Bertram Yachts Derthona Tortona (Serie A) signed 27-year-old American 188cm guard Christian Vital (college: UConn) for the upcoming season. Vital played this summer at Henan Shedianlaojiu in the Chinese NBL league. He played in four leagues in two countries last year. First, he played at Legia in the Polish OBL, where he was the top…
Darussafaka Lassa Istanbul (BSL) landed 26-year old British international 206cm forward-center Daniel Akin (college: Utah State) for new season. Akin is the second foreign player in the roster as USA Silas Melson signed here earlier. He played most recently at SIG Strasbourg in French Betclic ELITE ProA. In 34 games he averaged 5.5ppg and 3.1rpg…
Dolomiti Energia Trentino (Serie A) added 25-year old American center Selom Mawugbe (207cm-104kg-1998, college: Azusa Pacific) to their roster for the new 2024-25 season. Mawugbe previously played with BAXI Manresa in the Spanish Liga Endesa and Le Mans in the French Betclic ELITE ProA. Mawugbe, a 2020 graduate of Azusa Pacific University, has also played…
PAOK Mateco Thessaloniki (GBL) strengthened their roster with addition of 30-year old American guard Frank Bartley IV (191cm-98kg-1994, college: Louisiana) for season 2024-25. Bartley played last season at Happy Casa Brindisi in Italian Serie A. In 16 games he recorded 12.9ppg, 3.7rpg, 1.9apg and 1.3spg. He also played for Eagles in Chinese CBA where in…
Let’s go on a journey. Club soccer is mostly shutdown with Euro 2024 in full swing and Copa América kicking off on Friday. However, MLS continues to play on, which gives us a chance to see some up-and-coming USMNT hopefuls. Let’s get to the highlights! Aidan Morris opened things up with this cross for an…
Martinas Geben Defending champion Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana (Liga Nova KBM) added to their roster 29-year old Lithuanian international center Martinas Geben (208cm-107kg-1994, college: Notre Dame) for new 2024-25 season. Geben has played for the last two years at BAXI Manresa in Spanish Liga Endesa. In 36 games he recorded 8.3ppg and 4.2rpg last season. The…
Galatasaray Ekmas Istanbul (BSL) landed 26-year old Latvian 208cm forward Roberts Blumbergs (college: GCU) for new season. Blumbergs played most recently at Aris in Greek GBL league. In 27 games he averaged 9.0ppg and 3.1rpg last season. He helped them to make it to the semifinals. Blumbergs also played 13 games in Eurocup where he…
Guaiqueries de Margarita (SPB) landed 29-year old American 208cm center Brandon Walters (college: MTSU). Walters played most recently at Yalovaspor in Turkish TBL league. In 34 games he averaged impressive 19.9ppg, 8.8rpg, 1.7apg, 1.1spg and 1.4bpg last season. He helped them to win the regular season. It was a very successful season in his career…
Lionel Messi hadn’t featured in the score sheet during the tightly contested matchup between Argentina and Canada. However, late in the second half, the 36-year-old made his presence known, providing the assist on the goal by Lautaro Martínez. In the game in which Messi played his 35th match in the Copa América, the most by…
The rain that has dogged the European swing returned to Berlin on Wednesday, but, before it set in, No 8 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia won her rain-delayed 1st-round match from Tuesday at the ecotrans Ladies Open, finishing with a 6-4 7-6(4) win over Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang. I always feel comfortable in Berlin. Coco…
