Great Britain’s men go into their EuroBasket 2021 qualifying group with confidence sky-high following their record-setting seven-game winning streak. And team stalwarts Myles Hesson and Teddy Okereafor believe there is a rock-solid spirit in the squad that beat Kosovo and Luxembourg home and away to progress from pre-qualifying. GB face Montengro, France and Germany in …
Following a meeting of the FIBA World Congress in China this week, British Basketball Federation Chairman Maurice Watkins CBE has been appointed to the FIBA Ethics Panel. The appointment will run from 2019 until 2023 as the Panel continues to safeguard the integrity and reputation of the sport of basketball worldwide. Speaking about the appointment, Watkins said: …
Great Britain’s men’s team and their head coach Nate Reinking have been hailed by British Basketball Federation chairman Maurice Watkins following the resounding success of the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifying campaign. Former GB player and assistant coach Reinking – head coach of Canton Charge in the G-League – took the reins just before the team’s home …
Great Britain’s men sealed a place in the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifying tournament with a comprehensive 101-79 victory at Manchester’s National Basketball Performance Centre. Coach Nate Reinking’s men, led by Myles Hesson (19 points and 10 assists, 9 rebounds), Luke Nelson (19) and Gabriel Olaseni (18) secured top spot in their pre-qualifying group with a commanding, …
Great Britain’s Under-16 women crushed Albania to record their first win at the European Championship in Sophia. After narrow Group B losses to Portugal and Belarus, coach Kenrick Liburd guided his team to a convincing victory in their third game of the tournament. Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu (18 points) and Joise Leavold (17) were the team’s high-scorers …
Ovie Soko will be at the Great Britain basketball team’s crunch match with Kosovo in Manchester on Saturday night. The 28-year-old GB forward won’t be rejoining his team-mates on court after his stint in the hit ITV show Love Island. But he will be at the National Basketball Performance Centre at Belle Vue to support …
Veteran centre Eric Boateng is enjoying life under the ‘unique’ guidance of Great Britain coach Nate Reinking. Boateng, 33, has been around long enough to have played with the new GB play-caller for their country. The pair were team-mates for years before, in 2012, Reinking started out on a coaching road that has led him …
Great Britain Head Coach Nate Reinking has announced his final 12 to face Kosovo this evening as he leads the senior side for the first time. After selecting a long list of 24 players to enter camp, Reinking has only had a limited amount of time to work with the team and install his game …
GB could not overcome Ireland in their opening game at the Fiba U20 Women’s European Championship. Head coach Jeff Jones’ team went down 72-58 in their Division B contest at the Tetori Sports Hall in Prishtina, Kosovo. The Irish took the first quarter by a point (19-18) and then broke the game open in the …
Head coach Kenrick Liburd has confirmed his 12-player roster for the FIBA Under-16 Women’s European Championship. Liburd selected his roster ahead of the B Division tournament in Sofia this month and will put the final 12 through their paces again this weekend in a series of games against Denmark. It follows three games against Ireland …
The Great Britain U20 Women travelled to Greece on Monday to begin their Division B European Championship pre-tournament prep. Head coach Jeff Jones named his final 12 ahead of the trip and hopes the games in Greece will prepare his side well for their first Group B game of the tournament against Ireland on August …
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 …
