Author: sportarena

Darlington named World King of Dunk in Bucharest

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Justin Darlington proved once again that he is the best dunker in the world, crushing any competition at the World King of Dunk, a contest held in Bucharest, Romania, at 3×3 EuroTour Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball. Featuring the new worldwide sensation Porter Maberry, the shortest dunker in the world, Aleksandr Shalygin and Kristaps Dargais, two of the best european dunkers and of course, Darlington, the dunk contest from Bucharest was the best so far this year. With former NBA player and european legend Jorge Garbajosa in the jury, the…

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IOC official to observe Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Programme Commission member Walter Sieber has been confirmed to attend an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe 3×3 EuroTour event in Bucharest next month ahead of the discipline’s Rio 2016 inclusion review. Sieber (pictured left), a Vancouver 2010 Board member and former Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) vice-president, will attend the World Tour qualifier as part of the IOC’s observers programme – which was first put in place ahead of the Sochi 2014 programme review – to examine disciplines and events for the Rio 2016 Olympic sports programme. The…

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Season debut at Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball

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Wizz Air Sport Arena Streetball, main 3×3 basketball championship from Romania, started last weekend in Bucharest, with over 170 teams and more than 700 players ready to take off from the streets to the Olympics. It was a stormy start of the ninth season, with the windy and rainy weather playing hide-and-seek with the organizers, but in the end basketball was the big winner and everybody celebrated the return of the 3×3 basketball in their lives, after almost seven months. The four Sport Arena Courts, from University of Politehnica Bucharest were…

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