Fantasy tips from the Euroleague boss: Week five
The Boss says: Keep Matt Walsh this weekHello, everybody, this is Javier Gancedo from Euroleague headquarters once again. Hope you all enjoyed the Euroleague break; it’s good for us to have a week off so early in the season. I had the chance to start doing features for the Final Four page. When the Final Four page is launched, there is one tell-all interview with a basketball legend in particular that will shock you! Life is good here in Barcelona: Euroleague basketball is back, Christma

FIBA EuroChallenge capsule previews: Group H
With FIBA EuroChallenge 2009-10 just getting heated up right now, BallinEurope presents its primer on Group H, a quartet of teams with generally much international tournament experience. • BC Kyiv. A regular in pan-European competition, Kyiv has played in FIBA tournaments in six of the last seven seasons, missing only 2008; the team boasts a second-place finish in the 2005 FIBA Europe League Men and a third in the 2006 EuroCup competition. Player to watch: With

Groups set for 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women
The draw is in over at FIBA and the results are posted! We’re talking here about the pools for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, drawing for which took place in Karlovy Vary at about noon today. Group A will have Belarus, Canada, China and Australia facing off; Group B has France, Greece, Senegal and Team USA; Group C features Mali, Korea, Brazil and Spain (sure to be a couple of good contests between FIBA’s n

FIBA EuroChallenge capsule previews: Group G
In the seventh of eight groups competing in FIBA EuroChallenge 2009-10 play — Group G — facing off are formidable programs and traditional tournament contenders from Antwerp, Artland, Tartu and Wels. Briefs follow the break. • Antwerp Giants is not only bringing all the tradition of basketball in Antwerp, they’re also providing Lotto Arena for home games, at 5259 seats one of the biggest in all of EuroChallenge. Players to watch: Team c

FIBA EuroChallenge capsule previews: Group F
Onto Group F of the 2009-10 FIBA EuroChallenge go the BallinEurope.com primers … Group F features quite a grab-bag of contenders, once each from Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey. Should be a weird one. • Generali Okapi Aalstar was founded in 1949 (and has undergone many a name tweak since then), but has recently been fighting its way back to perpetual contention in Belgium. They’ve been in the top division since taking the 2nd divisi