Basketball
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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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Luxol 3 vs 3 competition
Luxol Basketball Club will be organising a 3 vs 3 competition for various age-groups at their premises next month. There will be eight teams of four players in each category divided in two groups with crossed semi-finals and final. The categories...
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Malta too strong for San Marino
Malta 96San Marino 57(28-13, 15-13, 27-15, 26-16) The Maltese national team wrapped up their FIBA European Championship for small states last weekend with a handsome win over host country San Marino to finish a creditable third in the final...
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Injury-hit US finalise Olympic squad
The injury-hit United States named their 12-man basketball squad for the London Olympics yesterday with Blake Griffin, Andre Iguodala and James Harden nabbing the final three spots available. “We projected we would have difficulty getting down to a...
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Coppa’s girls start title defence against Moldova
The Maltese women’s national team will start their title defence in the FIBA Europe Champ-ionship for small nations on Tuesday when the tournament gets underway in Struga, Macedonia. Coach Santino Coppa and his no.2 Sandro Farrugia are still in...
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National team for San Marino
The men’s national team will be in San Marino next week for the FIBA European Championship for small countries. The last tournament of this kind was played at Ta’ Qali two years ago and on that occasion the Maltese finished third. Preparations,...
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Heat rout Thunder to win second NBA title
Miami Heat clinched their second NBA title by routing Oklahoma City 121-106 on Thursday thanks to a balanced, offensive attack and 26 points, 13 assists and 11 re-bounds from superstar LeBron James. James was named the Most Valuable Player of the...
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Two internationals for referee Vassallo
Maltese international basketball referee Bernard Vassallo has just been nominated by FIBA for further appointments in the European scene following a very positive 2011/12 season for him, consisting of eight FIBA Cup ties including seven EuroLeague...
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NBA mull not sending top stars to Olympics
The NBA are proposing to withdraw their top players from Olympic basketball after the London Games and instead model the competition on the under-23 tournament used for football. NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver said this week the plan would be...
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Titles for Hibs junior teams
Teams from the Hibernians basketball nursery again left their mark in the season just ended with championship successes for the U-16 girls and U-14 boys in official competitions organised by the Malta Basketball Association (MBA). The Hibs girls won...
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Rejuvenated Grima eyes higher goals after Serie A2 promotion
For Josephine Grima, season 2011-12 was a memorable one for more than one reason. Last week, the Malta international player wrapped up a successful campaign when helping her team, Olympia Reggio Calabria, to an historic first promotion to the...
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Luxol prevail in tense finale
Luxol 54Alyssa Ashley Loyola 53(18-13, 15-9, 9-15, 12-16) Luxol retained the women’s title after a dramatic win over Loyola in yesterday’s decisive fifth match from the final series. It was Luxol’s ninth success in the national championship. This...
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Luxol comeback earns them fifth tie
Luxol revived their hopes of retaining the championship for a second successive year last week-end when they came from behind against Alyssa Ashley Loyola to level the series at 2-2 and force a deciding fifth game which will be played next...
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