Ball in Europe

EuroLeague basketball has never really been a domestic product in the way most top-flight football leagues are. A single season routes through Madrid, Istanbul, Belgrade, Athens, and a dozen other cities, and that constant movement has quietly shaped a betting and casino culture around the competition that looks nothing like what surrounds a typical national league. It’s wort...

New Ireland women’s national team head coach Thomas Garlepp was cautious about his goals but open about his ambition in an extensive interview with Emmet Ryan

It’s Ireland week on BallinEurope and we’re off to a big start. Ireland will enter November’s EuroBasket Women 2029 pre-qualifiers with a new head coach at the helm. Thomas Garlepp, from Australia, has ste...

BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan captured the moment when Caitlin Clark of USA basketball called out a reporter for an inappropiate question about her and Angel Reese.

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Caitlin Clark did not take it kindly when a reporter asked her about whether or not she and ...

An epic surge sparked by a Caitlin Clark buzzer beater gave the USA all they needed to romp past France. Emmet Ryan reflects on a final that looked there for the taking for Gabby Williams and co but, in the end, the Americans claimed the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup crown. It was a game where Kara Lawson confounded her critics and Breanna Stewart drove the US to gold.

It was more of the same from the USA and that was barely enough. Kara Lawson once more went with her underperforming vets over the impressive trio of Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, and Angel Reese. It nearly cost her team a place in the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup final. Emmet Ryan says that, if Lawson sticks with this strategy, it will cost them the title.

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