Tag: Basketball

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 20:17 UTC

  Sports upheaval, Germany beat US NBA team in Manila and in France, les bleu thrash the All Blacks

  

  Two unexpected and surprising results in the sports world. Germany qualified for the final of the FIBA Basketball World Cup at the expense of the perennial favorites from the US. In Paris at the starting match of the 2023 World Rugby Cup, la France beat the favorite All Blacks by an astounding 27/13.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  NBA legend Kobe Bryant and daughter die in helicopter crash: tributes from all over the world

  

  NBA legend Kobe Bryant died on Sunday when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in foggy conditions in suburban Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board and plunging the sports world into mourning.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  China's state media blasts NBA for endorsing Hong Kong violence and “secessionist pipe dream”

  

  Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” in an escalating row over comments by a team official in support of protests in Hong Kong.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:39 UTC

  Argentina/Spain, Sunday's basketball World Cup final in China

  

  Power forward Luis Scola scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Argentina breezed past France 80-66 to book their place in Sunday's basketball World Cup final against Spain.

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:24 UTC

  Argentina's greatest basketball player with four NBA titles retires from the San Antonio Spurs

  

  Emmanuel ”Manu” Ginóbili would have been happy to retire quietly without his team retiring his jersey, but San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the humble Argentine has no choice but to accept with the same passion he gave to the game.