Euroleague Basketball

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: NBA roundup: Maloofs sign deal to sell Kings Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson announced Friday that the deal for the Maloof family to sell the Kings to software billionaire Vivek Ranadive has been signed. The announcement...

The Sports Xchange Hawks could hire Euro coach General manager Danny Ferry and the Atlanta Hawks are projected to make waves this offseason after shedding salary and likely allowing All-Star Josh Smith to seek greener pastures in free agency. Those...

(Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeus had playmaker Vassilis Spanoulis to thank after making a "miracle" comeback to beat a talent-packed Real Madrid side to win their third Euroleague basketball title. Spanoulis, nicknamed "Kill Bill", buried 22 second-half...

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeus defeated Real Madrid 100-88 with a dominant second half display to win Europe's premier basketball trophy for the second year running at London's O2 arena on Sunday. Inspired by a vocal travelling support who...

By Patrick Graham LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Europe's top basketball competition hopes to expand to include a British team within as little as three years, officials said after the first night of Euroleague's final four in London on Friday. The 02...

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Olympiakos Piraeus crushed CSKA Moscow 69-52 in the first of two Euroleague Final Four games at London's O2 Arena on Friday, advancing easily to the final for the second year running. In a rematch of the climax to last year's...

If there is a rung to climb with more altitude than being named the 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player, center Tina Charles is ready to work as hard as she can to find it. "The championship is what she is after," Sun coach Anne Donovan said. "The WNBA...

By Zoran Milosavljevic BELGRADE, May 8 (Reuters) - Back for his second spell in charge of CSKA Moscow, coach Ettore Messina aims to lift the weight of last season's Euroleague defeat by Olympiakos Piraeus from his players' shoulders when the two teams...

By Mark Elkington MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) - Sniping comments between Jose Mourinho and members of the Real Madrid squad have caused president Florentino Perez to make a rare foray into the limelight to call for unity at the club during the season run-in....

Forget all the fuss over Bulls backup center Omer Asik. The tall European piquing my curiosity most over his potential impact on the team's future is Nikola Mirotic, the 21-year-old Real Madrid power forward with a shot softer than a Spanish "j."...

TALLAHASSEE — Former Florida State women's basketball G Leonor Rodriguez signed a professional contract earlier this week with one of Spain's top clubs. The Canary Islands, Spain, native will play for 2011 Euroleague champion Perfumerias Avenida...

By Gennady Fyodorov MOSCOW, May 1 (Reuters) - Russian basketball officials, impressed by the college game's huge popularity in the United States, hope to imitate their former Cold War adversaries by creating a Europe-wide student league. Formed last...