach Chema Buceta masterminded a perfect week as his side arrived back home with two vital road wins to leave...
Latvia will improve from players adapting to increased roles
Ahead of the upcoming international window in February, Latvia's Zanis Peiners insists that players need to learn from their increased roles in order to improve.
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