Macedonia advances to Eurobasket semis to join Spain
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- Published on Thursday, 15 September 2011 19:46
- Written by ZORAN MILOSAVLJEVIC
Holders Spain and surprise package Macedonia advanced to the European basketball championship semi-finals in contrasting fashion today after beating their respective opponents.
Spain, who won their first title at Eurobasket 2009 in Poland, blew away Slovenia 86-64 while Macedonia, playing in only their third tournament as an independent nation, stunned hosts Lithuania 67-65.
The two will meet in Friday's opening semi-final while the winners of the Russia v Serbia and France v Greece quarter-finals, scheduled for Thursday, will clash in the other semi.
Divac helps unite former Yugoslavia through hoops project
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- Published on Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:44
The mortar shell has long since been replaced by a basketball, the only object being launched whenever the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes get together these days.
There are now leagues that unite players whose families were once involved in a terrible conflict, and there is one person who symbolizes such unity. If there was a basketball equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize in the former Yugoslavia, ripped apart by ethnic tensions, then Vlade Divac would be the unanimous winner
Euroleague 2010: Partizan Belgrade - Efes Pilsen
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- Published on Sunday, 13 December 2009 15:29
- Written by Harun
Euroleague 2010 - Week 7 : Partizan Belgrade - Efes Pilsen 93-92 (10-12-09) regular season - great thriller finale
