Finally, Diana is innocent.Justice!Go to hell TBF
World Basketball
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"What doesn´t kill Dee‚ makes her stronger"
This s shameful for Turkish Basketboll Federation and Turkey. Dee is the best player on the world. Fcking situation for basketball. i really wonder what will be after now!
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Diana Taurasi's suspension lifted
Turkey's basketball federation lifted American star Diana Taurasi's provisional doping suspension Wednesday after a lab retracted its finding that she tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
The Turkish Basketball Federation said the lab retracted its report after it "evaluated" Taurasi's statements in her defense. The federation did not say whether the lab made a mistake.
Taurasi not only is free to continue playing in the Turkish basketball league, she also is cleared to participate for the United States at the 2012 London Olympics.
"The Federation has decided to lift the precautionary ban imposed on player Diana Lorena Taurasi to prevent the club and the player from being aggrieved further," the Turkish body said in a statement Wednesday.
Taurasi, who has insisted that she never used performance-enhancing drugs, had her contract terminated by Turkish club Fenerbahce last month after the lab said she tested positive for modafinil in December. It was not clear whether Taurasi would return to Turkey.
Taurasi said in an interview with The Associated Press last month that "there's no way I've ever taken anything. ... Only thing that I'm guilty of is taking too many jump shots."
Taurasi intends to return to the WNBA when the season begins in June. The Phoenix guard has led the league in scoring the last four seasons and signed a multiyear extension last August.
Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim said Wednesday he was furious that Taurasi had been banned even though she was apparently innocent.
"Our player was right. We will pursue this. We have documents," Yildirim said on the club's website. "This is a disgrace. ... It probably cost us the European Championship."
Fenerbahce had terminated Taurasi's contract after the Ankara-based lab within Hacettepe University confirmed that her "A" and "B" samples tested positive for the stimulant modafinil following a Turkish league game Nov. 13. Taurasi had been suspended by Fenerbahce ever since.
Modafinil is used to counter excessive sleepiness due to narcolepsy, shift-work sleep disorder or sleep apnea, according to drug manufacturers.
The federation also lifted the provisional doping suspension for American player Monique Coker, who plays for Ceyhan Belediyesi and had tested positive for modafinil in doping tests carried out by the same lab.
The decision Wednesday is expected to clear the way for Taurasi to play in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee bars any athlete who receives a doping penalty of six months or more from competing in the next games.
Taurasi helped the Americans win gold medals at the past two Olympics and was the leading scorer when the U.S. won the women's world championships.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
Source: espn
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Hm..will Taurasi play in Fenerbahce again?
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What a sad story
Though I am very happy for Taurasi ofcourse, it's very sad for Fenerbahce, their fans and Turkish League..
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What a sad story
Though I am very happy for Taurasi ofcourse, it's very sad for Fenerbahce, their fans and Turkish League..
The above news is not true. The journalist wrote an imaginary scenario. Every newspaper writes something different ..started a campaign for Taurasi
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22.02.2011
Ros Casares - Bourges Basket
CANAL 9 DOS (Spain) 20:25 (live)
FIBA Europe TV 20:25 (live)Halcon Avenida - Wisla Can-Pack
TVCYL (Spain) 20:30 (live)UMMC Ekaterinburg - Cras Basket Taranto
NTV+ BASKET (Russian Federation) 16:55 (live)Fenerbahce - Sparta&K M. R. Vidnoje
FBTV (Turkey) 20:00 (live)23.02.2011
Fenerbahce - Sparta&K M. R. Vidnoje
EUROSPORT2 17:00 (delayed)Note: All times are local
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Fenerbahce - Sparta&K M. R. Vidnoje at 20.00 for Turkey time LIVE on FB TV (fbtvonline.com)
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Last minute ! Spartak Moscow beat Fenerbahce Wow ! But I think that We'll comeback to Istanbul.
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What happend with Fenerbahce in the last two quarters? After the first and second They leaded +16 and then They lost -24. Amazing. And in the home.
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The EuroLeague Women Quarter-Finals:
Fenerbahce ISTANBUL TUR (1) vs Sparta&K M. R. VIDNOJE RUS ( 8] 78-86 ,
Ros Casares VALENCIA ESP (2) vs BOURGES Basket FRA (7) 65-58,
Halcon Avenida SALAMANCA ESP (3) vs Wisła Can-Pack KRAKÓW POL (6) 87-70,
UMMC EKATERINBURG RUS (4) vs Cras Basket TARANTO ITA (5) 68-51,
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25.02.2011
Bourges Basket - Ros Casares
Canal 9 Dos (Spain) 19:00 (live)
Sport+ (France) 19:00 (live)Sparta&K M. R. Vidnoje - Fenerbahce
Podmoskovye TV (Russian Federation) 17:00 (live)
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Today the second match Spartak-Fenerbahce. In the evening We will see real power of Istanbul because the match will be very difficult. In Vidnoje every Team losses match for ex Salamanca or Ekaterinburg. The very exciting evening.
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Spartak Moscow Vidnoje My Dreams come true Welcome in the Final Four
86-78, 74-56
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86-78
Sparta&K M.R. Vidnoje pulled away late in the fourth quarter to complete a stunning comeback in their EuroLeague Women quarter-final tie with Fenerbahce, as they recorded an 86-78 road win.
They had to come from behind to do it though, having trailed by as many as 16 points at halftime before fighting their way back.
But it seemed like a completely different team had left the locker room after the break as Sparta&K opened the third period with a 7-0 run.
But Fenerbahce seemed to have found their groove and still led 62-53 with just over a minute to play in that quarter.
But the Russian giants would not go away and completed the comeback in great fashion.
Sonja Petrovic's lay-up capped an 8-0 run that put them 65-64 ahead with 8:22 to go.
The two teams traded the lead and Spartak were clinging to a slim 70-68 advantage with 6:21 to go.
Sue Bird's three-pointer later stretched it to six, 78-72, and after Hana Horakova's lay-up for Fener, Irina Osipova's free throws and Taj McWilliams' tip-in made it 82-74 with 57 seconds left.
Epifaniya Prints led Sparta&K with 19 points, while Osipova and McWilliams had 16 each, the latter adding 12 rebounds.
Bird also scored in double figures with 12 points.
Fener wasted 24 points from Nevriye Yilmaz and 20 more from Ivana Matovic.
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UMMC EKATERINBURG RUS (4) vs Cras Basket TARANTO ITA (5) 68-51,
UMMC Ekaterinburg drew first blood in their EuroLeague Women quarter-final tie with Cras Basket Taranto with a 68-51 victory in Game One.
Sandrine Gruda scored 19 points and Olga Arteshina added 16 and nine rebounds as UMMC pulled away in the fourth quarter to put any hopes of a Taranto fightback to bed.
UMMC led almost throughout, but the visitors were still in touch, 50-43 down, at the start of the fourth quarter.
But an 11-2 run, capped by Celine Dumerc's three-pointer early in the period, put the Russians in a dominant position and they were not troubled the rest of the way.
Cappie Pondexter put an exclamation mark on the win, scoring the final points on a three-pointer.
The American finished with 13 points, while Candace Parker had 11 and nine rebounds.
Elodie Godin led Taranto with 16 points while Megan Mahoney added 13, but they struggled against the UMMC defence and shot only 17 of 45 (37.7%) as a team in the paint.
UMMC also outrebounded the visitors 39-22.
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If UMMC Ekaterinburg will promote to the Final Four We will have the 4th Semi-final in the row Moscow-Ekaterinburg
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The EuroLeague Women Quarter-Finals:
Fenerbahce ISTANBUL TUR (1) vs Sparta&K M. R. VIDNOJE RUS ( 8] 78-86 , 56-74 ,
Ros Casares VALENCIA ESP (2) vs BOURGES Basket FRA (7) 65-58, 63-58,
Halcon Avenida SALAMANCA ESP (3) vs Wisła Can-Pack KRAKÓW POL (6) 87-70,72-60,
UMMC EKATERINBURG RUS (4) vs Cras Basket TARANTO ITA (5) 68-51, 74-32.