Basketball
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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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Monthly award for Loyola’s Johnson
The You Shop We Ship women player of the month for March is Loyola’s Desarae Johnson. This is the first individual honour in Malta for the US player since joining Loyola last year. During March, Loyola continued with their positive run in the league...
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Athleta clean sweep
Athleta A-Z Electronics 87Depiro Mtarfa 54(26-10, 18-20, 25-13, 18-11) Athleta won their second consecutive title and ninth in their history when they brushed aside the challenge of Depiro in the third play-off to win the final series 3-0 at Ta’...
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Last-gasp Johnson wins it for Loyola
Alyssa Ashley Loyola 48Luxol 46(8-11, 16-9, 13-13, 11-13) Loyola bounced back to level the series at one-all against Luxol in the women’s league final. The third game in the best-of-five contest will be played this afternoon. Sunday’s game seemed...
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Athleta retain basketball title
Athleta A-Z Electronics held on to their status as the top basketball team in the country after retaining the MSV Life National League title with a commanding 87-54 win over Depiro Mtarfa in the third match of the final play-off series. Leading 2-0...
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Matijevic wins March award
Marco Matijevic, of Siġġiewi, has been named the Division One player of the month for March. This is the fifth time for Matijevic to claim the player of the month award. Last month, Siġġiewi booked their berth in the MSV Life League play-off...
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Luxol, Loyola to contest final
Champions Luxol will meet Loyola in the final of the women’s league after winning the third and decisive play-off against Hibs. Loyola beat Depiro 2-1 in the other semi-final. The first leg of the final will be played tomorrow. Luxol 50Hibs Melita...
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Dominant Athleta go 2-0 up in decider
Depiro Mtarfa 50Athleta A-Z Electronics 90(12-22, 15-23, 13-24, 10-21) Athleta A-Z Electronics are one win away from retaining the men’s league title after taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five final series against Depiro Mtarfa. Despite playing...
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Game 3 required to determine women's league finalists
A third game in the best-of-three semi-finals play-offs is required to determine the two finalists in this season's women's basketball league following wins for Luxol and Loyola on Thursday evening. Luxol, the top team in the regular season, beat...
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