Olympic Quarterfinals review
August 20, 2008 by Christophe · 1 Comment
Today, the four quarterfinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament saw only one close game. Luckily, I had the opportunity to see at least the second half of this thriller.
Olympics: Game day in pictures
After Germany’s bitter defeat by China it is time to share some of the great pictures of this game. Of course it was not a high scoring game. It was even one of the worst games Team Germany ever had, but it was a fight and had many emotions in it. Being German I hated to see Germany loose, but I rather see a game like that than the most boring game of the Olympics so far: Team USA vs. Spain.
Today’s Chinese cigarettes
August 15, 2008 by Christophe · 3 Comments
Day 3 of the Olympic Tournament is over and Team USA, Spain as well as Lithuania are still without any loss. Here are the short stories that we heard around the tournament.
Today’s Chinese cigarettes
August 12, 2008 by Christophe · 1 Comment
The first day of the Olympic Men Basketball tournament is history and this night started the 2nd day of the competition. Here are the latest short stories we found around the net.
The Olympics are just around the corner
August 2, 2008 by Christophe · 1 Comment
Only a few days are left before the Olympic Games start in Beijing. On 8/8/2008 at 8.08, the opening ceremony will be the start of another exciting event. And of course, the basketball tournament will be our main target here at BallinEurope.com.
Jordi, bring in some Chinese
April 24, 2008 by Christophe · 1 Comment
Everybody in the basketball world knows Yao Ming and the impact he is having on the NBA. Chinese surfers are the second largest community to check nba.com and Ming is a regular top vote at the NBA All-Star game. Marketing-wise Yao is the man for the NBA.
Did Greece just get an automatic ticket for the Olympics ?
December 10, 2007 by Julien · 2 Comments
The FIBA Central Board announced today that the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament would take place in Athens, Greece next July.
… but Yao Ming does
The headline just makes sense if you have read the article about Sam Mitchell, coach of the Toronto Raptors. Yao Ming, currently playing at the CBA Euroleague challenge (by the way, follow this event it is great!) for Team China gave euroleague.net his thoughts on European Basketball.
“I think that European teams have a couple of different styles,” he said.
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September 25, 2007 by Tobias · Leave a Comment
The Euroleague is about to get better and better. I was lucky enough to attend the Euroleague Final Four in Athens last year so I am really excited to see what else the Euroleague is about to do. Everybody just thinks about the NBA when the Celtics, Raptors and Grizzlies are coming to town but have you noticed the Euroleague logo on the Banner? Well they are playing Euroleague teams. Read more
