National Leagues 372
Old man power fuels Turner to another final
Jermaine Turner doesn’t need to roll back the years. Despite the date on his driver’s licence, he’s never stopped being a beast in the Irish league and he showed why in a huge win for Killester on Saturday night The mohawk wasn’t always there. It might be a way of pre-empting any thinning hairline. Back […]
LIVE: Killester vs UCD Marian – Irish men’s cup semi final
It’s the fourth and final stream on BiE from the Neptune Stadium this weekend as Killester take on UCD Marian in a Dublin derby for a place in the Irish men’s cup final. Having taken the honours in their league clash last month, UCD Marian are favourites but don’t count out the veteran talent of […]
Westbrooks comes good as Swords Thunder outlast Moycullen
A double-double from Isaac Westbrooks proved crucial as Swords Thunder overcame a late rally from Moycullen to book their place in the Irish men’s cup final, writes Emmet Ryan This one looked like it was going to be an utter rout early as Isaac Westbrooks channeled Milos Teodosic in the first quarter. The Swords Thunder […]
LIVE: DCU Mercy vs Liffey Celtics – Irish women’s cup semi final
It’s the third of our four live streams this weekend as reigning league champions DCU Mercy look to make it to the cup final with victory here in Neptune Stadium. Standing in their way is a Liffey Celtics team which has become a standard bearer for youth development and is looking for the big win […]
LIVE: Swords Thunder vs Moycullen – Irish men’s cup semi final
BallinEurope is back at Neptune Stadium to bring you the second of our four live games this weekend. Swords Thunder came as close as it gets to winning the men’s cup title last year and they are looking to book another trip to the final today. Standing in their way is a Moycullen that comes […]
Dwyer driven by insatiable thirst for victory
Beaten up, knocked down, but never phased. Gráinne Dwyer is a competitor who can never have enough of winning. Emmet Ryan watched her go to work as Glanmire sought to reach the 2017 Irish women’s cup final There are times, well really one type of time, where Gráinne Dwyer doesn’t look like she wants to […]
LIVE: Glanmire vs Brunell – Irish women’s cup semi final
BallinEurope is delighted to bring you live coverage of the Irish basketball cup semi finals all weekend and we are beginning with a big one here in Neptune Stadium. Reigning champions Glanmire are looking to win a fourth straight women’s cup title in a row but to get to the final they have to beat […]
Swords run the gauntlet
Third hosted second in the Irish men’s superleague on Friday night and Emmet Ryan saw two teams who really want to push the tempo It’s been a pretty crazy six days for Swords Thunder. First they hosted and beat fourth placed Tralee Warriors last weekend. Then they headed to the arena in Tallaght on Wednesday […]
Full game video: UCD Marian vs Pyrobel Killester
BallinEurope’s live stream of UCD Marian’s 74-62 win over Killester didn’t entirely go to plan, we had to switch from YouTube to Periscope at basically zero notice, but despite that we still managed to keep over 400 over you happy during the live stream of this cracker from the Irish men’s Superleague. Check out the […]
League preview – Bundesliga: Miller gon’ give it to ya
BiE continues its preview of the leagues across Europe with a look to one of the most exciting, in terms of gameplay, on the continent. Here’s what Emmet Ryan is looking forward to with the upcoming Bundesliga season We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, there are few leagues more convenient to follow […]
League preview – VTB League – Another gong for Milos
The second of BallinEurope’s league previews looks at the VTB United League and doesn’t even bother to ask if anyone can challenge CSKA Moscow this season Last year’s VTB League looked really promising in terms of competitive depth. Khimki had made some big name signings and had a couple of results early on, both in […]
League preview – Ireland: What’s in a name?
The first of BallinEurope’s league previews stays close to home with Ireland expanding and rebranding for 2016/17 It’s a big time of change in Irish basketball. The national teams returned in the summer, with the men coming fourth at the European Small Countries Championship and the women earning the silver medal. While the women still […]