KANSAS CITY – Kansas City Women’s Basketball and Head Coach Dionnah Jackson-Durrett announced the first three signings of their 2024 class with three transfers. The Roos will welcome Funmi Amode, Kaia Ponder and Nikole Thomas to campus next year, all with multiple years of eligibility left. Funmi Amode | 6’0 | Forward | London, United...
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Brown bulldozes Cleveland Cavaliers as Boston Celtics take game one
The one seed Boston Celtics proved they were a team to be reckoned with tonight as the Cavaliers’ defence couldn’t hold back the Celtics’ free-scoring Jaylen Brown. Jarret Allen and Kristaps Porzingis were both absent, but it was clear that Cleveland would miss their Centre early on. Brown opened the game with an impressive three-pointer...
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Care home residents take on Scotland’s basketball team Caledonia Gladiators
Care home residents have taken on Scotland’s basketball team as part of a new summer sport programme. Elderly care home residents went head-to-head with Scotland’s professional basketball team the Caledonia Gladiators as the initiative kicks off in Glasgow. The participants, from Whitecraigs Care Home in Glasgow and Croftbank and Rosepark Care Homes in Uddingston, demonstrated...
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Rehana Khalil: The GB basketball player who wears a hijab
“Some people don’t see it as right that if you’re a Muslim woman, you’re running around and playing sports in front of people.” Rehana Khalil is the only athlete to have represented a Great Britain basketball team while wearing a hijab. “If I think of basketball in England, there isn’t anybody else that I’ve seen...
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BBL Championship Standings – Basketball – BBC Sport
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Meet Fabulous Flournoy: Sixers assistant, Member of the Order of the British Empire, and former player coach
Twenty-five years after he left the housing projects of the Bronx to chase his teenage hoop dreams at a Texas junior college, Fab Flournoy stood amid the grandeur of Buckingham Palace and smiled as Prince William pinned a medal to his chest honoring him as a Member of the Order of the British Empire. The...
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London Lions: History-making EuroCup-winning players ‘likely’ to leave club
The EuroCup is European basketball’s second-tier competition, behind the EuroLeague. Besiktas took a 75-68 lead to the Copper Box after the first leg in Istanbul, meaning the Lions needed a victory margin of at least eight points to overturn the deficit. The Lions led by 10 at half-time but Besiktas pulled that back to five...
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London Lions Women make British basketball history by becoming the FIRST-EVER side – male or female – to win a European final with EuroCup glory
The Copper Box Arena in London is part of the lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympics; and on Wednesday night more history was made at this iconic venue, courtesy of the London Lions Women’s basketball team. Last month, the Lions made history by becoming the first male or female team – from these Isles to...
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London Lions create basketball history with EuroCup victory
London Lions 81 Besiktas 70 (London win 149-145 on aggregate) London Lions women’s team etched their names into the history books after becoming the first British basketball team – male or female – to win a European title. On a memorable night for basketball in this country, the Lions staged a stunning fightback to defeat...
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London Lions win EuroCup thriller to make British history
LONDON – London Lions women made history as they became the first British club to win a continental trophy after a thrilling battle with Turkey’s Besiktas in the EuroCup final on Wednesday. Trailing 75-68 from the first leg, the Lions were roared to victory by a thunderous crowd in the Copper Box Arena in London’s...
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EuroCup Women basketball finals 2024: London Lions beat Besiktas
London Lions became Britain’s first European champions when they defeated Besiktas 81-70 to claim the EuroCup at a packed Copper Box Arena. The Turkish side held a seven-point lead from the first leg in Istanbul and had a two-point aggregate advantage heading into the final seconds. But Holly Winterburn’s three-pointer and two free-throws from Megan...
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EuroCup Women’s final: London Lions lose first leg 75-68 to Besiktas
London Lions were beaten 75-68 by Besiktas in the first leg of their EuroCup Women final in Istanbul. Holly Winterburn scored a game-high 23 points for the Lions but the visitors trailed throughout the contest. London Lions became the first British basketball team to reach a European final when they defeated Umana Reyer Venice in...