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Representing Slovenia. FIBA Under-20 EuroBasket. 2024 Poland. Under-20. Urban Klavžar (born 27 May 2004) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Florida Gators.
Streetball. Streetballers at the Venice Beach basketball courts in Los Angeles, California, United States. Streetball (or street basketball) is a variation of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules. As such, its format is more conducive to allowing ...
Barkley Shut Up and Jam![ a] is a basketball video game originally developed and published by Accolade for the Sega Genesis on North America in March 1994 and later in Europe in April 1994. The game is the first entry in the Barkley Shut Up and Jam series, featuring former NBA MVP Charles Barkley prominently and as one of the playable characters.
Five other individuals, all American, have won three golds – Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Seimone Augustus, and Breanna Stewart – and 23 other players, not including the previously mentioned, have won three medals. Two other American women, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, are the only players to have won medals of any color in ...
3x3 basketball. 3x3 basketball (pronounced three-ex-three) [ 1] is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. This basketball game format is currently being promoted and structured by FIBA, the sport's governing body. [ 2] Its primary competition is an annual FIBA 3X3 World Tour, [ 3] comprising ...
On 9 June 2017, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official Olympic sport as of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, for both men and women. [ 1][ 2] (The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). [ 3]
The men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, began on 10 August and ended on 24 August, when the United States defeated Spain 118–107 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium . The United States, nicknamed the "Redeem Team", defeated Spain in the gold medal game, finishing ...
Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the tenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium [ 1][ 2] and at the CSKA Sports Palace, [ 2] both located in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Finals of men's events were held 30 July at the ...