ESP - Navarro is number Juan

BARCELONA (ACB) - Winterthur Barcelona's Juan Carlos Navarro will travel to the FIBA World Championship supremely confident after being named by the league's coaches as the most valuable player in the

SEN - SEED Academy to host

DAKAR (Coaching/Development) - SEED Foundation (Sports for Education and Economic Development) is proud to support the first annual SEED Academy Hoop Forum presented by Nike. The Hoop Forum will run from

KEN - Nairobi names final

NAIROBI (East and Central Africa Inter Cities championbships) - Nairobi have named the final men and women's team for the East and Central Africa Inter Cities championbships that starts in Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday

PAN - Panama to take part in COPA

PANAMA CITY (FIBA World Championship) - Panama's preparations for the Centrobasket and FIBA World Championship later this year will include a visit to Puerto Rico for the COPA Airlines Cup

NZL - Near enough,

AUCKLAND (NBL) - Gordy McLeod (pictured) has worked overtime - literally and with mixed success - to achieve chemistry among his St Laurence Wellington Saints and hopes a unique South Island swing will

USA - Varejao to the rescue

NEW YORK (NBA) - Brazil are counting on Anderson Varejao to help them reach the podium at the FIBA World Championship this summer. The power forward's performances for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the

NGR - Delta record first

LAGOS (Vmobile Premier league) - Delta Force basketball club of Asaba last Friday at the Sports Hall of the Asaba Township Stadium recorded its first ever victory in the six-week old Vmobile premier league with a

USA - Six collegiate

COLORADO SPRINGS (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - The USA Basketball Men's Collegiate Committee, chaired by Syracuse University's head coach Jim Boeheim, has selected Ron Cottrell, Mike Dunlap, James Jones, Scott Gernander, Bruce Weber and Reggie Witherspoon as court coaches

BIZ - Crowd trouble ends

BELIZE CITY (Friendly) - A "friendly" basketball game between El Salvador and Belize has had to be abandoned because of a crowd disturbance. The crowd trouble began with El Salvador winning 79-69, after a tussle between the players had developed on the court

AUS - Goorjian Douses

SYDNEY (FIBA World Championship) - Australian National Team coach Brian Goorjian has taken the unusual step of downplaying expectations for the Boomers in the upcoming FIBA world championship. Following former

CHI - Star show from Evandro

CONCEPCION (Centro-Sur) - Chile international Evandro Arteaga was on fire as Universidad de Concepcion maintained their 100% start to the domestic Centro-Sur league