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Posted by stuart on 14 Jul 2008 at 10:31 am under Ademola Okulaja, Anderson Varejao, Cape Verde, Dirk Nowitzki, FIBA, Greece, Jaka Lakovic, Korea, Lebanon, Nene, Patrick Femerling, Pero Cameron, Rasho Nesterovic, Slovenia, Theo Papaloukas, Uncategorized, brazil, cameroon, canada, croatia, germany, kirk penney, leandro barbosa, new zealand, puerto rico
Today, the FIBA World Qualifying Tournament begins with 12 national teams from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania trying to grab one of the three remaining spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month.
Follow the intense action of every game, the heated battles, and all the upsets in our 2008 Olympic Qualifier Forum.
So, with [...]
Two-time West Asian champions, three-time Asia’s runner-up, and after participating in the last two Fiba World Championship (2002 and 2006), something is amiss with Lebanon… and to me, that is the Olympic Games!
Despite being the favourites in last year’s FIBA Asia Championship that was held in Japan, Lebanon lost a dramatic 74 - [...]
Bassel Bawji (Baze-Sull Bah-Gee) is a basketball prospect playing in the United States. Bassel was born in Beirut, Lebanon and has represented Lebanon on their under-18 National Team. He is a 6-7, 225lb power forward that plays a physical game at a level rarely seen in the high school ranks. Even with his fearlessness in [...]
Posted by mvblair on 08 Jan 2008 at 12:34 pm under Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Dubai Cup, Fadi El-Khatib, Hamed Haddadi, Iran, Lebanon, Michael Madanly, Syria, china, egypt, interbasket, wang zhizhi, yao ming, yi jianlian
We’ve had a lot of positive traction on our forum from some under-represented regions as we’ve recently received some great members from Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria.
Great Egytian and Iranian Basketball Threads
First off, I wanted to recognize a couple great informational forum threads regarding domestic basketball leagues in Iran and Egypt. mohsena2631 and soliman [...]
Posted by mvblair on 11 Dec 2007 at 12:02 pm under Cape Verde, Greece, Lebanon, Olympics, Slovenia, South Korea, brazil, cameroon, canada, croatia, germany, new zealand, puerto rico
Athens beat out San Juan, Puerto Rico and will be the hosts for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament that will be held July 14-20, 2008. The participating teams are the also-rans from this year’s regional championships. The final three Olympic spots will be determined by the three teams that win first, second and third [...]
Fadi El-Khatib, aka the Tiger, dominated in his first game for Cherkazki Mavpi, a club that plays in the national league in Ukraine. Khatib scored 37 points, pulled down 12 rebounds, passsed for 5 assists and gathered 4 steals as Cherkazki Mavpi defeated Odissa 103-77. It was a tightly contested game despite [...]
Posted by admin on 18 Sep 2007 at 10:12 pm under Cape Verde, FIBA, Greece, Iran, Korea, Lebanon, Slovenia, angola, argentina, australia, brazil, cameroon, canada, china, croatia, germany, lithuania, new zealand, puerto rico, russia, spain, usa
Who will host the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament?
With all the regional championships completed and nine teams set for next year’s Olympic games, three berths remain for teams vying for Beijing. And those three remaining spots will be determined by the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men that will be held [...]
Is Lebanese superstar Fadi El-Khatib headed to the Ukrainian league? He is, according to this thread in our forum.
Fadi El-Khatib will reportedly travel to the city of Cherkasy in the Ukraine next week to discuss specifics with the Ukranian club Cherkaski Mavpi. Khatib’s contract is said to include a clause that allows the [...]
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