AUS - Mottram leads list of

SYDNEY (FIBA World Championship) - The Boomers run of injuries has continued with Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Neil Mottram, pulling out of the FIBA World Championship campaign after succumbing to

SLO - Slovenia without Vujacic

Ljubljana (FIBA World Championship) - Slovenian national coach Ales Pipan named 15 players who will star preparations for FIBA World Championship in Japan on 10th of July."The FIBA World championship is very important

KEN - Top guns KCB

NAIROBI (Premier league) -East and Central Africa club champions KCB Lions, national champions Ulinzi Warriors and Co-operative Bank of Kenya over the weekend posted wins in the Premier League matches played at Nyayo National Stadium gymnasium

FIBA - Basketball Club Habana romp

PECS (2006/07 FIBA Women's World League) - Basketball Club Habana were superior to Djoliba AC, beating the Mali representatives 86-61 on Friday in Group B of the FIBA Women's World League 2006/07 Preliminary Round

ARG - Campeonato

SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN (Campeonato Argentino) - The Campeonato Argentino has been postponed for financial reasons. "The executive committee of the Argentinian Basketball Confederation (CABB) is

ENG - Review to provide

SHEFFIELD (Development) - Sport England today announced a major review of the way basketball is structured and administered. The process will help ensure that the sport can capitalise on its growing popularity and

MEX - Monterrey trip

NEW YORK (NBA) - The NBA is to stage a pre-season game in Monterrey, Mexico later this year. The league has announced that the Denver Nuggets, who have Mexican native Eduardo Najera on their roster, will

CAN - Canadian

TORONTO (National Team) - Canadian basketball national team players Denham Brown, Jermaine Anderson, and Jermaine Bucknor have been invited to the 2006 Toronto Raptors Pre-draft workouts

ARG - Garcia replaces

CORRIENTES (Liga Nacional) - Argentina's Regatas Corrientes have made a managerial change with Carlos Bualo being replaced by Gonzalo Garcia as coach. Bualo left his post because he failed to reach an agreement

FRA - Sciarra extends

DIJON (Pro A) - Dijon captain Laurent Sciarra has signed a new two-year contract with the French Pro A side that will run until June 2008. The 32-year-old point guard, who won silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics before

MEX - Mexico clinch

FRESNILLO (COCABA Championship) - Mexico are the COCABA Championship winners after defeating Costa Rica 3-1. The 101-84 triumph on Tuesday in Game Four helped the Tricolor win the title with only one

ITA - First blood for

TREVISO (Lega A) - Benetton Treviso claimed an 85-77 victory in the opening game of the best-of-five play-off semi-final against Lottomatica Roma. Ramunas Siskauskas scored 16 points to lead six

URU - Uruguay name squad

MONTEVIDEO (FIBA Americas U18 Championship) - Uruguay coach Fernando Cabrera has named his 12-man squad for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, qualifiers for next year FIBA U19 World Championship

GRE - Lakovic on form as Greens triumph

ATHENS (A1 League play-offs) - Jaka Lakovic scored 19 points as Panathinaikos drew first blood against bitter rivals Olympiacos in the first match of the Greek play-off finals in Athens on Wednesday.The Slovenian guard was on top form for Zelimir Obradovic's reigning champions, also providing two assists and one steal to lead Pana to a 82-76 win in a pulsating derby clash, much to the delight of a frenzied home crowd at a packed Olympic Hall.Olympiacos, coached by

FRA - Shy and retiring Melain proud of trophy-laden career

PARIS (National Team) - Cathy Melain claims she is shy, but that certainly never prevented her from becoming the most successful French women's player of all time.The 32-year-old shooting guard/forward, a gold medal winner at the 2001 EuroBasket Women, announced her international retirement on Wednesday after 12 years of services with Les Bleues and a total of 227 caps."It was not an

FRA - Retiring Melain earns Mainini praise

PARIS (FIBA World Championship) - French Basketball Federation (FFB) president Yvan Mainini paid tribute to Cathy Melain after the basketball great announced her retirement from the national team.Melain stunned reporters at the FFB ahead of coach Alain Jardel's announcement of his 17-strong squad for the FIBA World Championship in Brazil.The 32-year-old Bourges forward

FRA - Captaincy still unresolved - Bergeaud

PARIS (FIBA World Championship) - France coach Claude Bergeaud is unsure which player will serve as captain of the national team at the FIBA World Championship in Japan.Bergeaud, who unveiled in Paris his provisional 12-man squad for the World Championship in Japan from August 19 to September 3, a group which included NBA superstar Tony Parker, said: "We have no certainties at the moment."Some players don't want the

PAN - New schedule for

PANAMA (FIBA World Championship) - The President of the District Basketball League, Arquimides Bedoya, announced the change of the Metrobasket Tournament schedule to facilitate the Panamian National Team trials in

CZE - Czech women begin preparations

DJERBA (FIBA World Championship for Women) - The EuroBasket winning Czech Republic women's team have gathered for a training camp ahead of the FIBA World Championship for Women on the

FIBA Europe Board decides to

MUNICH (EuroBasket 2007) - The FIBA Europe Board approved a new competition schedule for EuroBasket 2007 that will feature three extra game days. In the new system, 16 teams will play a