San Francisco is set to host the NBA All-Star Game in 2025. The announcement, made by the NBA on Monday November 6th, revealed that the Chase Center in San Francisco will be the venue for the game on Feb. 16, […]
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2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championships Begin
Sixteen African nations have commenced on the Ivory Coast for the Africa Men’s Champi onships of Basketball (forum). The competition started on August 20 and will go until the end of the month, August 31. Also known as the Afrobasket, the […]
1º de Agosto retains African title
Once again, Angola showed its dominance in African basketball. For the fourth consecutive year, 1º de Agosto had no competition and ended up claiming the African Champions Cup title in Benin. In the final played today, the Angolan champions thumped […]
FIBA wild cards to Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania & Russia
After weeks of speculation, FIBA has chosen the four final countries, Germany, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Russia, that will represent in the 2010 World Championships of Basketball. (Discuss FIBA’s four wild card selections in our forum) The maximum three -from-one-region wild cards […]
FIBA Wild Cards: It’s down to Eight
We are only one day away from FIBA announcing the final four countries that will fill the tournament field for the 2010 World Championships. (Predict the four teams to WC2010) The Wild Card process started with 14 teams hoping for […]
Which countries will get the FIBA Wild Cards?
The FIBA Wild Cards will determine four teams’ fates for the 2010 World Championships of basketball. With a few days remaining before FIBA announces their selections, which countries do you think FIBA will select for the event in Turkey in […]
FIBA hints at “impactful teams” for WC wildcard
Tijani Umar, the President of the NBBF (Nigeria Basketball Federation) recently returned from Zurich, Switzerland after a meeting with FIBA World officials to chat about the FIBA wild cards for the 2010 World Championships. However, Umar’s meeting with FIBA officials […]
Mbah a Moute inspires at Basketball without Borders
Milwaukee Buck’s forward Luc Mbah a Moute is in South Africa this week for Basketball without Borders. The 6-8 native of Cameroon was given a standing ovation when he was introduced. Mbah a Moute is tied to the event both physically […]
Angola wins Africa Basketball Championships (again)
Tripoli, Libya – Angola took home the 2009 Africa Nations Championship by defeating the Ivory Coast 82-72 to capture their sixth straight Afrobasket gold medal, and their tenth in the last eleven tournaments. (Discuss the 2009 Afrobasket) Though that is […]
Angola vs. Côte d’Ivoire in Afrobasket Finals
It’s no surprise that Angola is in the finals of Afrobasket, the African nation has been dominating the African Championships the last decade, winning nine of the last ten tournaments. The shocking news is that Nigeria and Senegal won’t be in […]
Senegal, Cameroon, and Egypt upset at Afrobasket
After some shocking results on day five of the tournament, only two teams, defending champions Angola and Nigeria, remain as the only undefeated nations in the 2009 Afrobasket tournament (click here for Afrobasket discussion) Angola and Nigeria will meet today […]
Afrobasket: Angola, Senegal, and Nigeria undefeated
The prelimiary stage of the 2009 African Championships have finished (discuss). Three nations Angola, Nigeria, and Senegal have moved onto the next round undefeated with three wins each. Each team will play today in the quarterfinals. [nggallery id=11] Nigeria […]
Day Three of AfroBasket, AsiaBasket begins
Two regional basketball championships are going into their third, and final day, of preliminary games today. The 2009 Africa Nations and the Asia Championships are finishing up their round robin play.After day 2, Angola, Nigeria, Senegal, and Cameroon have advanced […]
Afrobasket 2009: African Basketball Championships
Title: Afrobasket 2009 Location: Tripoli, Libya Official Site: http://libya2009.fiba.com Information: The 2009 Africa Nations Basketball Championships, or Afrobasket, starts in less than a week. The 25th Afrobasket (discuss) is being held August 5-15 in Tripoli, Libya. Teams participating include Libya […]
March Madness Performances Remixed: International Players
When we made our “Top Ten International Players to Watch during March Madness” list out, we made a huge mistake by not including USC’s Daniel Hackett in our initial list. Going into this weekend’s final four, we’ve watched the games […]
Top Ten International Players to Watch during March Madness
With the 64 teams matched up, March Madness is less than 12 hours away. And with that, Interbasket has collected the names of the top ten international players in this year’s field (discuss). It’s a shame that the St. Mary’s […]
UCLA’s Alfred Aboya: Inspiration through Basketball
A New York Times article chronicles the journey of Alfred Aboya Baliaba, and how the native from Yaounde, Cameroon has elevated his game after coming to the United States, both on the court and off. “I owe everything to basketball,” […]
Cameroon, South Korea winless, but successful
Coming into the Olympic World Qualifying Tournament, the national teams from Cameroon and Korea weren’t exactly viewed as basketball powerhouses, nor were they considered serious threats to medal. And if you looked at FIBA’s latest world rankings and compared that […]
Without Support, Cameroon plays for Pride, Family
The Cameroon National Team is one of the twelve international teams vying for one of the three remaining spots in the 2008 Olympics. And Cameroon, along with the other underdogs in the World Qualifying Tournament, such as Lebanon, Cape Verde […]
2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Preview & FIBA Forum
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 […]
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