Basketball
Player of the Ukrainian national team about the matches with Spain: “We can surprise them”
Ukrainian headquarters of MoraBank Andorra Artem Pustovoy He shared his expectations for the matches to be played between the Ukrainian and Spanish national teams in the 2027 World Cup qualifiers.
“They are renewing their national team because their legend is over and their career is over. That’s why they are getting younger. And these young players want to prove that they have the desire to play for the national team and they also want to prove that they are talented.”
They are very Spanish, they play fast basketball and so it will not be easy but I think we can surprise them. I think anything can happen if we prepare, don’t be afraid, and fight. This is basketball, an unpredictable game.”
The matches in which the Ukraine national team will face Spain in the 2027 World Cup qualifiers will be played on February 27 and March 2, 2026.
Source: Sport UA
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Basketball
NBA. Boston’s crazy comeback, Mikhailyuk’s failure with Utah
7 games of the NBA regular season were played on the night of December 22-23. Golden State beat Orlando, Boston beat Orlando with a comeback, Detroit beat Portland and other games.
NBO. Regular season. Matches are on December 23.
Cleveland – Charlotte – 139:132 (33:36, 37:27, 34:32, 35:37)
Cleveland: Mitchell (30), Garland (27+10 assists), Wade (14+7 rebounds), Allen (12), Tyson (0) – start; Hunter (27), Bryant (10), Lonzo Ball (6+7 assists), Tomlin (5), Merrill (4), Porter (2), Proctor (2).
Charlotte: LaMelo Ball (23+9 assists), Knippel (20), Miller (20), Bridges (17), Plumlee (5) – start; Mann (13), Green (10), McNealy (7), James (7), Diabate (5+14 rebounds + 6 steals), Connaughton (3), Hall (2).
Boston – Indiana – 103:95 (26:35, 17:26, 31:21, 29:13)
Boston: Brown (31+9 rebounds), White (19), Pritchard (11), Queta (8+8 rebounds), Mynott (2) – starter; Simons (11), Garza (6+9 rebounds), Gauser (6), Gonzalez (6+11 rebounds), Scheierman (3).
Indiana: Siakam (25), Nembhard (20+7 assists), Maturin (16+9 rebounds), Thompson (13), Huff (3) – start; Jackson (9), Furphy (3), Matthews (2), Walker (2), Jones (2), Jackson (0), Wiseman (0), Peter (0).
New Orleans – Dallas – 119:113 (36:34, 21:29, 22:24, 40:26)
New Orleans: Bay (19+7 rebounds), Queen (19+11 rebounds + 6 assists), Fiers (12), Murphy (11), Jones (9) – start; Williamson (24+9 rebounds), Poole (14), Alvarado (6), Matkovic (5), Peavy (0).
Dallas: Davis (35+17 rebounds), Flegg (16+6 assists), Marshall (15+6 assists), Washington (8+8 rebounds), Nembhard (4+8 assists+5 losses) – starter; Thompson (20), Williams (4), Hardy (4), Caleb Martin (4), Gafford (3).
Denver -Utah – 135:112 (40:15, 29:31, 34:38, 32:28)
Denver: J. Murray (27), K. Johnson (20), Watson (20), Jokic (14 + 13 rebounds + 13 assists), Jones (3) – start; Hardaway (21), B. Brown (15), Valanciunas (12+11 rebounds), Pickett (3), Strother (0), Nagy (0), Tyson (0).
Utah: Markkanen (27+8 rebounds), George (20+8 rebounds + 7 assists), Nurkic (17+14 rebounds + 6 assists), Bailey (10), Mikhailyuk (6) – start; Sensabaugh (14), Clayton (6), Filippovski (5), Hendricks (5), Collier (2+9 assists), Williams (0).
Oklahoma -Memphis – 119:103 (31:28, 36:26, 17:19, 35:30)
Oklahoma: Gilgeous-Alexander (31+10 rebounds + 8 assists + 5 turnovers), Jaylen Williams (24), Dort (13), Carlson (11), Wallace (8) – starter; Mitchell (16+9 rebounds), K. Williams (11), Joe (5), Barnhizer (0), Youngblood (0).
Memphis: Coward (16+8 rebounds + 6 assists), Spencer (14+8 assists), Wells (12+5 losses), Jaren Jackson (11), Landale (11+10 rebounds) – start; Caldwell-Pope (16), Aldama (9+7 rebounds), Prosper (8), Jackson (6), Koloko (0).
Golden State – Orlando – 120:97 (26:30, 32:27, 31:26, 31:14)
Golden State: Curry (26+6 assists), Butler (21), Moody (20), Dr. Green (9+7 rebounds), Post (8+12 rebounds) – start; Podzemskie (16), Payton (7), Melton (4), Jackson-Davis (4), Hield (3), Spencer (2), Santos (0), Richard (0).
Orlando’s: Banchero (21 + 12 rebounds + 7 assists), Bane (20), Black (19), Carter (9), Jones (7) – start; Richardson (11), Penda (5), Bitadze (2), Howard (2), Isaac (1), Kane (0).
Portland – of Detroit – 102:110 (26:30, 25:31, 27:34, 24:15)
Portland: Sharpe (25+5 tackles + 8 tackles for loss), Avdija (18+8 rebounds + 9 assists), Clingan (17+10 rebounds), Kamara (8), Murray (5) – start; Sissoko (16), R. Williams (8), Love (5), Rith (0), Rooper (0).
of Detroit: Durent (26+10 rebounds), Thompson (18+12 rebounds), D. Robinson (15), Cunningham (14+9 assists + 5 losses), Harris (12) – start; Ivey (11), Green (6), Jenkins (5), Stewart (3), LeVert (0), Rod (0).
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
NBA
Forbes named the most valuable sports team of 2025
Version Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most expensive sports teams.
NFL franchise Dallas Cowboys, estimated to be worth $13 billion, has led the pack for the ninth year in a row.
While NBA Golden State Warriors ranked second with a valuation of $11 billion, another representative of American football, Los Angeles Rams (10.5 billion), was in the top three.
The top 10, as last year, includes only American teams from the NFL and NBA. There are seven NFL clubs in the top 10 overall, which Forbes analysts attribute to the league’s large-scale television contracts.
Among football clubs, Real Madrid remains the most expensive – the Spanish giant ranked only 20th with a value of $6.75 billion.
Also in the top 50 are Manchester United (24th, 6.6 billion), Barcelona (42nd, 5.65 billion) and Liverpool (48th, 5.4 billion). In total, only four football clubs are represented in the top 50 rankings.
Formula 1 representatives also returned to the list – Ferrari (26th place) and Mercedes (34th).
The 20 most valuable sports teams in the world according to Forbes
- 1. Dallas Cowboys (American football) – $13 billion
- 2. Golden State Warriors (basketball) – $11 billion
- 3. Los Angeles Rams (American football) – $10.5 billion
- 4. New York Giants (American football) – $10.1 billion
- 5. Los Angeles Lakers (basketball) – $10 billion
- 6. New York Knicks (basketball) – $9.75 billion
- 7. New England Patriots (American football) – $9 billion
- 8. San Francisco 49ers (American football) – $8.6 billion
- 9. Philadelphia Eagles (American football) – $8.3 billion
- 10. Chicago Bears (American football) – $8.2 billion
- 11. New York Yankees (baseball) – $8.2 billion
- 12. New York Jets (American football) – $8.1 billion
- 13. Las Vegas Raiders (American football) – $7.7 billion
- 14. Washington Commanders (American football) – $7.6 billion
- 15. Los Angeles Clippers (basketball) – $7.5 billion
- 16. Miami Dolphins (American football) – $7.5 billion
- 17. Houston Texans (American football) – $7.4 billion
- 18. Denver Broncos (American football) – $6.8 billion
- 19. Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball) – $6.8 billion
- 20. Real Madrid (soccer) – $6.75 billion
Source: Sport UA
I am a sports journalist who has written for various websites and magazines. I currently work as an author at Sportish, a news website that covers sports news. My main focus is writing about soccer, rugby and other sports in the world.
Basketball
The coach of the Super League club threatened the team with a squad change
On December 20-21, Niko-Basket lost two home matches to Dnepr and Zaporozhye in the eighth round of the Super League and therefore finished the calendar year in 9th place in the standings with 4 wins in 14 matches.
Head coach of the team after the defeat of Zaporozhye (67:78) Valentin Berestnev He listed the reasons for the team’s unsuccessful results as follows:
“Counting the first, third and fourth quarters, we won by one point each. We lost the entire game in the second quarter. We had a 7-point lead in the second quarter, but we finished with minus 9. We lost the fight, lost the rebounds, made childish mistakes. This caused the opponent to get over the shock of being behind 12:19 and the game turned in another direction.
We could not find a leader who could do what Lovings and Lishchina did. Eisa scored almost 30 points per game, surpassing our fourth point.
I would like to thank our fans who supported us until the end. They said warm and kind words to us after the match. This is our first year playing in the Super League. Most of the players have no experience of playing in the Super League: Max (Grischuk), Vitaly (Volodin), Bodya (Likhoy). Zaitsev, Safonov and Garbar have experience. Kabanov has little experience. This is a difficult season for them, which will show who will advance to the Super League level and who will not.
Therefore, I would like to thank our fans once again. There were two alarms today. Yesterday we finished the match three hours later than planned. Despite this, people stayed and supported us. We are very grateful for this support.
We train six times a week, twice a day to improve our game. I believe that we will overcome this situation and have a team that will compete for Super League awards, become a strong middle team and beat everyone at home, just like 10-15 years ago.
Most of the guys have no experience, so mistakes are made. Not technical, tactical. There is a lack of a leader who will take responsibility in difficult times. Now we are looking for such a player in the team. If we can’t find it, we will face three foreign players like most other teams. If our audience likes it.”
Source: Sport UA
Ralph Bean is a writer for Sportish. Ralph has written about sports news for the last two years, and is currently an author on the site. He enjoys writing about sports, and hopes to cover more stories in the future.
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