An electric display of scoring by Slovenian captain Goran Dragic paved the way for his side's stunning 93-85 victory over neighbours Serbia as they were crowned Eurobasket champions for the first time after a thrilling final on Sunday. Dragic, who...
The Los Angeles Lakers plan to retire the jersey numbers of Kobe Bryant on Dec. 18 prior to the game against the Golden State Warriors. The team will retire both of Bryant's numbers. Bryant wore both No. 8 and No. 24 during his 20 seasons with the...
Tevin Falzon has taken another step forward in his basketball journey by agreeing to join Cheshire Phoenix for the 2017-18 season. The Malta guard was approached by the English club this summer and after talks with the player and his agent an agreement...
The two U-18 national selections are in contention to win medals at the FIBA European Championship Division C tournaments being played this week. The women’s team, under the charge of Sandro Farrugia and Silvia Gambino, have won two of their opening...
Kurt Cassar has joined the Malta U-18 and U-20 selections who are currently stepping up their preparation for the European Championships Division C tournaments which will be held next month. The 2.08m player has enjoyed a positive season with Stella...
The women’s basketball national team produced a stirring display in San Marino last week. Photo: Christine Borg The 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe have come and gone and the Maltese Olympic Committee contingent returned home saying they were...
The Basketball women's selection won gold in the Small Nations Games in San Marino after edging Luxembourg 52-50 in a thrilling encounter at the Multi Domus Centre in Serravalle. Angela Adamoli's girls produced a spirited performance which saw them...
The Malta Basketball Association has launched its first official Malta 3X3 Championship Tour. The tour, which is also endorsed by FIBA, will be the first-ever nationwide elite 3×3 basketball competition tour that will make stops between May and...
Luxol’s Sarah Pace was named as the MVP of the series. Photo: Wally Galea Gzira Athleta 53Caffe Moak Luxol 70 (11-17, 17-18, 7-15,18-20) Caffe Moak Luxol maintained their stranglehold in the women’s basketball league when they beat Gżira Athleta in...
Caffe Moak Luxol are the women’s basketball league champions after beating Gżira Athleta 73-50 to seal a 3-2 final series victory, at Ta’ Qali, yesterday. For Santino Coppa’s girls this was their fourth successive championship success. Sarah Pace, of...
Luxol’s Sarah Pace (left) is closely marked by Milica Stefanovic, of Gżira Athleta, on Saturday. Photo: Wally Galea Caffe Moak Luxol 59Gżira Athleta 61 (15-24, 16-8, 14-14, 14-15) The fourth game from the 2017 Women’s League final series resulted in an...
Steffi DeMartino – Luxol. Photo: Wally Galea Gzira Athleta 44Caffe Moak Luxol 59 (11-13, 14-12, 8-17, 11-17) A superior performance in the third quarter was decisive in leading Caffe Moak Luxol to win the third rubber in the MAPFRE MSV Life Women’s...
Athleta’s Christina Grima (left) tries to move past Ina Baena Medina, of Luxol. Photo: Wally Galea Caffe Moak Luxol 45Gzira Athleta 48 (18-9, 10-14, 13-11, 4-14) Gżira Athleta produced a stunning late fightback to beat Caffe Moak Luxol and pull level...
BUPA Luxol 84Floriana 71 (25-12, 22-16, 23-18, 14-25) BUPA Luxol made it a clean sweep of victories in this year’s BOV league final play-offs when they bagged their third successive win over Floriana MCP Car Parks to secure the title. Sunday’s victory...
BUPA Luxol were yesterday crowned Malta basketball champions for the 13th time in the club’s history after defeating Floriana MCP Car Parks 84-71 to seal the final play-off series 3-0. This was Luxol’s first championship crown after an absence of eight...
Floriana 78Luxol 113 (14-18, 17-30, 28-35, 19-30) BUPA Luxol opened a two game lead in the 2017 finals series against Floriana MCP Car Parks and are just a win away from being crowned the BOV League champions. After an eight-point game in the first...
Floriana’s Anton Axiaq tries to find a way past Samuel Deguara, of Luxol at the Ta’ Qali Pavilion. Photo: Wally Galea BUPA Luxol 80Floriana 72 (16-18, 24-13, 20-15, 20-26) BUPA Luxol maintained their winning streak in the play-offs after overcoming...
BUPA Luxol and Floriana MCP Car Parks will go head to head on Saturday in the first match from the best-of-five play-off final series that will determine the winner of the BOV Division One this season. Paul Sultana, president of the Malta Basketball...
Caffe Moak Luxol 64Starlites Naxxar 68 (11-13, 15-13, 18-15, 17-20 – 3-7) The first game in this series was a nail-biting affair which was decided after overtime following a dramatic regular time finale and a ten-metre last-second Kirsty Galea pot...
Depiro beat Floriana to lead series
Gżira Athleta 73Starlites 62 (14-14, 20-20, 16-19, 23-9) The U-19 men’s final was decided in the last quarter. Starlites were led by Alec Felice Pace who tried his best and potted 34 points even if closely-marked throughout the game. On the other hand,...
Sam Deguara pots the basket as Athleta’s Roderick Vella looks on. Photo: Wally Galea Gżira Athleta 61BUPA Luxol 81 (26-18, 9-30, 10-23, 16-10) Luxol opened the series against rivals Athleta with a hefty 20-point win for an important lead in this...
Starlites girls land the U-16 league crown
Kristy Galea, of Starlites, going for the basket as Julia Scerri, of Hibs, looks on. Photo: Wally Galea With only one day to go till the end of the regular season, all four play-off spots are now known after Hibernians failed in their task to beat...
With two rounds of matches to go to the end of the regular season, Caffe Moak Luxol and Gżira Athleta are assured of their play-off spots. They will be playing for the top spot on Sunday in a direct clash. Starlites, Depiro and Hibs are tussling for...
The play-off spots were determined after the last day of the regular season was played over the weekend. Nothing really changed in the standings from the previous week as Cynergi Depiro claimed the top spot on the basis of superiority in direct...
Kurt Cassar, the 17-year old former Hibernians player and now on the books of Stella Azzurra Roma, recently figured in a high-ranking tournament – the Next Generation EuroLeague – for his Italian club. The tournament was played in Belgrade and eight...
Floriana MCP Car Parks 83Hibernians 64 (22-17, 17-14, 17-17, 27-16) Floriana MCP Car Parks booked their place in the play-offs after beating Hibernians, the latter seeing their last chance to make it to the post-regular season vanish as they required...
Caffe Moak Luxol 50Depiro 38 (11-11, 11-7, 11-7, 17-13) Caffe Moak Luxol and Gżira Athleta consolidated their lofty positions in the table to maintain their challenge for the top spot in the regular season. A harsh battle for the remaining two spots...
Hibs beat Starlites to keep alive their play-offs hopes. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier The ninth day of the regular season ended with three teams – Depiro, Gżira Athleta and BUPA Luxol – leading the way and ascertaining their place in the play-offs,...
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