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what is happening in the world of women basketball players in France
and what is happening to the French players abroad,
Who is involved in the happenings,
Where is the news happening,
When did it or is it going to happen.
Nonetheless you also find all the latest updates on the site.
Jul 3, 2009, Youth international basketball: U18 European Championship Women Div A 2009 day 2
France remain perfect and have already qualified for the Qualification round of the youth international basketball event after beating the Slovak Republic on day 2 of the European Championship Div A
The FIBA Europe U18 European Championship Women is ready to tip off.
The Division A competition is held in Sweden while the Division one is in Israel.
It is very unlikely that many games from both championships will be streamed live on the internet. However some of the games from the hosts may be shown on local television.
You can follow free the play-by-play commentary live on our site by following this link.
We will be covering the tournament in Israel with match reports and audio interviews with players and coaches.
Jul 2, 2009, Youth international basketball comes to Israel - U18 European Chamionship Div B
The sixth U18 European Championship Women Division B comes to Eilat, Israel. 15 teams take part in this youth international basketball event. The two finalists will win promotion to Division A.
Jul 1, 2009, LFB basketball news - 14 teams confirmed for the 2009-2010 season
The 2008-2009 season ended in May but it took six weeks to determine which teams will play in the LFB for 2009-2010. UHB are once again in the LFB basketball news as they drop to NF1 next season.
Jul 1, 2009, Youth International basketball - France U20 2009 preparation going well
France U20 started the youth international basketball season started with three wins in France. They travelled to Turkey and beat Russia and the hosts before falling to Spain.
Jul 1, 2009, France U18 youth international basketball roster for Södertälje
The French U18 youth international basketball preparation went well with 8 wins from 10 game. Only 12 players can be selected for the U18 European Women Championship and the selection has been made.
Jun 25, 2009, French Youth International Basketball news - update
France U20
France won all three matches at Bourg-en-Bresse last weekend.
France 95-57 Germany
France 77-69 Turkey
France 76-54 Poland
France U19
France U19 lost twice to Sweden:
France 62-66 Sweden
France 57-75 Sweden
France U16:
France U16 are currently playing in a three-game series with Germany .
France won game one (79-46).
Jun 23, 2009, LFB team roster for USO Mondeville known
USO Mondeville have completed the LFB team roster for 2009-2010. Caroline Aubert returns to full-time basketball after having had a baby in January and Brittany Williams is the last player to sign
Jun 17, 2009, EuroBasket Women 2009 media co-ordinator Maris Noviks
Maris Noviks is the media co-ordinator at EuroBasket Women 2009 . He works in Latvia and covers basketball as well as other sports. He speaks about about EuroBasket Women 2009 and his passion .
Jun 15, 2009, Evanthia Maltsi speaks about shooting at Eurobasket Women
You can listen to Evanthia Maltsi speak about her shooting at EuroBasket Women
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Jun 14, 2009, EuroBasket Women 2009 - France make it five wins in five games
France beat Turkey (55-43) and remain unbeaten at EuroBAsket Women 2009. Sandrine Gruda continued her scoring festival to lead France in scoring with 20 points.
Jun 13, 2009, Australia defend U18 title in Fougeres, France
Australia beat France 70-54 in the final match of the tournament.
China beat Latvia 73-51 in the other match.
Jun 13, 2009, EuroBasket Women news from day 6 - Win for Greece
Evanthia Maltsi scored 24 points as Greece beat the Czech Republic (62-45).
Spain beat Poland (67-55) after trailing by 8 points at the interval.
The Slovak Republic beat hosts Latvia 78-69 in the last match of the evening.
Audio interview in English from Styliani Kaltsidou, Evanthia Maltsi, Elisa Aguilar and Agnieszka Bibrzycka can be found at the end of each match summary.
Jun 13, 2009, Tournoi de Fougeres 2009 - Australia and France in final
France beat Australia last weekend in the final at Reze (76-64).
Australia had lost the final at Reze last year but then had beaten the same opponents, Lithuania and the eventual U18 European champions in the final of Fougeres.
Australia are looking to repeat the same exploit this year.
Rachal Jerry from Australia has been playing well and will be hoping to maintain the Australian tradition later today.
Australia have won this tournament on both occasions that they participated.
The coach from Latvia is the mother of Latvian international Liene Jansone.
All the results from day 1 and 2
Australia 76-33 Latvia
France 86-74 China
Australia 86-66 China
France 68-48 Latvia
Jun 12, 2009, EuroBasket Women 2009 Qualifying Round starts with a victory
France left it very late in beating Lithuania but in doing so have qualified for the quarter-finals of EuroBasket Women 2009.
Jun 9, 2009, France end EuroBasket Women 2009 first phase undefeated
Liron Cohen ended her EuroBasket Women tournament with 30 points against France. However this was not enough for Israel as her side lost the game by 3 points.
Serbia and Ukraine are the first teams to pack their bags from EuroBasket Women 2009 after suffering their third consecutive defeats against Turkey (77-79) and against the Czech Republic (55-65) respectively.
Elisa Aguilar and Anna Montanana combine for 45 points as Spain beat the Slovak Republic (71-54) to top Group A.
Raffaella Masciadri leads Italy against Belarus (67-58) with 20 points.
Despite from 30 points by Liron Cohen from Israel France remain perfect with a (73-70) victory.
Poland held off Hungary (60-53)to secure a ticket for the next round
Jun 7, 2009, France will play Australia in final of RBI later today in REZE
France and Australia will meet in the final later today after topping their groups on day 3.
France won against China(86-39) with 22 points coming from Allison Verneray.
Australia beat Russia (70-54) with Rachel Jarry scoring 24 points.
In the other games:
Belgium 59-54 Turkey Sweden 82-68 Czech Republic
Jun 7, 2009, EuroBasket Women 2009 in Latvia has started
The 32nd edition of the EuroBasket Women tips off today, 7 June 2009 in Latvia.
The event will end on Saturday, 20 June 2009, with the final match in the Arena Riga Sports Hall.
33 countries in Europe, 8 in Asia and 28 in Africa have signed up with FIBA Europe to broadcast the matches live.
However if you are unable to watch the games you can sign up for a EuroBasket Women 2009 pass for 11 Euro and watch the games at your leisure.
Yet if nothing works live, you can follow free the play-by-play commentary live on our site by following this link.
Jun 6, 2009, Youth international basketball: Alain Jardel naming U20 training roster
Alain Jardel named 19 players for his U20 youth international basketball training roster. The squad will be in preparation for 1 days. They will then play Germany, Poland and Turkey in Bourg-en-Bress
Jun 6, 2009, LFB team roster news for 2009-2010 for Basket Landes
Basket Landes' LFB team roster for 2009-2010 does not change much with only two players leaving the team. The club has recruited 3 players and includes players from the Basketball Academy.
Jun 6, 2009, EuroBasket Women 2009 – France final 12 players are ready
France are ready for EuroBasket Women 2009 in Latvia after a short preparation. France beat Greece 3 times. They ended with wins against Australia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
