Basketball

    SPLIT – The closing ceremony of the 12th European Universities Basketball Championship took place on July 28th at venue where the final matches were played; the BC Split hall. The Opening Ceremony a week earlier was held in the biggest square in the centre of Split and the event was attended by the […]

Kilpatrick in action against AUS KAZAN – For young collegiate athletes in North America, passing on a professional contract to return to school for another year can be a daunting decision. But for Cincinnati Bearcat basketball player Sean Kilpatrick, it was an easy one. “I really just wanted to come back and form better leadership […]

KAZAN – Australian basketballer Cameron Bairstrow is looking forward to bragging rights when he goes back to his college team in the USA. In a massive upset at the Universiade competition last night, the Australian men’s basketball team defeated the major gold-medal contender, Team USA in a nail-bitingly close finish 93 – 84.  22-year-old forward […]

Luke HancockKAZAN- The 27th Summer Universiade will officially begin on July 6th with the Opening Ceremonies. Over 12,000 athletes from more than 160 countries will march into tomorrow with each country proudly displaying their flag leading their delegation into Kazan- Arena Stadium. Delegations start to announce their flag bearers and so did the USA naming […]

OTTAWA – The CIS Women’s Basketball Coaches Association proudly announced Tuesday that for the second consecutive year, all CIS women’s basketball schools will take part in Shoot for the Cure, the WBCA’s fundraising campaign for the fight against breast cancer. Shoot for the Cure has proven an overwhelming success since it was launched in the […]

QUEZON CITY – The University of the East (UE) captured the 9th Asian University Basketball Championship title at Trinity University gym in Quezon City on Saturday September 29th beating Olivarez College 76 – 72. UE Red Warrior trailed by six points at the middle of the third quarter then engineered a decisive rally that propelled […]

EILAT – The 7th Friendship Games took place in Eilat, Israel. Women’s and Men’s basketball teams from Jordan, The Palestinian Authority, Germany, Lithuania, Greece as well as teams of Israeli Arab and Jewish Students took part in the Tournament. The Men’s team from the University of Vilnius, Lithuania won the Men’s Tournament, while the Women’s […]