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FIBA Under 18 European Championships Div C: Malta boys make it three wins in a row and move to the semis whilst the Malta girls chalk up a tight win to get closer to the podium

The respective FIBA Under 18 European Championships Division C continued in Malta and Cyprus with the third day of competition. In Cyprus, the Maltese boys added to the opening day wins over San Marino and Gibraltar by registering their third win in Group B by beating ,the then unbeaten, Moldova 76-69. Click here to view …

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Very positive opening day for Malta Under 18 national teams

Two separate FIBA Under 18 Division C Championships got underway today with Malta having a very positive day registering two good wins. In Malta, the Under 18 women team had to fight hard and come from behind (19-29 at halftime) to beat Gibraltar 55-51 (9-12, 10-17, 20-7, 16-15)at the National Sport School Gym in Pembroke. …

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Busy Summer for the Malta Basketball Association: Malta hosts the FIBA Under 18 Women Division C Championship next week

Following the gold medal success of the women national team in the Games of the Small States held in San Marino earlier this month, the Malta Basketball Association will, in the coming weeks, continue with its busy Summer including organising a European championship in Malta. In fact, Malta will host the FIBA Under 18 Women’s …

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Malta strike GOLD – A great success for local basketball

The Malta women basketball national team struck GOLD in the Small Nations Games in San Marino after edging Luxembourg 52-50 in a thrilling FINAL encounter at the Multi Domus Centre in Serravalle. led by coach Angela Adamoli’, the local girls produced a spirited performance which saw them come back from 11 points down to go on …

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Malta register the second consecutive convincing win: one step away from Gold

The Malta national women team, displaying a very positive style of play and clearly prepared well for the 40 minutes of play, made it 2 wins in 2 days by beating the more fancied Iceland 68-49, just 24 hours after beating Cyprus. Malta 68 – Iceland 49 (19-6, 18-14, 23-12, 8-17) Malta shocked Iceland with …

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Malta register a convincing win over Cyprus

The Malta women national team opened its commitments at the San Marino 2017 Games of the Small States with a merited and convincing win over Cyprus. Malta 72 – Cyprus 41 (23-11, 20-13, 13-9, 16-8) Click here to see the official game card with all the statistics: malta-v-cyprus-women-bvassallo Live Stats: click here Watch the game video: …

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Train the teachers: Teaching Basketball at Primary Level

Sessions related to the teaching of basketball at primary level were held at the Basketball Complex Ta Qali in the past weeks. PE Teachers were invited to attend for these sessions. Special thanks to Mr Kevin Azzopardi (EO Physical Education) for organising these sessions. We hope to have similar sessions, dealing with more technical aspects, …

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Caffe Moak Luxol make it four league crowns in a row as the ‘white jinx’ strikes again

MAPFRE MSV Life Women League 2017 Caffe Moak Luxol are the women’s basketball league champions after beating Gżira Athleta 73-50 to seal a 3-2 final series victory. This was their fourth successive championship success and the 13th in history. Sarah Pace, of Luxol, was voted as the Most Valuable Player of the series. MAPFRE MSV …

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Gzira Athleta and Luxol to contest MAPFRE MSV Life Women Basketball Final Playoff

Gzira Athleta and Caffe Moak Luxol will contest the best-of-5 MAPFRE MSV Life 2017 Women Basketball Playoff Finals series. Gzira Athleta booked their berth in the final with a 3-0 win in the semifinal series against Depiro while Luxol had to come back from an initial loss against Starlites to win their semifinal 3-1. The …

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