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It may not have been the biggest surprise in sport, but that didn’t lessen the excitement or happiness for the Team USA players and coaching team after clinching the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. They’ve been favourites since before a game was played in Spain, but this comes with its own pressure. We all know... Continue Reading »

There will be some who say that France deserved a medal for knocking hosts Spain out of the 2014 FIBA World Cup and they achieved this accolade on Saturday. In the third and fourth match, less than 24 hours after France narrowly failed to book a place in the final, they battled their way past... Continue Reading »

So here we are, almost at the final of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the only thing that is left to do is present the trophy and the Gold Medals to Team USA. Yes, there is still a game to be played but it is surely in the bag isn’t it? It would... Continue Reading »

The third and fourth playoff match can sometimes get a bad rap in sports. When you lose a semi-final, the last thing you want to do is be wheeled out for another match when you know a day later that the winners of your semi-final will be battling it out for the glory and the... Continue Reading »

With USA already booking their place in the 2014 FIBA World Cup final, you may have forgiven both of these teams for thinking if it was worth their while winning their semi-final match. The American side has been destroying teams in their way and they are clearly favourites to lift the Gold Medals at the... Continue Reading »

With Slovenia ranking 7th in the 2014 FIBA World Cup, there has been a great deal of interest in the team and a lot of attention has been showered on the Dragic brothers. Yes, the Gasol brothers of Spain may have been the key siblings for fans at the World Cup but with Spain’s shock... Continue Reading »

The Spanish sporting media loves a winner but cannot wait to stick the knife into a loser. There is no middle ground with the sports media in Spain, you are a hero or you are a zero and the Spanish basketball side must be feeling as low as you can get at the moment. The... Continue Reading »

In one of the least surprising sports stories of the year, Team USA are in the final of the 2014 FIBA World Championship. The Americans await the winner of Friday’s semi-final between France and Serbia and things are starting to heat up in advance of Sunday’s final. USA v Lithuania 96-68 In what is becoming... Continue Reading »

We know the four teams that will make up the 2014 FIBA World Cup semi-finals and they may not be who you thought they were going to be, thanks to a stunning Wednesday of basketball action in Madrid. Serbia v Brazil 84-56 This was always billed as the quarter final match that could go either... Continue Reading »

FIBA may be occupied with the 2014 FIBA World Cup at the moment, but there has been a big announcement made with respect to the 2015 EuroBasket event. Due to the ongoing trouble in the Ukraine, there was a need to find a new host and an extraordinary meeting in Madrid finalised the plans for... Continue Reading »