Tag: rio 2016
Juan Carlos Navarro realises the long road to Olympic glory
Ahead of their flight to Rio de Janeiro, veteran Spanish guard Juan Carlos Navarro was quick to stress the importance of performing every night...
Milos Teodosic injured in Serbia’s loss to Argentina
Ahead of their first Olympic appearance since 2008 and Serbia are sweating over their star point guard Milos Teodosic. The CSKA Moscow guard injured his...
Venezuela set roster for Rio 2016
Venezuela coach Nestor Garcia named his final 12-man roster for next week's Olympic basketball tournament in Rio following their most recent warm-up game, an...
NBC Olympics reporter Craig Sager to miss Rio Games
Veteran basketball reporter Craig Sager will not be roaming the Carioca Arena sidelines in Rio as he will remain in the USA to prepare...
Spain names final 12-man roster for Rio Olympics
With Marc Gasol out of the picture, Spain have announced their final roster for the Rio Olympics that start in just over a week. Eurobasket...
Anderson Verejao to miss Rio Olympics
Olympic basketball tournament hosts Brazil have been dealt a blow so close to the Games in Rio as Anderson Verejao will be out with...
When DeMar DeRozan made us lose it
So in the early hours of this morning, the USA made it three wins on the bounce by easing past China 107-57 in a...
Olympic Basketball Tournament: Spain to rule the South American Giants? (Group B look)
When Sergio Scariolo first left the Spanish national team mere hours after guiding his nation to an Olympic silver medal at London 2012 -...
Olympic Basketball Tournament: USA all the way? (Group A look)
Usually a team stacked with the NBA's elite at the Olympics, this year the USA are without those superstars but are still the hot...
DeAndre Jordan airballs free throw, USA bench laughs
Team USA are 2-0 in exhibition play as they routed China 106-57 in Los Angeles in the early hours of this morning. Among the many...
Vincent Collet on Evan Fournier’s omission: Our backcourt has done more than enough to...
France coach Vincent Collet has cleared up some questions placed on him regarding Evan Fournier's omission from the national team ahead of the Rio...
Serbia announce final roster for Rio 2016
Serbia coach Sasha Djordevic has revealed his final 12 for the Rio Olympics. The Serbs qualified for the Games via the Olympic Qualifiers which they...
Olympic hosts Brazil announce final roster without two key figures
Rio 2016 hosts Brazil have announced their final roster for the summer games but they will be without the services of Tiago Splitter, who...
Croatia stick with 12-man roster that won FIBA Olympic Qualifiers for Rio 2016
Croatia coach Aco Petrovic is sticking with what he knows, by naming the same 12 players for his final roster that won the FIBA...
Argentina name final Olympic roster with the Golden Generation making final bow
As Argentina named their final roster for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which starts in two weeks. Many feel that this will be the last...
