Just a couple of weeks ago, one of Great Britain Basketball’s all-time greats Kieron Achara received an MBE for services to community sport after being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2020. In the 16 months between his nomination and investiture as a Member of the British Empire, Achara was rightly lauded with …
Ahead of back-to-back matches against fellow FIBA World Cup 2023 qualifying hopefuls, Belarus, Great Britain have today announced their 24-man squad for the double-header of fixtures. GB enter the second window of FIBA World Cup Qualifying in unprecedented form, having won 12 of their past 15 games – a run that extends all the way …
Great Britain teams will return to the FIBA 3×3 Europe Cup Qualifiers in June. GB Basketball will again partner with Basketball England to prepare for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2024 Paris Olympics and to grow the half-court version of the game in the UK. Men’s and women’s teams will again be made up …
Great Britain’s Men return to the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle next month to close-out a double-header of FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers against Belarus.
GB Men will be looking to build on their red-hot home form next month as they return to Newcastle for the next World Cup 2023 qualifier. Vertu Motors Arena – where GB have claimed back-to-back wins over Germany and Greece in their last two outings – has been confirmed as the host venue for February’s …
Tickets for GB’s EuroBasket 2022 games are on sale now for supporters looking to travel to next September’s tournament. GB head to Milan to compete in Group C alongside Greece, Estonia, Ukraine, Italy and Croatia, whilst Prague, Cologne and Tbilisi will host the other three groups. The tournament’s final phase will be hosted in Berlin. …
Great Britain could not repeat their opening-night heroics in Istanbul on Sunday evening, falling 84-67 to a Shane Larkin-inspired Turkey. After the high of beating Greece in Newcastle on Thursday night, head coach Marc Steutel’s men, who led by as many as 13, put in a brave performance in the Turkish capital in their second …
Great Britain recorded a sensational opening win to their FIBA World Cup qualifying campaign, beating Greece 78-69 in a rocking Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle. On the night when Belarus stunned the fancied Turkey in the same group, GB saw off the Greeks – ranked 32 places above them – in stunning fashion. And it …
The Great Britain Men’s roster for the FIBA World Cup Qualifying home clash with Greece on Thursday has been confirmed. Acting head coach Marc Steutel has selected his 12 players for the showdown at the Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle (6.30pm tip). He will again call upon his experienced core group, though there are a number of players returning after an absence and one new cap. Ironman …
Great Britain centre Dan Clark insists he never gets bored of pulling on his country’s colours ahead of their opening FIBA World Cup qualifier this week. GB begin their campaign against European heavyweights Greece in Newcastle on Thursday, and ‘Mr GB’ revealed he is relishing a swift return to Tyneside. Clark has collected more than …
Teddy Okereafor is looking forward to resuming battle with Greece and Turkey – and believes Great Britain are stronger than the last times the teams met. GB have been drawn with the two European powerhouses, as well as Belarus, in their 2023 World Cup Qualifying group. That gets under way at Newcastle’s Vertu Motors Arena with a clash against the Greeks on …
Marc Steutel wants to see a rocking Vertu Motors Arena when his Great Britain side host Greece in Newcastle in their FIBA World Cup Qualifier late this month. The acting GB head coach believes there has never been a better time to get behind British basketball and help fire the resurgent men’s national team towards …
