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 »
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Feed SubscriptionThree more cut from Serbian NT camp, Belarus defeats Great Britain (Updated)
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 »
British Basketball release 20 candidate list for EuroBasket Women
British Basketball has released a list of 20 candidates for the National Team. The list does not include veteran members of the Olympic squad like Natalie Stafford, Julie Page and Jeneya Wade-Frey. As a measure of last hope they have included Jo Leedham on the list, although she will attend Connecticut Sun training camp. With Danielle McCray sustaining season ending injury, ... Read More »
Great Britain name Damian Jennings the new head coach of the NT
British Basketball has announced that Damian Jennings will succeed Tom Maher as the head coach of British NT. Jennings previously has coached the British U20 Women’s NT, winning Division B in 2010 and making the quarterfinals in Division A in 2011. He was also on Tom Maher’s staff last summer as GB prepared for Olympics. Via the federation: Jennings said: ... Read More »
PINKK-Pécsi 424 sign British center Azania Stewart
According to bama.hu, Hungarian outfit PINKK-Pecsi 424 (started the season as Bacsbasket Kft) has inked British center Azania Stewart. Read More »
Connecticut Sun sign Jo Leedham to a rookie contract
Connecticut Sun have confirmed that British guard Jo Leedham will at least go to the team’s training camp this year by signing her to rookie contract. Not positive news for Great Britain NT this summer. Read More »
British Basketball to receive funding from UK Sport
UK Sport has reconsidered their previous decision to cut the funding for British Basketball after an informal presentation was made earlier this week about the medal potential for the sport. Read More »
Jo Leedham passes the tryout, will finish the season with Bourges Basket
British guard Jo Leedham broke the results of her tryout with Bourges Basket on her twitter account, confirming she will finish the season with the French champions. Read More »
Jo Leedham to tryout with Bourges Basket on Monday
French newspaper Le Berry reports that Bourges Basket will tryout British guard Jo Leedham on Monday to possibly replace Swedish wing Frida Eldebrink. Read More »
British Basketball to receive no funding from UK Sport
British Basketball today received news from UK Sport that they will not receive any funding leading up to Rio 2016. Read More »
Mersin sign British power forward Chantelle Handy
According to basketfaul, Turkish club Mersin has inked British power forward Chantelle Handy for the upcoming season. Read More »
Erg Priolo sign British power forward Mary Durojaye
Italian A1 league club Erg Priolo has announced the signing of British power forward Mary Durojaye. Read More »
Olympic Basketball Tournament Preview – Group B
With Olympics almost here lets take a glance at what can we expect from teams in the next two weeks. Read More »
USA defeat Great Britain in Manchester
After arriving yesterday in Europe, USA looked very jet-lagged to start the game. Read More »
Australia go undefeated, Great Britain defeats France
Jo Leedham and Natalie Stafford led GB to their second win of the Sheffield tourney as GB defeated France. Read More »
France and Australia earn 20+ point wins in Sheffield
In Sheffield Invitational, the hosts couldn't offer much to stop Liz Cambage as she led Australia to their second win in as much games. Read More »
Great Britain and Australia start with wins in Sheffield
In a four team friendly tournament in Sheffield, England, the hosts started off with a win against Angola. Read More »
Czech Republic get routed by Brits as their preparations for qualifiers end
According to Czech NT head coach Lubor Blazek his team played the worst game in 3 years he has coached the NT. Read More »
Czech Republic defeats Great Britain, tourney in China canceled
As the Olympic Qualification tournament approaches only a few teams continue to play. On Tuesday Czech Republic at home defeated Great Britain 67-56, behind 13 points from Eva Viteckova. Read More »
Friendlies: Australia return the favor to Russia, Turkey triumph in Ankara
Three games were played on Sunday. Read More »
Friendlies: Russia defeat Australia, France triumph at home, Turkey and GB undefeated in Ankara
Five games were played on Saturday. Read More »
Friendlies: France, Canada, Great Britain and Turkey victorious
Four games were played on Friday. Read More »
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