Tag: rio 2016
Rio 2016 Men’s Basketball Tournament (day 4)
Hosts Brazil and one of the USA's supposed nearest challengers Spain faced off against each other in what is the pick of the three...
Rio 2016 Women’s Basketball Tournament (day 4)
Day four of the women's basketball tournament marks a rest day for the teams in Group B, as the two undefeated teams in Group...
Brief history of Olympic basketball
Basketball in the Olympics debuted during the Berlin games of 1936. Now in 2016, we are celebrating its 80th year in this much awaited...
Rio 2016 Men’s Basketball Tournament (day 3)
Serbia and Australia highlighted day three of the Rio Olympics as Patty Mills and Milos Teodosic locked horns in an intriguing battle at the...
Rio 2016 Women’s Basketball Tournament (day 3)
The USA begin day three of the Rio 2016 women's basketball tournament aiming to make it two wins out of two against a talented...
Rio 2016 Men’s Basketball Tournament (day 2)
Day two of the Olympic men's basketball tournament saw Group B begin their campaigns with Spain, Lithuania and the hosts Brazil in action. Group A...
Rio 2016 Women’s Basketball Tournament (day 2)
The USA men's team began their Olympic campaign late last night (CET), now today is the turn of the women's team as they begin...
USA men’s team mistakenly hits up a Rio brothel
Arriving in Rio, some members of the the USA men's team decided to walk around the city and treat themselves to some relaxing therapy...
Quick recap: Australia stun France in Rio opener
Many believed that France would be one of the few challengers to the United States' path to an expected third straight Olympic gold medal...
Rio 2016 Men’s Basketball Tournament (day 1)
The Australian Boomers and France tipped-off the men's tournament in Rio with the question being: who will be able to give the USA a...
Rio 2016 Women’s Basketball Tournament (day 1)
The Olympic basketball tournament got underway in Rio with a clash between two countries that have braved numerous terror attacks over the past year...
Olympic Opening Ceremony paves the way for start of Basketball Tournament
Rio De Janiero has welcomed the world for the 31st Olympic Games as the basketball tournament starts later today. The spectators inside the infamous Maracana...
EuroLeague and EuroCup firepower at the Rio Olympics
There will be a strong mix of EuroLeague and EuroCup talent at the Rio Olympics, which is due to tip-off tomorrow. In total, there will...
Draymond Green roasts Klay Thompson’s Olympic accreditation
The USA men's basketball side collected their Rio 2016 credentials yesterday as they settle in Brazil for what is expected to be the full...
Nine AfroBasket winners on Nigeria’s 12-man roster for Rio Olympics
Nigeria have released their 12-man roster for the upcoming Rio Olympics with nine returnees from their 2015 Afrobasket success in Tunisia The three players that...
