Team England have named their men’s and women’s basketball squads who will compete for Team and Country at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Australia. The Games begin on 4 April and basketball will be making its first appearance at the since 2006, when Team England’s men and women both came away with …
The Championship takes a break this weekend as Great Britain continues its mission to qualify for FIBA EuroBasket Women 2019. Following an entertaining opening qualification window, in which Great Britain outlasted Israel in a memorable 90-87 overtime thriller before falling 61-59 on the road to Greece, the team now face a defining pair of fixtures. …
After starting with an initial squad of 16 players, the roster for Great Britain’s FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 Qualifiers against Portugal on Saturday and Israel on Wednesday has been confirmed. There will be an exciting first game for the newly naturalised Karlie Samuelson, while Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee of Durham Palatinates will also hope she …
With Great Britain’s prospects of making it to FIBA EuroBasket Women 2019 delicately poised ahead of the second qualifying window, head coach Chema Buceta has been handed new talent in the shape of naturalised star Karlie Samuelson. The player, who recently stepped out in the Italian top flight and also signed a training contract last …
Over the past two weeks Basketball England, basketballscotland and Basketball Wales, along with the British Basketball Federation (BBF) and the British Basketball League (BBL) have combined their effort to help create a positive position for the sport in 2018 and beyond. The Home Nations have taken on an immediate resourcing challenge to support the BBF …
British Basketball Chief Executive Lisa Wainwright has been appointed to the board of the British Olympic Association, after elections at the National Olympic Committee Meeting on Thursday. Also newly appointed was David Joy (Canoeing), whilst Sarah Treseder (Sailing) was reappointed. All three will serve four year terms. BOA Chairman, Sir Hugh Robertson, thanked departing Board …
Great Britain begins its quest to secure a spot at FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2019 on Saturday at the National Basketball Performance Centre. The qualification opener will see Israel visit Manchester before Great Britain travel to Northern Greece on Wednesday for their first away fixture. Of the initial twenty strong training camp roster named by Head …
With the 2018 Commonwealth Games edging ever closer, Head Coach Chema Buceta has named his 23 strong long list of potential players and the final roster is likely to be made up exclusively of WBBL candidates. With 9 of the WBBL’s 11 franchises having players included in the initial selection and with European based candidates …
The Board of British Basketball are currently looking to appoint to three voluntary positions on the British Basketball board. The British Basketball Federation (British Basketball) is the National Governing Body (NGB) responsible for basketball in Britain and took on the International Federation (FIBA) membership role from the Home Country Associations in October 2016. The goal …
Current GB Women’s play-caller Jose Maria ‘Chema’ Buceta has been appointed Head Coach of the England Women’s side for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. He’ll be assisted by WBBL duo, Vanessa Ellis and Chris Bunten who have previous experience of working with Buceta from the GB set up. Ellis is a current Assistant Coach …