AMSTERDAM (World Championships Wheelchair Basketball) - In the forthcoming days, while coming closer to the Gold Cup 2006 tournament, approximately 1900 students of 29 schools (primary and secondary schools) in the city of Amsterdam will be introduced to our spectacular sport.

In mid April mr. Luc Vergoossen, coach of the Dutch national youth wheelchair basketball team, started to organize clinics during the regular classes physical education, assisted by some of his team members. First reactions of the kids were really enthusiastic.

During this practical classes the children are instructed in the most important Wheelchair basketball techniques, most of the time a real basketball game will be played at the end of each session.

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