Great Britain suffered an 86-66 defeat at the hands of the Germans in their final game of the group stage in Volos, Greece. Despite yesterday’s emphatic overtime comeback win against Serbia, coach Alan Keane’s side didn’t manage to muster the same heroics this time around. A scrappy first few minutes saw the Germans jump out …
The countdown to the next British Basketball League (BBL) season has officially begun with the release of the fixtures and competition systems for 2019-20. Following previously announced changes to competition formats, the 2019-20 season will open on Friday 20 September with the Cup Group Stages, which will run until the weekend of 22-24 November. The …
GB Under-18 Men take on Turkey in their first Group A game on Saturday evening evening at the Portaria Hall in Volos, Greece. Head Coach Alan Keane named his final 12 players prior to the trip who will represent GB at this Summer’s FIBA U18 European Championships and take on the Turks, Serbia and Germany …
With a year to go to Tokyo 2020, Great Britain and England point guard Georgia Jones reflects on GB’s success at Women’s EuroBasket 2019 – and looks forward to achieving even more after the team secured entry to the Olympic qualifying tournament. One way to keep momentum going is to have constantly greater goals.I am …
The first half was a closely contested battle but it was GB who got the better of the Serbians by the halftime buzzer. GB came out with a strong start taking the first quarter against the Serbians 17-15, using their speed and athleticism to get out in transition for quick buckets. Romario Spence and Nathan …
The GB U20 Men suffered a close loss to Montenegro 72-68 in their final game of the European Championship group stage. The result leaves Karl Brown’s team bottom of Group A with an 0-3 record. GB came out aggressively to start the game, attacking the hoop and hitting some knock down three pointers to take …
Both teams entered this Group D match-up in Skopje hungry for their first win, as each side stood with an 0-3 record at the bottom of the group and were hungry for their first taste of European Championship victory. As the game began, GB’s Esther Little helped her side jump out to a fantastic 9-0 …
Great Britain’s Under-16 Women began their Division B Fiba European Championship preparations at the Maggie Forber tournament in Manchester last month. The event provided head coach Kenrick Liburd with another opportunity to continue shaping his side after taking part in the Pauline Prior International Challenge in Nottingham last April. Coach Liburd was able to oversee …
Great Britain centre Temi Fagbenle has been recognised for her amazing contribution at the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 by being named to the Tournament All-Star Five. Fagbenle helped Great Britain to make history as they reached the Quarter-Finals and then Semi-Finals for the very first time – as well as punching a ticket to the …
Great Britain couldn’t sign off their best ever performance at a FIBA Women’s EuroBasket with a maiden medal at the event, but now leave Belgrade proud of an amazing and historic success. Missing out on the bronze medal to local favorites Serbia who secured a comfortable 81-55 success, Chema Buceta and his team can reflect …
Great Britain’s Under-18 Men begin their busy summer schedule this week in Manchester ahead of the Division A Fiba European Championships in Greece later this month. The preparations for Greece include a practice tournament in Lyon, France from July 5-7 where coach Alan Keane’s squad will test the waters over a series of three games …
Great Britain’s Under-20 Men continue their Division A Fiba European Championship preparations this week, as they head to Italy for a practice tournament. The five-day event comes after a brief training camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester, where coach Karl Brown put the squad through their paces. With the tournament complete, the …
