Europe and beyond
The Euroleague, the EuroCup, the BCL, the top leagues, Belgians abroad and FIBA basketball outside Europe (the World Cup, the Olympics), watched from the scorer’s table: we appreciate it, we don’t get carried away.
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Panathinaikos at 4-0, the owner quits courtside: Chantal keeps her chair
Panathinaikos began the EuroLeague season with four wins, each by at least 18 points, their best start since 2007-08. Owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos praised Zeljko Obradovic’s work on social media and said he…
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Emma Meesseman is finally European Super Cup MVP, and the table has a box to tick
Emma Meesseman won her third European Super Cup with Fenerbahçe, 79-71 winners over Mersin, alongside Julie Allemand. With 14 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, she was named MVP of the competition…
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Fourteen points up before tip-off in the Coupe de France: the table noted them
On Tuesday 6 October, in the second round of the Coupe de France, Challans (NM1) beat top-division Boulazac 107-96, keeping to the end the 14-point head start tied to the gap between…
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Bailey suspended for five games over accumulated technicals: the table knew the column
Jasmine Bailey, of Chartres, is suspended by the FFBB (the French basketball federation) until 22 October in the Boulangère Wonderligue (France’s top women’s league) for technical fouls accumulated in 2025-26. The club…
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Twelve permanent spots and four on merit in NBA Europe, Martine looks for the column
The NBA is working on a 16-team NBA Europe, with 12 permanent members and four places earned on the court, according to The Athletic. It is talking to PSG, Real Madrid, FC…
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Shaq has seen one game in Europe and called it “wild”, Martine asks for the scoresheet
Shaquille O’Neal, 54 and a four-time NBA champion, arrived in Vilnius on 29 September 2026 as an ambassador for NordVPN. He is due to attend Zalgiris v Olympiacos, round two of the…
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Osman punishes his old club at the buzzer: Martine notes the buzzer had the last word
PAOK Thessaloniki beat Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens 84-82 in the Greek Super Cup semi-final, on a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Cedi Osman. Osman left Panathinaikos for PAOK this summer.
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Jasikevicius says Fenerbahçe was poorly coached, Martine hunts for the column
Fenerbahçe beat Virtus Bologna 78-68 in Istanbul in their Euroleague opener, after trailing in the fourth quarter. Coach Sarunas Jasikevicius admitted a tactical error in defence.
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Bryant ranks Hapoel Tel Aviv S-tier, Dimitri hunts for the missing jingle
Elijah Bryant, a player at Hapoel Tel Aviv, has posted his own ranking of all twenty EuroLeague clubs for 2026-27 on his YouTube channel, sorted into five tiers. He puts his own…
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Larkin swaps sides in Istanbul; Darnell’s mother recalls his 2000 bag
Shane Larkin joined Fenerbahçe Istanbul this summer, after eight seasons at Anadolu Efes Istanbul, its great rival in the EuroLeague. He hasn’t scored ten points or more against Efes in eight years,…
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Batum blocked Prepelič with two seconds left, Martine has no box for that
On 5 August 2021 in Saitama, Nicolas Batum blocked Klemen Prepelič with two seconds left in the Olympic semi-final between France and Slovenia. In March 2022, Prepelič went through that final possession…
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Exclusive window to buy ASVEL runs to November, and Darnell talked about his bag
Joey and Jesse Buss hold exclusive negotiating rights to buy the LDLC ASVEL from Tony Parker until the first days of November, according to Eurohoops. No other buyer is allowed to step…