New anti-doping procedures put athlete safety first as sport resumes in the UK Safety and welfare of athletes at heart of changes to testing process UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is announcing today changes to its testing processes that will be in place as sport emerges from lockdown. UKAD Director of Operations, Pat Myhill said: “The safety …
The new international club season has now begun and two of our referees will be travelling to France shortly to officiate games in the FIBA EuroCup Women. Iain MacDonald travels to Mont de Marsan for a match up between Basket Landes v Cadi le Seu and Simon Unsworth will be in Charleville – Mezeres to …
Great Britain Men Move Ahead of Israel and Netherlands in FIBA World Rankings. Head Coach, Nate Reinking’s impact was felt immediately this summer when he led the Great Britain Men’s National Team to a perfect 4-0 record and qualified for the next round of EuroBasket in convincing fashion. This has been reflected in the latest …
Kieron Achara has been appointed as an ambassador for GB basketball. Achara announced his retirement from both club and international basketball earlier this year following a prestigious career. Achara was the youngest player to play for Scotland and spent over 10 years representing both Scotland and GB at major tournaments across the world. Earning 105 …
Great Britain finished off their group B schedule with a dominate performance, booking themselves a place in the quarter final after a 66-44 win over Austria. The first quarter started back and forth with neither team taking a significant advantage. But then Coach Liburd’s side pushed on with an 8-3 run as GB built their …
Great Britain’s U16 women picked up their second win of the European Championship in Sofia with a brilliant 61-54 success against Ireland. After thrashing Albania last time out, coach Kenrick Liburd’s team bagged another victory with a gritty performance. The first quarter started tightly with both teams quiet on the offensive end with the score …
Great Britain claimed a place in the European Championship ninth/tenth place classification game with a gritty win over Portugal. The first quarter started with Coach Vear’s side trading baskets with the Portuguese as the lead kept changing hands. But a late push from Portugal saw them finish the quarter with a 9-4 run to end …
After a close loss in their first group game against Portugal Coach Liburd’s side fought hard against Belarus but experienced a tough 61 – 58 loss. Belarus started with a quick 4 – 0 run but Great Britain quickly got back into the game. From then the lead went back ‘n’ forth, but a missed …
The Great Britain U16 men grabbed a narrow 84-83 win over Iceland a nail-biting first placement game. The first quarter started tightly with the teams trading baskets neither gaining an advantage. A big block by Michael Belle saw GB push out to a 21-17 lead as they went to the second period. The second quarter …
The GB U16 Girls started their European Championship campaign with a narrow 46-41 loss against Portugal. Great Britain where slow out of the gate and allowed Portugal to get out to an early 12-2 lead on the back of 15 turnovers in the quarter. Coach Kenrick Liburd managed to get his side back on track …
Great Britain went down to Romania in their final group game of the Fiba U16 European Championship in Podgorica after a strong quarter was undine by turnovers. The game started in cagey fashion with both teams struggling to open the scoring but, it was finally opened through Pharrell Wallace-Steele with a strong coast-to-coast move. GB turned up the …
Great Vritain’s Under-16s went down 105-70 to a strong Belgium side after winning their last two. The Belgians came out strong and forced James Vear’s team into an early timeout after just five minutes as after taking an 18-9 lead. Out of the timeout Quinn Ellis hit a quick three followed by a transition basket from …
