ARG - Narvarte pleased with

CONCORDIA (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - Argentina U18 coach Guillermo Narvarte has declared himself "satisfied" with his 21-man preliminary squad for next month's FIBA Americas U18 Championship

AUS - Bogut attacks as

SYDNEY (FIBA World Championship) - Australia's number one National Basketball Association (USA) star, Andrew Bogut, has gone on the attack to refute claims by a leading Australian sports coach that

USA - March Madness may get

NEW YORK (NCAA) - The 65-team NCAA Tournament field could be expanded by up to 15 teams under plans being considered by the incoming chairman of the overseeing committee, Gary Walters. After meeting with

SCG - Big changes on the way

BELGRADE (KSSCG) - The separation of Serbia & Montenegro into two countries will see the formation of two domestic basketball leagues as well as two national teams, it has been confirmed. The result of this week's Montenegrin

USA - Leslie, Swoopes lead the

COLORADO SPRINGS (FIBA World Championship for Women) - International superstars Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes are among the list of eight players selected to Team USA's squad for the FIBA World

SLO - Pipan names preliminary squad

PORTOROZ (FIBA World Championship) - Slovenian coach Ales Pipan has named a 28-man preliminary squad ahead of the country's first FIBA World Championship.The list includes all five of Slovenia's NBA stars and their top players from clubs around Europe but Pipan insists he will not looking for an all-star team when he selects his final 12 for the summer tournament in Japan."I intend to put together a

ITA - Injury agony for Soragna

TREVISO (Lega A) - Benetton Treviso and Italy were rocked on Tuesday by a season-ending injury to Matteo Soragna.The 1.98m forward suffered a broken hand in Benetton's play-off quarter-final victory against Armani Jeans Milano.Soragna, a member of Italy's silver-medal winning side at the

USA - All-Star Game

NEW ORLEANS (NBA) - The NBA has confirmed that the 2008 All-Star Game will be played in New Orleans. NBA Commissioner David Stern had previously hinted that the Crescent City - still recovering from the

KSA - Kudu, Bigen

DAMMAM - Inter-company depending champion Kudu Restaurant finally snapped a three-game skid after edging FMQ Sons Co, 67-65, in the elimination round in the on-going 19th Open Conference of the

FIBA - TEO enter final four

SHAOXING (2006/07 FIBA Women's World League) - TEO joined WCBA All Stars China in the FIBA Women's World League final four despite being beaten by the hosts in their last premliminary round game

SIN - Singapore Slingers

SINGAPORE (NBL Australia) – Basketball Enterprises Pte. Ltd., today launched the Singapore Slingers, the first professional basketball team based in South East Asia. The team recently won the right to play in

FRA - Spurs' Parker:

SAN ANTONIO (NBA) - France international Tony Parker blamed San Antonio's failure to retain their NBA crown on the Spurs' worst first-half performance in his five years with the team. The Spurs, who also won the title in

CHI - Universidad march on

CONCEPCION (Centro-Sur) - Universidad de Concepcion took their unbeaten run to seven games by thrashing Deportivo Aleman 102-71 to remain top of the Centro-Sur league. Cipriano Nunez's squad cruised through the

NGR - BBJ Canvases the return

LAGOS (FIBA World Championship) - In a recent chat with former Nigeria senior national team, D'Tigers captain Johnson Ayinla in Lagos, on issues bothering on the talent base in Nigeria and the nation quest for

USA - Summitt gets

KNOXVILLE (NCAA) - Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt has become the first women's basketball coach to break the $1 million-per-season mark after being handed a giant new six-year contract by the

FIBA Americas - Costa Rica

CARTAGO (COCABA Championship) - Costa Rica defeated Belize 2-0 to qualify for the COCABA Championship's finals and secure a place in the upcoming Centrobasket tournament. Costa Rica showed no

AUS - Bogut commits to Boomers

MELBOURNE (FIBA World Championship) - Australian star Andrew Bogut has committed to playing for the Boomers in the forthcoming Ramsay Shield against New Zealand and at the FIBA World Championship in Japan.The 7ft power forward/center, who was outstanding at the Athens Olympics in 2004, is coming off an excellent rookie campaign with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. The Melbourne-born 21-year-old hasn't played on home soil since 2002 and is anxious to face the

ITA - Climamio stung by defeat

ROME (Lega A) - Climamio Bologna coach Jasmin Repesa has promised Angelico Biella a much harder game when the two face each other for a third time in the Italian play-offs on Wednesday.Biella rolled to a surprising 85-76 triumph on Sunday over the defending champions to level the tie at 1-1, and coach Alessandro Ramagli said: "We haven't just prolonged the series, what we are

USA - Determined Dirk dazzles for Dallas

SAN ANTONIO (NBA) - Dirk Nowitzki rescued Germany at the EuroBasket last summer when they captured a silver medal, and he's doing the same for Dallas in the NBA play-offs.Nowitizki's three-point play forced overtime and the Mavericks finally defeated the San Antonio Spurs to book their place in the Western Conference finals. The Mavs stopped Tim Duncan in the

ARG - Gimnasia level

BUENOS AIRES (Liga Nacional) - Gimnasia of Comodoro Rivadavia drew level in the final of the Liga Nacional after thrashing opponents Libertad 99-78 in Game 2. The away victory gives Gimnasia a great chance to