National Leagues 372
Navarro suffers hamstring injury
FC Barcelona has just announced that Juan Carlos Navarro is set to miss some time with a first degree hamstring injury. In a statement the club said his “availability for forthcoming matches will depend on how the recovery progresses.” Injuries have hampered La Bomba for the last two seasons now and this is a blow […]
Highlights: Extended coverage of DCU Saints rout of UL Eagles
In pre-season, it looked like DCU Saints were facing a long season in the Irish League. The North Dublin club looked wildly behind schedule at the Harry Boland Cup but through three rounds of the regular season they have put paid to the doubters. After a narrow defeat to open the campaign, it’s been back […]
Highlights: Real survive, Barcelona cruise in ACB action
It was a busy weekend in the top flight of arguably Europe’s strongest league. Joventut Badalona gave Real Madrid all they could handle but eventually the home side pulled through to escape with the W 90-88. Barcelona had no such trouble with Gran Canaria, the Blaugrana cruised past the islanders 80-61. Bilbao Basket, whose very […]
Blaž Mahkovic makes a shot you need to see to believe
I would love to know how much confidence Blaž Mahkovic had when he did this, actually I already know he had to have none but luck smiled on the Union Olimpija man when he did this. The Ljubljana club won handily against Partizan, 87-58, at the Stožice Arena to move to 3-1 for the season. […]
Gottingen guns its way to upset of Bayern 81-95
FC Bayern suffered a first defeat of the 2014/15 Bundesliga season as Gottingen came away from Munich with the big upset. After hanging with Barcelona for 40 minutes in Euroleague on Friday, Bayern suffered a second defeat in three days as Gottingen knocked off the Bundesliga champions in convincing fashion on Sunday. After a tight […]
Nolan Smith throws a towel, Ataman says he could be done
Tensions flared early in Galatasaray’s 69-67 loss to Banvit as Nolan Smith threw a towel when being taken out for the Istanbul club. The game between Galatasaray and Banvit was barely finding its feet when Nolan Smith did this. Galatasaray coach Ergin Ataman left no doubt of his views on Smith’s behaviour after the game. […]
First blood to Zalgiris
The clash of the big two in Vilnius ended with a win for the visitors as reigning LKL champions Zalgiris Kaunas won 82-84 against Lietuvos Rytas. The LKL season, which is pleasantly sane this year, saw it’s first clash of the traditional powers on Sunday as Zalgiris Kaunas went to Vilnius and came away with […]
Ross finds his mean streak
After opening the season with a pair of narrow defeats, UCD Marian finally got their first W with a convincing 79-56 rout of Templeogue. Almost as important as the win however was Preston Ross ascending into his role on the floor with authority, writes Emmet Ryan. It’s the story of any import coming into the […]
LIVE: UCD Marian vs Templeogue
BiE, for the first time ever, presents live top flight hoops. UCD Marian host Templeogue in the Irish Premier League. The game tips at 7pm local/8pm CET. As previously mentioned, we won’t have running commentary but I’ll pop in with analysis during stoppages. EDIT: Post updated to show full replay of the game. Broadcast live […]
BiE to broadcast LIVE hoops, what could possibly go wrong?
This Saturday evening, for the first time ever, BallinEurope will broadcast a live stream where we’re dumb enough to actually do the donkey work. UCD Marian play Templeogue in the Irish Premier League this Saturday and we’re going to stream it via Ustream. The upside is, yay free basketball. The downside is, uhhh have you […]
Sharpening up on the Westside
BiE’s editor headed to Ireland’s National Basketball Arena in Tallaght for a double-header in the nation’s top flight. He found four teams still getting in gear during the second round of the regular season. It’s a sprint. Make no mistake of that. The Irish season may take close to six months to complete but an […]
VIDEO: Loooong buzzer beater steals it for Szolnoki
Saturday’s ABA Liga clash between Szolnoki Olaj and Igokea ended in dramatic fashion. With the teams tied at 60-60, it looked like Igokea would get the last shot to avoid overtime. David Vojvoda had other ideas. The deeeeep decisive shot means Szolnoki move to 2-1 while Igokea fall to 0-3.