ARG - Ginobili looks for Athens repeat

SAN ANTONIO (FIBA World Championship) - Manu Ginobili insists Argentina are good enough to handle the pressure of being one of the favourites to win the FIBA World Championship.In an interview with Linea de 3 magazine, the San Antonio Spurs guard shrugged off the suggestion that too much might be expected of the 2004 Olympic Champions

TPE - Tien Lei wins third

TAIWAN (SBL) - Dacin forward Tien Lei won his third straight Most Valuable Player award Monday in the SBL Annual Award Ceremony, where he also received three other awards -- top scorer, top rebounder and the

KSA - FMQ Sons Co, Phuket

DAMMAM (EPBL)- It took extra five minutes before FMQ Sons Company finally scored its first win in the elimination round of the 19th Open Conference of the Eastern Province Basketball League at the crowded Al Ettifaq Sports Club in this city

ITA - Biella pip VidiVici to last play-off place in Italy

ROMA (Lega A) - VidiVici Bologna slipped up at Coppa Italia champions Carpisa Napoli on Sunday as Italian basketball was robbed of a glitzy Bologna derby in the first round of the play-offs.VidiVici would have met their rivals Climamio in the opening round of the post-season with a win but they lost 95-89. That, coupled with Angelico Biella's 77-71 win

SLE - Sierra Leone Olympic

FREETOWN (Olympic Solidarity / coaching) - Olympic Solidarity Clinic for basketball coaches has been conducted By Mr William Cain from France in Sierra Leone from February 14th to February 23rd 2006

CAN - BE One all-canadian

TORONTO (BE One Program) - Canada Basketball announced today the rosters for the inaugural Be One All-Canadian Weekend, May 12-14, and the CIS / CCAA Men's and Women's National All-Star Games Sunday

VEN - Gaiteros take command

MARACAIBO (Liga Profesional) - Gaiteros have taken a shock 3-1 lead in the Venezuelan Liga Nacional's second stage and are one game away from eliminating reigning champions Marinos from the competition

IRI - West Asian Competitions

AMMAN (West Asian Championship) - Iran's U18 basketball team arrived in Amman on Sunday to play in the West Asia Championship. Junior players from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon will line up against

SEN - Masai's big men

LAGOS (Training Camp) - It's another season over for the youngsters being groomed to take the national and international basketball scenes under the atmosphere of the Nigerian Big Man Camp 2006. The now annual

14th Maldives Basketball

MALDIVES (14th MBA Championship  2006) - On Opening night of the14th MBA Championship, Sports and Recreation Club upset The Group (68 - 64) in D-1 men at Youth Centre Indoor Basketball Court

BRA - Last six known in Brazil

RIO CLARO (Campeonato Nacional) - The six-team semi-final round of Brazil's Campeonato Nacional will feature Ribeirao Preto, Franca, Universo/BRB, Telemar, Ulbra/Torres and Rio Claro

CHI - Team Blue cruise All-Star Game

OSORNO (Libsur) - Team Blue thrashed Team Red in the Chilean Libsur league's inaugural All-Star Game in Osorno. Managed by Ancud coach Ivan Gallardo and Provincial Llanquihue boss Carlton Johnson, Team Blue ran out 114-79 winners

GER - Bamberg snatch semi-final advantage

BAMBERG (Bundesliga) - Little-used veteran Rick Stafford scored seven points in the final 38 seconds to help defending champions GHP Bamberg steal an 83-79 overtime victory over RheinEnergie Koln in Game One of their semi-final play-off series

KEN - Lionz and Ulinzi post wins as league resumes

NAIROBI (East and Central Africa Club championships) - Giants KCB Lions and Ulinzi Warriors, who battled for the East and Central Africa Club championships, posted wines as league resumes after abreak

USA - Heat close on East final, Clips level with Suns

NEW YORK (NBA) - Team USA duo Dwyane Wade and Elton Brand both had big nights to help their respective sides, the Miami Heat and LA Clippers, pick up victories in the latest round of play-off matches.Brand, who like Wade has been included in Team USA's 23-man provisional squad for this year's FIBA World Championship in Japan, had 30 points

USA - Wade instrumental in

EAST RUTHERFORD (NBA) - Dwyane Wade fuelled a decisive fourth-quarter rally as the Miami Heat reclaimed home-court advantage with a hard-fought 103-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets

GBR - Bucknall wants to join

LONDON (EuroBasket 2007) - Former England captain Steve Bucknall has put his name forward to help coach the new Great Britain team ahead of their EuroBasket Division B qualification games

NZL - Aussie battler prevails

AUCKLAND (NBL) - Australian point guard Brad Davidson scored 36 points and ignited the fast break that gave Inspire Net Manawatu Jets a hard-earned 83-80 overtime win over St Laurence Wellington Saints in

NGR - Masai's Big Man Camp Holds

LAGOS (Training camp) - The basketball developmental training camp best known as The Nigerian Big Man 2006 opened up in Lagos last Wednesday at the National Stadium with 54 Nigerian youth participating

MOZ - Talent identification

MAPUTO (Olympic Solidarity / coaching) - Mr Nelson Guilliam Isley was the FIBA Basketball expert who was sent to Maputo, Mozambique to conduct the talent identification program jointly with the