NEWPORT (EuroBasket) - Europeans must work together towards a common goal which is the development of basketball was the message sent ou t by the 2013 FIBA Europe General Assembly which was concluded in Newport, Wales, on Saturday. With 46 of the 51 member Federations present, Justin Ogleby, Chairman of Basketball Wales took to the floor first to welcome ...

TULSA (WNBA) - Liz Cambage has had a change of heart and decided to play for the Tulsa Shock this season. The Australia center missed all of last season, which would have been her second in the WNBA, to prepare for the Olympics and then helped the Opals capture a bronze medal. It was thought the 21-year-old, who injured her wrist while playing in the ...

ALGIERS (Afrobasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - The past two months have been busy for Algeria men's national team, and head coach Faid Bilal believes his national team will show significant progress when this summer's Afrobasket tips off in Abidjan. They started their Afrobasket preparations last month with young home-based team, and they won two of ...

BUENOS AIRES (FIBA Americas Championship/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - Argentina coach Julio Lamas has revealed that veteran Andres Nocioni will not be with this year's squad at the FIBA Americas Championship in Venezuela. Nocioni's wife is expecting the couple's third child and is expected to give birth at the end of August or in early September. The ...

MINSK (EuroBasket Women) - There is cause for optimism in Belarus that the women's national team can once again reach the podium of the EuroBasket Women. The squad became a cause for celebration several years ago when it captured a bronze medal at the EuroBasket in Italy and then qualified for the Beijing Games. That team, which had to win promotion from ...

WARSAW (EuroBasket) - Poland are banking on giant centers Marcin Gortat and Maciej Lampe to lead the charge again when they compete at the EuroBasket for the first time under coach Dirk Bauermann. The two were in the line-up when the Poles hosted EuroBasket 2009 and advanced from the initial group stage but neither played in the event when it was held in ...

SEOUL (FIBA U19 World Championship) – Korea may be a bit of an unknown outside of Asia, but the silver medalists from the 2012 FIBA Asia U18 Championship are ready to "surprise the world" at this summer's FIBA U19 World Championship in Prague, Czech Republic. "We are not going to lose by many points again. We will never give up. We are ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (NBA) - The Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat have marched on in the NBA playoffs, with the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs hoping to join them on Thursday evening. The Oklahoma City Thunder, not the same force without injured Team USA guard Russell Westbrook, lost 88-84 in Game 5 at home to the Griz, with Zach Randolph's 28 points ...

ISTANBUL (EuroBasket Women/FIBA World Championship for Women) - There is no shortage of confidence for the Turkish national team that is getting ready for the EuroBasket Women. The Turks have in the last couple of years turned into one of the powerhouses in the sport, capturing silver at the EuroBasket in Poland in 2011 and then reaching the Quarter-Finals ...

MOSCOW (FIBA U19 World Championship for Women) - Russian head coach Elena Shulzhenko has welcomed 18 players to a training camp on the outskirts of Moscow this week, as their preparation for Lithuania begins in earnest. Primarily made up of the same team which firstly attained gold medal success at the U16 European Championship together in Greece back ...

BUENOS AIRES (LNB) - Regatas Corrientes completed a 4-0 sweep of Lanus on Wednesday night to capture the Argentina LNB title for the first time in their history. Led by their veteran national team guard Paolo Quinteros, who was left off last year´s Olympic squad, Regatas put the finishing touches on a brilliant campaign with a 69-65 triumph over ...

SYDNEY (FIBA Oceania Championship/FIBA World Championship for Women) - Australia have handed the reins of their women's national team to Brendan Joyce, an Opals assistant from 2001-09. Joyce will be a full-time coach, and take over the leadership of the women's program at the Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence at the Australian ...

TORONTO (Canada Basketball) – Canadian phenom Andrew Wiggins ended months of speculation and waiting by announcing that he will play the up-coming collegiate season at Kansas University, choosing the Jayhawks over Florida State, Kentucky and North Carolina. "I just followed my heart," said the 18-year-old Wiggins, who is widely considered ...

MONTEVIDEO (FIBA Americas Championship/FIBA Basketball World Cup) – Uruguay are having to play a waiting game before the start of their preparations for the FIBA Americas Championship in Venezuela. Coach Pablo Lopez won´t know about the availability of two veterans, Martin Osimani and Nicolas Mazzarino, for some time. Osimani, who turns 32 on ...

MADRID (EuroBasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - Pau Gasol has announced he will not play at this year's EuroBasket in Slovenia but plans to represent Spain when the country hosts the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. This season, because of injuries and the poor form of his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, was among the most difficult in Gasol's career. The ...

RIGA (EuroBasket Women) - There has never been such a thing as "halcyon days" for women's basketball in Latvia. The team that won the hearts of an entire nation by reaching the Semi-Finals of the EuroBasket Women in 2007 and then played at the Beijing Games before hosting EuroBasket 2009 grinded out victories to become a force in the ...

NEW YORK (Afrobasket for Women/FIBA World Championship for Women) - When Nigeria pulled out of the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women held in Chile, it was quite a blow for Sandra Udobi. However, the 19-year-old is looking to use that as motivation in helping her country qualify for the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women to be staged ...

LAS PALMAS (Liga Endesa) – This is a pivotal weekend coming up in Spain´s Liga Endesa, with many a national team player taking center stage in the fight for the last couple of play-off spots. With clubs needing to finish in the top eight to reach the post-season, six teams have punched their tickets. They are Real Madrid, Laboral Kutxa, Regal ...

LONDON (Olympics/EuroBasket Women) - The pressure is on Great Britain as they put in long, hard hours on the practice court before next month's EuroBasket Women. Will this be a team that uses the last two summers as a launch pad for greater things, or will Britain fade away? One certainty is that there will be new faces in the squad, and the potential is ...

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Liga Endesa/Afrobasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) - If there were any doubts that Tunisia national team center Salah Mejri could find success in Spanish basketball, he’s done his best to remove them one week after another with his performances for Blusens Monbus. Only this past weekend, the 2.17m Mejri scored 20 points and ...