Basketball
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Czech match for referee Vassallo
International basketball referee Bernard Vassallo received another FIBA nomination following a busy summer where he officiated four EuroBasket 2013 qualifiers. On Wednesday, Vassallo will control the FIBA EuroLeague Group A match in Czech Republic...
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Athleta stutter into last four, Floriana through
BUPA Luxol 69Athleta A-Z Electronics 66(13-17, 17-8, 19-18, 20-23) Luxol, inspired by the shooting prowess of youngster Chris Cordina from the three-point line, upset their rivals who were missing Michael Naudi and Addison Bonnici. There were...
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Loyola book semi-final spot
Alyssa Ashley Loyola joined Luxol, Hibs and Depiro McDonald’s in the semi-finals thanks to their victory over Honey Athleta. The Loyola girls will face Hibs in the last-four stage while Luxol play Depiro. In the main match last weekend, Loyola were...
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Depiro boost hopes, Siġġiewi reach semis
Pavi Depiro 68BUPA Luxol 57(14-18, 17-9, 16-13, 21-17) Depiro’s win against Luxol has improved their chances of finishing second in Group 1 and reach the semi-finals of the MBA Shield. The Group 1 runners-up will meet Siġġiewi while the top team...
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Adamoli to replace Coppa as women’s team coach
Angela Adamoli will be taking over from Italian compatriot Santino Coppa as head coach of the women’s national team, the Malta Basketball Associa-tion announced this week. In ten years at the helm, Coppa led the Maltese girls to a series of...
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Euroleague starts this week
More games and bigger arenas will enable Europe’s premier basketball competition to aim for NBA standards, Euroleague chief Jordi Bertomeu has vowed ahead of the new season starting tomorrow. This month’s warm-up games between Euroleague teams and...
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Luxol edge Hibs in thrilling Super Cup
A last-gasp Petra Ellul free-shot gave Luxol their second honour of the campaign after they beat Hibs 57-56 in a thrilling women’s Super Cup at Tal-Qroqq, yesterday. Hibs had taken the lead for the first time in the match late in the fourth session...
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A-Z Electronics start basketball season on a high
Basketball champions A-Z Electronics Athleta (picture) beat rivals BUPA Luxol 67-56 yesterday to lift the St James Super Cup and start the new season on a positive note. With the pavilion at Ta’ Qali unavailable, the match was played at the...
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Season to start at Tal-Qroqq
The 2012-13 basketball season gets underway this weekend with the inaugural pre-season tournament for women, sponsored by St James Hospital, and the first official competition for men which pits together the traditional rivals in the men’s game –...
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Luxol BC 2012-13 activities
The Luxol basketball nursery will resume its activities for the new season on September 29 with regular training sessions by qualified coaches at the gym in Tobruk Road on weekdays and Saturday mornings. Applications for limited vacancies in the...
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Italian Mondoni to conduct mini-basket training
The Malta Basketball Association (MBA) will have experienced Italian coach Maurizio Mondoni conducting their mini-basket coaching course later on this month. The programme of basketball activities will consist of theory and practice sessions,...
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Depiro sign US player Belcher
Depiro McDonald’s, the women’s National League basketball club, have just completed the signing of Latisha Belcher, a 6’2’’ all-rounder from the United States. Belcher is joining Depiro after a successful career at East Tennessee State University...
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‘Linsanity’ sweeps through Taiwan
American basketball star Jeremy Lin was mobbed by fans in Taiwan yesterday during his first visit to the island since a hot streak earned him a global following known as “Linsanity”. More than a thousand fans, some waving placards reading...
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US coach hopes welcome will extend to Games
Mike Krzyzewski, coach of gold medal favourites the United States, received a warm welcome from British sports fans in Manchester on Thursday night and hopes that will continue all the way to the Olympic Games in London next week. The US begin the...
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Outcry as Aussie women fly economy
Australian basketball officials yesterday said they would review travel policies after stinging criticism that the men’s team travelled to the London Olympics in business class but the women in economy. Sports Minister Kate Lundy called for more...
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Obama backs 1992 USA team in Olympic debate
American President Barack Obama waded into the USA Olympic basketball debate this week, saying the 1992 Dream Team with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley would have beaten the 2012 Olympic team. Barack Obama said he remembers a 1992 gold-medal...
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LeBron could match Jordan by taking gold
LeBron James finally captured an NBA title in his ninth league season. Now the Miami Heat superstar playmaker wants to put his name among the sport’s legends by winning a second Olympic gold medal. “King James” will lead the United States squad of...
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Thoresen voted tournament’s MVP
Austria lived up to their billing as favourites in the women’s 2012 European Championship for Small States last week as they beat hosts Macedonia 68-63 in the final. Malta had won the past two editions of the tournament but this time they had to...
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Malta beat Scotland in third place play-off
Malta 72Scotland 52(14-10, 14-14, 25-12, 19-16) The Maltese women’s national team at the Euro Championship for Small States in Macedonia finished on a positive note yesterday as they made it a double over Scotland to secure the third place on the...
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Comfortable win for Malta
Malta 80Scotland 57(18-12, 20-11, 27-9, 15-25) Santino Coppa’s national team chalked up their second suc-cessive win in the group phase of the Euro Championship for small states yesterday after beating Scotland 80-57 in Struga, Macedonia. A strong...
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