Basketball
Bilbao Basket starts with 9 first-team players and 5 Academy players
template of Cerne Bilbao BasketballDebuted as a technician at James Ponsarnaustarted training with the group at the Miri Villa Pavilion 14 players9 of the 12 that make up the first team, and a group of 5 youth players that will strengthen in preparation.
Catalan Technicians Can’t Count In These First Weeks Rudd Hakansson and Denzel Andersonconcentrating on the Swedish team until the end of August, Emil Suleymanovichto play EuroBasket with the Bosnian national team.
Andrew Goodlock, Jeff Withey, Alex Reyes, Tomeu Rigoprevious campaigns, continue with respect to signatures Nikola Radicevic, Francis Alonso, Xabi Labaseda, Michael Kaiser, Ignacio Rosaand young Aierto Velasco, Asiel Fernandez, Elvis Ude, Unai Varandalla, Inigo Betroza formed the first group.
Speaking to the media on the Bilbao Arena pitch before conducting the session, Ponsarnau stressed that he had put together a squad “with very high minimums” that he believes will “always be competitive”.
“However We never give up on increasing the maximum, if we work, connect and have a good team atmosphere something will come. But first, we’re slowly looking for ways to consolidate the minimum number of people, taking steps to turn a good ‘roster’ into a good team. ”
Regarding his style of play, Ponsarnau said he tries to adapt to the “cultural change” of this phase by playing “dynamically from the pass in attack” and “grouply” and “adapting to the nuances” at defensive level. The opinion that the league has experienced Endesa in recent years.
The new Men in Black coach will be in his fifth season in Bilbao, with Tomeu Rigo, the team’s oldest player, and Xavi Labaceda, one of the team’s newcomers, as team captains. Also announced that
“Tomeu has the most knowledge of the club and the city and we appreciate his mentality. We believe he will help us a lot. About the number of games played and his experience with different dynamics and his experience as a cohesive group,” Ponsarnau claimed.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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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)
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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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Star player of Los Angeles Lakers Luka Doncic They made history by beating the Denver Nuggets 115-107.
The Slovenian player, who played with 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, made his 52nd triple-double with 30+ points.
This move moved Luka past Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to become second in NBA history with 30 triple-doubles.
Only the legendary Oscar Robertson, who had 106 triple-doubles in his career, remained ahead.
Doncic leads the league this season with averages of 33.5 points, 7.7 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game.
The Lakers currently sit fifth in the Western Conference at 26-16.
LUKA SPELL 🪄
Doncic recorded the 52nd 30-point triple-double of his career, passing Nikola Jokic and scoring the 2nd most points in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/JHrRcmO9bS
– ESPN Insights (@ESPNInsights) January 21, 2026
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