Category: Basketball

SKOPJE (North Macedonia) – Estonia are the proud winners of the FIBA U16 EuroBasket, Division B 2024 title after beating Romania 76-71 in Saturday’s Final. Meanwhile, Switzerland took the third promotion place beating Belgium in the decisive Third Place Game to seal their place in Division A next summer alongside the finalists. The MVP part...

ATHENS, Greece – The Wake Forest women’s basketball team is coming home with a perfect 3-0 mark after defeating the Swiss National Team, 52-41, Friday afternoon in Athens, Greece.   For the second consecutive game, the Demon Deacons leaned on its strong defense. They set the tone early in the game, limiting the Swiss to...

SKOPJE (North Macedonia) – The final four teams are locked in at the 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket, Division B after Bulgaria, Austria, Poland and hosts North Macedonia all won their respective Quarter-Finals. The most tense game rounded out Friday’s action as Bulgaria got off to a great start against Switzerland with their 20-point cushion at...

Story Links Cullowhee, N.C. – Former Catamount men’s basketball standout Russell Jones Jr., who completed his senior collegiate season at Western Carolina in 2024, becomes the second player from last year’s team to sign an international contract to play professionally. Jones Jr. signed with Union Neuchatel Basket in the Swiss Basketball...

Reigning Swiss Super League champions, BSC Young Boys, has become the latest football club to partner with WSC Sports to power, scale, and innovate their digital content strategy and deepen their relationship with fans. The multi-year agreement will see BSC Young Boys benefit from WSC Sports’ AI-powered content solution, enhancing its production capabilities and enabling...

MIES (Switzerland) – Twelve nations anxiously await the start of the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024. Here is everything you need to know about the events which are taking place July 27 to August 10. Who is hosting the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024? The Olympics Games 2024 are hosted in France. The...

SOFIA (Bulgaria) – The Classification Groups 9-15 game between Slovakia and Bulgaria at the FIBA U20 Women’s EuroBasket 2024, Division B will not take place on Saturday, July 13 following the decision of Slovakia to forfeit the game as not to put the health of the players at risk. Bulgaria will be awarded a 20-0...

Story Links CHARLESTON, S.C. – Former The Citadel basketball player Elijah Morgan has signed a professional contract in the Swiss Basketball League, 1st Division with SAM Massagno, based in Massagno, Switzerland.    He spent the past two seasons with the Bulldogs after transferring in from Notre Dame and appeared in 64 games...

Phil Foden has another opportunity to show everyone just how good a player he is. But much of that may depend on how the plan comes together. Here is Foden, speaking to BBC Sport pitchside ahead of kick-off: 💬 “For me, it’ll be more central, staying more inside, what I prefer anyway — I like...

The official player of the match against Hungary and Germany, Granit Xhaka was also described as “the best player on the pitch” by Roy Keane in Switzerland’s 2-0 win over Italy in the round of 16. He is having an extraordinary Euro 2024. England await in the last eight and, with concerns over an injury,...