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ULEB hosts European Basketball Leagues Summit

ULEB hosts European Basketball Leagues Summit

On Thursday 10 and Friday 11 March ULEB hosted a European Basketball Leagues Summit in Brussels, Belgium. Existing ULEB members were joined by representatives from the Turkish Basketbol Super Ligi, the Latvian Estonian Basketball League, the Finnish…

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Bertomeu ‘to step down’ as Euroleague CEO after six clubs vote to dismiss him

Bertomeu ‘to step down’ as Euroleague CEO after six clubs vote to dismiss him

Euroleague Basketball chief executive Jordi Bertomeu will leave his position at the end of the season after six of the basketball club competition’s 11 shareholder teams voted to dismiss him. In a teleconference including all eleven of the league’s…

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Maarten Bostyn elected as Pro Basketball League president

Maarten Bostyn elected as Pro Basketball League president

During a General Assembly of the Belgian Pro Basketball League, Hubo Limburg United president Maarten Bostyn was yesterday elected president. He succeeds Arthur Goethals whose mandate expired after six years at the helm of the PBL. Maarten Bostyn's…

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LNB founding President and ULEB co-founder Jean Bayle Lespiteau passes away

LNB founding President and ULEB co-founder Jean Bayle Lespiteau passes away

ULEB regrets to hear the news of death of Jean Bayle-Lespiteau, Founding President of LNB and co-founder of ULEB, who passed away at the age of 91 years old. Jean Bayle-Lespitau, a native of Pau and Béarn, became president of the professional…

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ULEB General Assembly appoints Arthur Goethals as strategic advisor to its Board of Directors

ULEB General Assembly appoints Arthur Goethals as strategic advisor to its Board of Directors

As of 1 July 2021 Arthur Goethals will act as strategic advisor to the ULEB Board of Directors. The appointment will run until the end of President Tomas Van Den Spiegel’s term in October 2024. Arthur Goethals has a long track record at various…

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BeNeLeague Basketball domestic rights tender in progress with May 5 deadline

BeNeLeague Basketball domestic rights tender in progress with May 5 deadline

BeNeLeague Basketball, the new commercial rights-holder of Belgian and Dutch domestic basketball, is expecting bids by May 5 for media rights to the competitions under its banner, SportBusiness understands. BeNeLeague Basketball will begin…

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Germany, Czech Republic announce Lithuania, Poland as partner federations for FIBA EuroBasket 2022

Germany, Czech Republic announce Lithuania, Poland as partner federations for FIBA EuroBasket 2022

FIBA EuroBasket 2022 hosts Germany and Czech Republic have selected Lithuania and Poland as their respective partner federations for the September 1-18, 2022 event. The agreements between the National Federations were presented to the FIBA Europe Board…

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Content Arena facilitates Lega Basket deals in Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria

Content Arena facilitates Lega Basket deals in Balkans, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria

Lega Basket Serie A, the organising body for the top division of Italian basketball, has further extended its broadcast reach through various rights deals in European markets. Under the deals, brokered through the Content Arena platform, Serie A and…

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IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD PROPOSES OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020+5 AS STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO 2025

IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD PROPOSES OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020+5 AS STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO 2025

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) HAS PROPOSED A NEW STRATEGIC ROADMAP, OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020+5, TO THE UPCOMING IOC SESSION. IT CONSISTS OF 15 RECOMMENDATIONS. THE NEW ROADMAP FOLLOWS OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020 AND WILL…

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