ARG - Campeonato

SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN (Campeonato Argentino) - The Campeonato Argentino has been postponed for financial reasons. "The executive committee of the Argentinian Basketball Confederation (CABB) is

ENG - Review to provide

SHEFFIELD (Development) - Sport England today announced a major review of the way basketball is structured and administered. The process will help ensure that the sport can capitalise on its growing popularity and

MEX - Monterrey trip

NEW YORK (NBA) - The NBA is to stage a pre-season game in Monterrey, Mexico later this year. The league has announced that the Denver Nuggets, who have Mexican native Eduardo Najera on their roster, will

CAN - Canadian

TORONTO (National Team) - Canadian basketball national team players Denham Brown, Jermaine Anderson, and Jermaine Bucknor have been invited to the 2006 Toronto Raptors Pre-draft workouts

ARG - Garcia replaces

CORRIENTES (Liga Nacional) - Argentina's Regatas Corrientes have made a managerial change with Carlos Bualo being replaced by Gonzalo Garcia as coach. Bualo left his post because he failed to reach an agreement

FRA - Sciarra extends

DIJON (Pro A) - Dijon captain Laurent Sciarra has signed a new two-year contract with the French Pro A side that will run until June 2008. The 32-year-old point guard, who won silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics before

MEX - Mexico clinch

FRESNILLO (COCABA Championship) - Mexico are the COCABA Championship winners after defeating Costa Rica 3-1. The 101-84 triumph on Tuesday in Game Four helped the Tricolor win the title with only one

ITA - First blood for

TREVISO (Lega A) - Benetton Treviso claimed an 85-77 victory in the opening game of the best-of-five play-off semi-final against Lottomatica Roma. Ramunas Siskauskas scored 16 points to lead six

URU - Uruguay name squad

MONTEVIDEO (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - Uruguay coach Fernando Cabrera has named his 12-man squad for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, qualifiers for next year FIBA U19 World Championship

GRE - Lakovic on form as Greens triumph

ATHENS (A1 League play-offs) - Jaka Lakovic scored 19 points as Panathinaikos drew first blood against bitter rivals Olympiacos in the first match of the Greek play-off finals in Athens on Wednesday.The Slovenian guard was on top form for Zelimir Obradovic's reigning champions, also providing two assists and one steal to lead Pana to a 82-76 win in a pulsating derby clash, much to the delight of a frenzied home crowd at a packed Olympic Hall.Olympiacos, coached by