After a first day in Riga with several surprises, we were back in the Arena to follow the semi-finals day of the FIBA U19 World Championships. As the quarter-finals gave us a few surprises, we were looking forward to see if Argentina can upset another one and eventually reach the final and if the favorites […]
FIBA U19 World Championship: Semi-Finals
July 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment
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U18 European Championship 2010: Semi-Finals
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments
The second day in Lithuania started with some sight-seeing in the Old Town and the first decision of the event came when Germany managed to dominate Sweden and avoid relegation. On the other hand, Bulgaria is sure about their future: Division B.
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Generation Ranking: 1992 born players
February 1st, 2010 · 11 Comments
The 1992 generation has a lot of very talented players, especially on the inside positions. Lithuania is clearly the strongest country here though, so it is not a big surprise to see the Baltics organize the U18 European Championship this summer. Beforehand, several nations will already compete in the highly regarded Albert Schweitzer Tournament in […]
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Città di Roma Tournament 2009 (Part 2)
January 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
The second part of the report on Città di Roma features players from the teams placed 3 to 8.
Tags: Alexander Tikhonin·Benetton Fribourg·Città di Roma·CSKA Moscow·Diego Monaldi·FMP Belgrade·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Bezbradica·Nikola Siladi·Stefan Petkovic
Stella Azzurra Città di Roma Tournament (Day 3)
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments
After a long night at the restaurant (thank you Germano) and a sightseeing and foodtasting trip through Rome yesterday, I arrived save back home only late so that the report on the Final day of the tournament is only online now.
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Stella Azzurra Città di Roma Tournament (Day 2)
December 29th, 2009 · No Comments
I arrived this morning in Rome to cover the first NIJT Qualification Tournament of the season. The tournament organized by Stella Azzurra Roma features 8 teams that compete for one spot at NIJT to be played in May in Paris. After Day 1 updated through Twitter, here is my short report on what happened on […]
Tags: 2009 Citta di Roma·Alessandro Gentile·Alexander Tikhonin·Andrey Loginov·Armin Mazic·Artem Komolov·Benetton Fribourg·Benetton Treviso·CSKA Moscow·FMP Belgrade·Francesco Ramengi·Lottomatica Roma·Montepaschi Siena·Nemanja Bezbradica·Nenad Miljenovic·Nikola Siladi·Ojars Silins·Riccardo Ferrarese·Rolandas Jakstas·Stefan Petkovic·Stella Azzurra Roma·Strahinja Mladenovic·Tommaso Ingrosso·Zalgiris Kaunas