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Belorussian guard Tatyana Troina has confirmed to PressBall that she will not return from a torn ACL in time for EuroBasket Women. Read More »

After returning from the tournament in Poland, Belarus has cut four players and added three to the roster. Read More »

In a game for the second place in the tournament Lithuania defeated Ukraine. 25-9 first quarter was crucial for the Lithuanians as they did not allow Ukraine to get much closer the rest of the way. Mante Kvederaviciute led Lithuania with 14 points, Egle Siksniute had 11. Alina Iagupova led Ukraine with 19 points. Belarus win over Poland didn’t change ... Read More »

Ukraine bounced back from yesterday’s double overtime loss to Poland by narrowly edging Belarus in the second day of Niemodlin “Golden Falcon” tournament. Playing without Yelena Leuchanka and the still absent Verameyenka, lost out in a closely fought game. Ekaterina Snytsina led Belarus with 16 points. Katerina Dorogobuzova was the leading scorer with 13 points, Alina Iagupova had 12. Hosts ... Read More »

International friendlies will be picking up this weekend, starting with today as tournament in Polish city Niemodlin started. In the first game Lithuania held Belarus to 37 points for a 21 point win. Likely reason for such disparity between the teams was due to Lithuania flying to Poland, while Belarus went there from their camp in Lithuania with a bus, ... Read More »

Latvia have suffered another blow to their roster, losing forward Sabine Niedola to a torn ACL. Niedola suffered the injury during pre-tournament game with Belarus. This is Latvia’s second loss at the forward positions in the last couple of weeks after Aija Putnina was also ruled out. Both were expected to play big minutes. Belarus meanwhile won their third game ... Read More »

Serbian NT head coach Marina Maljkovic has cut three more players as team heads for a camp in Kransjka Gora. Those three players are Natasa Bucevac, Milena Marjanovic and Dragana Stankovic. Read More »

Belarus and Latvia began their 2013 preparation games with a game in Lithuania where Belarus are training. After a tied game after halftime Belarus held Latvia to 17 second half points to earn their first win. Yelena Leuchanka led Belarus with 10 points, 9 for Katsiaryna Snytsina. Kristine Karklina led Latvia with 11 points. Latvia – Belarus 47-63 (19-16, 11-14, ... Read More »

Olimpia claimed their second title of the week as they triumphed in the Baltic league. In the final Olimpia cruised past Horizont quite comfortably with a 25 point margin.  Maria Papova led Olimpia with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Tatiana Shchypakina had 16 points in the win. Olimpia got to the final in a dramatic fashion as Nadezhda Drozd made ... Read More »

Olimpia won the series deciding fifth game and were crowned Belorussian league champions. Nadezhda Drozd scored 20 points in the second half to carry Olimpia to the win. In the game she was 7 of 10 from behind the arc (and 1/8 from inside the arc) for a total of 33 points. Maria Filonchyk and Lyubov Alyoshkina combined for 28 ... Read More »

Cmoki-Minsk won their second game in two days to tie the Belorussian league final series against Olimpia. Strong second quarter was all Cmoki needed to claim the win. Zhanna Haradzetskaya led Cmoki with 14 points, Viktoria Pantsiuk recorded a double-double 12 points and 10 rebounds. Ksenia Voyshel led Olimpia with 13 points in the defeat. The deciding game will be ... Read More »

Very strong first three quarters allowed Cmoki-Minsk to hold back Olimpia from winning the title today. Cmoki won the first quarter against Olimpia by 13 points and the second one by 12 points, which was too much for their opponents to bounce back from. Olga Istseletsova led Cmoki with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 14 points in the loss for Tatiana ... Read More »

Belorussian National Team head coach Rimantas Grigas has announced a list of 21 player that have been invited to attend the team’s preparations. The list features Tatiana Troina who tore her ACL earlier this season and Yelena Leuchanka who missed last summer to play in the WNBA. Of the players who took part in EuroBasket Women 2013 Qualification tournament there’s ... Read More »

Grodno’s Olimpia is just a step away from winning the Belorussian league championship after a second win at home. Unlike a day before, this time Cmoki-Minsk appeared to have control of the game, sporting a 10 point lead several times during the first half. Olimpia leveled the score several times during the second half, but only after Tatiana Shipakina made ... Read More »

Regular season leaders Olimpia confirmed their status as favorites by defeating Cmoki-Minsk in the opening game of Belorussian league finals. Olimpia were in control for most of the game. In the final quarter when usually teams that have a 19 point take the foot of the gas pedal, Olimpia put their’s on the brake pedal. Four minutes later their lead ... Read More »

Cmoki-Minsk will play Olimpia in the Belorussian league finals after Cmoki finally got past Horizont. The visitors led for most of the game, though in the final quarter their lead had dwindled to just one point. But Cmoki mobilized and held Horizont to just one point in the remaining six minutes of regulation to finish off their opponents. Viktoria Pantsiuk ... Read More »

Olimpia are through to Belorussian league finals after they completed their sweep of Sozh-GGU. Sozh led by as much as 9 points in the final quarter, but Olimpia outscored them 20-7 in the final eight minutes of the game for the win. Nadezhda Drozd and Maria Filonchyk led Olimpia with 17 points apiece. Cmoki-Minsk could have also finished off their ... Read More »

Cmoki-Minsk and Olimpia have gone ahead 2-0 in their best of five semifinal series. Cmoki led throughout the game, for most part with about 10 point lead as they defeated Horizont. Olga Istelcova and Zhanna Gorodetskaya led Minsk with 12 points apiece. Aleksandra Khomenchuk led Horizont in the defeat with 17 points. Maria Popova scored 28 points and had 9 ... Read More »

Cmoki Minsk on Saturday required an overtime to defeat Horizont and start their semifinal series with a win. Horizont’s Aleksandra Khomenchuk knoted up the game at the end of regulation on a put-back from her missed shot. In OT Cmoki were better down the stretch executing better in the final possessions. Viktoria Hasper led Cmoki-Minsk with 14 points. Nadezhda Nadezhko ... Read More »

Quarterfinal series of the Belorussian league concluded on Wednesday after a postponed (due to heavy snowstorms) game between Horizont and Victoria was played. Both series ended with sweeps. Horizont defeated Victoria as Tatiana Hotyko scored 18 points in the win. 14 points and 11 rebounds for Aleksandra Khomenchuk. In the other game Elena Staschuk had 24 points and 11 rebounds ... Read More »

Quarterinfinals in Belorussian league started on Saturday with only two pairs playing in this phase of the tournament. Winners of both pairs will face off with regular season leaders Olimpia and Cmoki-Minsk in the semis. Third placed Horizont quite easily dispatched Victoria in the first game of the series. 15 points apiece for Tatyana Hotyko, Marina Ivashenko and Aleksandra Homenchuk. ... Read More »

In the annual Pressball and Belorussian Basketball Federation survey of experts and journalists, center Anastasiya Verameyenka was named the top player of 2012. Read More »