LONDON (2012 Olympic Games) – Former NBA player and England international John Amaechi helped mark exactly two years to go before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games in London by taking the first shot in the Basketball Arena at the Olympic Park on Tuesday. Amaechi played for England’s national team in the 1990s and [...]

TOULOUSE/RODEZ (FIBA U17 World Championship for Women) – Meng Li of China was named the MVP of the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship for Women. Li, who is just 15-years-old, led China to a bronze medal and helped her team compile a 6-2 record. Wang Guizhi’s charges lost to Belgium, 90-80, in Group B of [...]

TOULOUSE (FIBA U17 World Championship for Women) – Hosts France will take on the USA in Sunday’s final (17:30 CET) of the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship for Women at the Palais des Sports in Toulouse which will no doubt be packed with some 2,000 fans. France beat Belgium 59-49 in a gritty affair which [...]

TOULOUSE (FIBA U17 World Championship for Women) – Day 7 of the FIBA U17 World Championship for Women proved to be a memorable one for hosts France and the USA who will meet in Sunday’s final after seeing off Belgium and China respectively. Semi-finals aside, there was plenty more action with surprise results in the [...]

TOULOUSE (FIBA U17 World Championship for Women) – And then there were four. China, the USA, Belgium and France will do battle in Saturday’s semi-finals of the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship for Women fully intent on booking a place for Sunday’s showdown. China and the USA will tip things off in the first semi-final [...]