NIEUWEGEIN (U17 World Championship for Women) – Meindert van Veen knows his Netherlands team is not expected to compete for the title when they host the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women. The goal then for the home nation's head coach is to advance from the group stage in Amsterdam while also getting more people involved in the game through ...

BARCELONA (Olympics) - Rudy Fernandez has been there for all of the highs that Spain’s national team have experienced the past six years. He was in the squad that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and in 2008, Fernandez had a starring role as the Spaniards reached the Olympic Final and lost a thriller to the United ...

PRAGUE (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women) - Czech Republic coach Lubor Blazek is to put his focus and energy into his position with the national team. USK Prague have announced that Blazek, their long-time boss, will not be on the bench next season although he will continue to work for the club. The veteran tactician will next month ...

ISTANBUL (Euroleague/FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament) - Andrei Kirilenko has been the face of Russian basketball for more than a decade because of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz and success with the national team. Having returned to his former club CSKA Moscow during the NBA Lockout that delayed the start of this season, and then remained ...

ISTANBUL (Euroleague/Olympics) – The best clubs in Europe will meet at another star-studded Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four this weekend. One certainty at the Sinan Erdem Arena is that players on the winning side will gain a huge psychological boost ahead of a very important summer of international basketball. Defending champions ...