16 Youth Leaders and over 70 U18 players from 9 Latin American countries gathered from 27 April to 1 May in El Salvador to take part in a Youth Leadership Workshop and Mixed-Nations tournament. The Youths learned about using Basketball For Good and relationship by interacting with different countries. The […]
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For four years, ever since he dedicated himself fully to 3×3, Dusan Samardzic had the best education imaginable during continual hardnosed training sessions with Serbia’s greats. At first, the 6ft. 4in (1.93m) Serb felt slightly overawed having to test his talents against the likes of Dejan Majstorovic and Stefan Kojic […]
A shining success of the recent EuroLeague Women season, the Proudly Woman campaign concludes the year with the premiere of the Proudly Woman Chit-Chat, a 25-minute roundtable discussion featuring some of the league’s biggest stars. EuroLeague Women MVP Kahleah Copper of Perfumerias Avenida, Final Four MVP Gabby Williams of Sopron […]
Youth Leaders and U18 players from 9 Latin American countries will participate in a Leadership Workshop and a Mixed 3×3 U18 Tournament in El Salvador organized by the FIBA Foundation in collaboration with the National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) and the Salvadoran Basketball Federation (FESABAL) from April 27 […]
Jamar Smith was named FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP after helping lead Bahcesehir College to the 2021-22 title. The American guard took over in the opening quarter with a personal run of 11 unanswered points as the hosts opened up a 19-point lead on their way to a 90-74 victory […]
Over 30 players from 13 national teams starred in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Nile Conference this month in Cairo, Egypt, but some set themselves apart. All six teams competing in the Nile had at least two national team players. Petro de Luanda had eight Angolan national players and one […]
Bahcesehir College celebrated their first-ever European title after defeating Unahotels Reggio Emilia in the FIBA Europe Cup Final, which marked a new competition attendance record of 13,485 in its second leg on Wednesday. The Turkish team won both legs of the Final, in Bologna and in Istanbul, and prevailed with […]
Bahcesehir College weathered another valiant fightback from Unahotels Reggio Emilia to claim the FIBA Europe Cup title with a 90-74 second leg victory. They became the competition’s first winners from Turkey after securing an overall 162-143 triumph in front of a FIBA Europe Cup Final record crowd of 13,485. Turning point: It […]
FIBA Africa is mourning the loss of Boujemaa Jdaini Larguet, who passed away on Friday, April 22nd in Rabat, Morocco after battling an illness. Mr Larguet, commonly known as Boujemaa in basketball circles, was the last living founding father of the Association of African Basketball Federation (AFABA), which was later renamed […]
As the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 returns to Brazil for the first time in almost 40 years, the most prestigious competition for senior men’s basketball in the Americas has named an ambassador to relay the passion of not only Brazilian basketball but also to embody what the AmeriCup means to a […]