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FIBA suspends, fines Kaspars Kambala

September 17, 2009
Kambala, ready for tipoff

Kambala, ready for tipoff

FIBA officials have announced the levying of a four-game suspension from international play on Team Latvia’s Kaspars Kambala for an incident after last week’s Germany-Latvia game.

No details on the incident were provided, but wire reports have it that Kambala “reportedly elbowed [Steffen] Hamann in the face, knocking out a tooth” after the game.

Kambala is no stranger to disciplinary action, having received a whopping two-year suspension from the international body in 2006 for failing a drug test.

No report has come Germany on Hamann’s state but if the man’s still standing, he should probably consider himself lucky: The beastly 125-kilogram Kambala spent his two years off from basketball in the boxing ring, where he earned the nickname “More than Rocky Balboa.”

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