West Midlands Basketball League

DALLAS (2010 FIBA World Championship for Men) - There is a French guard plying his trade in Texas who is getting rave reviews for his great play of late - and his name is not Tony Parker. Rodrigue Beaubois of the Dallas Mavericks has had a rollercoaster-like rookie season, but right now he is very much enjoying the view from the top. Through four ...

SAN ANTONIO (2010 FIBA World Championship for Men) - There was a huge sigh of relief late on Monday when it was revealed that Tony Parker will not require surgery on the broken finger in his right hand. "It's good news. The additional tests I had in San Antonio are reassuring," Parker told French news agency AFP. "It's with a big smile ...

GENEVA  (2010 FIBA World Championship) – This summer the top 24 teams in world basketball will come head to head and turkey2010.fiba.com will be THE place to keep up to date with what is happening on and off the court.   At the end of March, the event website, which is already generating plenty of interest, will be re-launched with a ...

Watch Game Three of the NBL Grand Final this Friday, live and free on www.fibatv.com WOLLONGONG (NBL) - The Wollongong Hawks dream of winning a most improbable NBL Championship, after nearly becoming extinct 12 months ago, remains alive after a gruelling 75-63 win over the Perth Wildcats in game two of the best-of-three series. The Hawks trailed by ...

KRAGUJEVAC (Kosarkaska Liga Srbije) - Novi Sad beat Napredak 77-72 to climb up to fifth place in the standings, but the result was overshadowed by a serious road accident as they made their way home on the Belgrade-Nis highway. Nemanja Danilovic and 20-year-old player Nenad Grozdanic were both in ...

FERRARA (LEGA A) - With one third of the season still left to play, Montepaschi Siena are on the verge of clinching their playoff berth in record time. The defending champions beat Carife Ferrara 71-63 to improve to 20-0 on the season and need just one more win to book their place for the postseason. Romain Sato had ...

MOSCOW (SUPERLEAGUE A) - CSKA Moscow improved to a league best 13-1 following an 89-80 win over visiting Enisey. The hosts led 52-39 at halftime before the visitors - who lie second from bottom in the standings - got back into the game and were within 78-71 midway through the final quarter. However, the defending ...

Watch live on fibatv.com PERTH (NBL Grand Final) - Cairns Taipans’ supporter Randy Ware missed out on his shot at becoming a rich man in the opening game of the NBL Grand Final Down Under. Ware travelled to Perth for the Game 1 clash against Wollongong and at the end of the third quarter had a chance to bury an attempt from half-court for ...

VALENCIA (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - Jana Veselá was a European champion with the Czech Republic in 2005 and will represent her country later this year when they host the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women. The 26-year-old will be hoping to arrive in Brno later this year for Group D games against Argentina, Japan and Russia on ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (2010 FIBA World Championship) – When Brazil play at the FIBA World Championship later this year, it’s safe to say that Marcelinho Machado will be an integral part of their high-octane offense against Team USA, Croatia, Slovenia, Tunisia and Iran in Group B. When Marcelinho finds his shooting touch, few Brazilian players are ...

CANBERRA (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - Australia international Lauren Jackson is only 28 years of age but has been such a good player in Canberra over the years that there's already talk of a statue being put up in her honor. The MVP of Canberra's 75-70 Gran Final triumph in Melbourne over Bulleen on Saturday, Jackson will represent ...

CLEVELAND (2010 FIBA World Championship) - Argentina guard Manu Ginobili erupted for a season-high 38 points on Monday night for San Antonio but the Spurs fell at the Cleveland Cavaliers. With teammate Tony Parker of France out of action for several weeks after suffering a fractured metacarpal, Ginobili started and made 12 of his 23 shots from the field, ...

MELBOURNE (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - Competition is fierce for places in the Australian  women’s national team as they look to defend their world title later this year in the Czech Republic.   One player that has a chance of making the trip to Ostrava is 26-year-old point guard Nat Hurst, who helped fire Carrie Graf's ...

ABUJA (Afrobasket 2011) - Nigeria, by the weekend, stepped much closer to getting the hosting right for the 2011 African Nations Cup Basketball competition for men by submitting the letter of guarantee from the Federal Government of Nigeria to the African governing body FIBA Africa. The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) Mr. Tijjani Umar ...

MILWAUKEE (2010 FIBA World Championship) - There aren't many NBA teams that have been as good as the Milwaukee Bucks since January 27. To put it bluntly, Ersan Ilyasova and Co have been on a tear, winning 15 of their 19 games in that time. The 22-year-old power forward has been coming off the bench and playing around 23 minutes per game for Milwaukee, ...

MELBOURNE (WNBL) - Australia superstar Lauren Jackson led the Canberra Capitals to victory over the Bulleen Boomers in the WNBL title game on Saturday. The 28-year-old, a member of the Opals’ triumphant 2006 FIBA World Championship squad who remains a lynchpin in the national side, finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds for Canberra and was named ...

MAR DEL PLATA (Liga Nacional de Basquet) - Peñarol Mar del Plata, who celebrated their FIBA Americas League title last month, took over first place of their domestic league after crushing Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) 96-47 on Sunday. Alejandro Diez had 17 points and Sebastian Vega added 13 as ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Liga Nacional de Basquete) - Brazilian shooter Marcelinho Machado didn't just break two league records in Flamengo's 101-89 win over Sao Jose, he obliterated them. Machado led Flamengo with an incredible 63 points - 38 of them coming in the first half - and hit an ...

PONCE (Baloncesto Superior Nacional) - Atleticos de San German, Capitanes de Arecibo, Leones de Ponce and Mets de Guaynabo are in a four-way tie at the top of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional table with 2-0 records after the first weekend of action. San German opened the season with a dramatic 70-68 win over ...

TEHRAN (Super League) - Mahram underlined their superiority in Iranian basketball over the weekend by capping an unbeaten season with a 2-0 sweep of Zob Ahan in the Super League Finals. The leading club in Iran basketball captured the title for the third year running. In a rematch of last year’s Finals, Mahram dominated Zob Ahan in Game 1 on the ...