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Reynolds’ double-double helped UNICS defeat Samara in the VTB United League match

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5 hours ago

January 21, 2026

Jeremiah

Reynolds’ double-double helped UNICS defeat Samara in the VTB United League match

Jalen Reynolds / Photo: © VTB United League

Kazan UNICS beat Samara in the VTB United League regular season match.

The meeting in Samara ended with the guests winning with a score of 93:73 (20:26, 27:13, 24:17, 22:17).

For UNICS, Jalen Reynolds scored a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Alexey Shved has 12 points and six assists. For Samara, the most productive was Evgeniy Minchenko, who scored 20 points.

UNICS won the 20th match of the season and took first place, but CSKA has a game in hand. Samara (1–21) remains in last, 11th place.

Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

VTB United League. Regular season

“Samara” (Samara) – “UNICS” (Kazan) – 73:93 (26:20, 13:27, 17:24, 17:22)

Source: Sportbox

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Ware’s shot at the last second brought CSKA victory over Uralmash in the VTB United League match

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3 hours ago

January 21, 2026

Jeremiah

Ware’s shot at the last second brought CSKA victory over Uralmash in the VTB United League match

Casper Ware / Photo: © VTB United League

CSKA Moscow defeated Uralmash from Yekaterinburg in the VTB United League match.

The meeting in Moscow ended with a score of 87:84 (28:21, 26:21, 18:13, 15:29) in favor of the “red-blues”.

The victory for the Moscow team was brought by Casper Ware, who scored a three-point shot in the last second of the match. He also became the most productive player in CSKA, scoring 21 points. Uralmash has 22 points from Hayden Dalton.

CSKA won 20 victories in 22 matches and ranks first in the standings, Uralmash (8–14) is in eighth place.

Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

VTB United League. Regular season

CSKA (Moscow) – Uralmash (Ekaterinburg) – 87:84 (28:21, 26:21, 18:13, 15:29)

Source: Sportbox

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In the first match after Sekulic’s suspension, Zenit beat MBA-MAI in the VTB United League

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4 hours ago

January 21, 2026

Jeremiah

In the first match after Sekulic’s suspension, Zenit beat MBA-MAI in the VTB United League

MBA-MAI – Zenit / Photo: © BC Zenit

Zenit from St. Petersburg beat Moscow MBA-MAI in the regular championship match of the VTB United League.

The meeting in Moscow ended with a score of 99:83 (24:25, 23:23, 26:21, 26:14) in favor of the guests. For Zenit, Luka Shamanic scored 22 points, and Trent Fraser made a double-double of 17 points and 14 assists. Pavel Savkov has 24 points at MBA-MAI.

On Tuesday, Alexander Sekulic was suspended from his duties as head coach of Zenit. The team’s preparation for the match against MBA-MAI took place under the leadership of Maxim Uchaikin, who became the temporary head coach.

Zenit is in fourth place in the standings, MBA is in sixth place.

Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

VTB United League. Regular season

“MBA-MAI” (Moscow) – “Zenith” (St. Petersburg) – 83:99 (25:24, 23:23, 21:26, 14:26)

Source: Sportbox

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OFFICIALLY. Coaches of Ukrainian women’s youth teams appointed

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7 hours ago

January 21, 2026

Ralph

OFFICIALLY. Coaches of Ukrainian women’s youth teams appointed

The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation has approved the head coaches of the Ukrainian women’s youth teams for 2026.

The following names were appointed as head coaches of the young women’s teams:

Ukraine national team U-16 – Larisa Eshchenko
Ukraine national team U-18 – Ganna Shlikova
Ukraine national team U-20 – Evgeniy Murzin

Oksana Kirsanova-Staron was appointed head coach of the U-15 national team (girls born in 2011 and younger).

Ukraine U-20 women’s national team

Head Coach – Evgeny Murzin

Ukraine U-20 young women’s team will compete in the European Championship in Group B, which will be held in Samokov (Bulgaria) between 4-12 July.

Evgeniy Murzin is currently the president of the Ukrainian national women’s team.

He started his coaching career in the early 2000s, working for leading clubs in Ukraine and repeatedly leading men’s and women’s teams at national level. At the Men’s EuroBasket 2017, the Ukrainian national team led by Evgeniy Murzin reached the 1/8 finals.

Since 2021 she has been a member of the headquarters of the Ukrainian women’s national team and since 2023 she has been the head coach. He led the U-20 youth team (2022, 2025), U-18 youth team (2024) and U-16 star team (2023).

Achievements as a coach: Super League silver (2019), Super League bronze (2011), Ukrainian Cup finalist (2013).

Ukraine U-18 women’s national team

Head Coach – Ganna Shlikova

Ukrainian junior women’s team U-18 will play in the European Championship in Group B between 31 July and 9 August. The tournament will take place in Ploiesti or Tulcea (Romania).

Ganna Shlikova is the head coach of Khmelnitsky Youth Sports School No. 1, where she won the First League in the 2020/2021 season. 3 and is a teacher in the basketball department of BC “Khmelnitsky”. Currently the club plays in the First League of the Ukrainian Championship, where it is one of the leaders of the championship.

Shlikova has been on the coaching staff of the Ukrainian women’s youth teams (U-18 and U-20) since 2023 and joined the coaching staff of the Ukrainian national team in November 2025.

Ukraine U-16 women’s national team

Head Coach – Larisa Eshchenko

Ukraine U-16 women’s star team will organize the European Championship in Group B between 13-22 August. The location of the tournament will be determined later.

Larisa Eshchenko is an experienced coach with many years of experience in youth basketball. He worked with Irina Nagornaya in youth teams for many years.

Last year Larisa Eshchenko reached the EYBL Super Final with girls in this age group. He is also the current VYBL champion among girls born in 2010 as the head coach of the capital’s Youth Sports School-3-Baghira.

Source: Sport UA

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