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Marianna Tolo (02)
Marianna Tolo (born 2 July 1989) is an Australian basketball player for the University of Canberra Capitals in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She has also played for the CJM Bourges Basket in the LFB and Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She has also been a member of the Australia women's national basketball team. Tolo was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team (Opals) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Opals were eliminated after losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. Personal Marianna Tolo was born in Mackay, Queensland, on 2 July 1989. At tall, she is one of the tallest players on the Canberra Capitals' roster. In March 2011, she attended the Sport for Women Day at the University of Canberra and participated in an outdoor Zumba class alongside some of her University of Canberra Capitals teammates. Tolo and Carly Wilson share a house, where they have hosted a party for the University of Canberra Capitals. Juniors Tolo was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan Thunder (WNBL)
The Logan Thunder was an Australian professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League ( WNBL). The team was based in Logan, Queensland. History The Logan Thunder started in 2008 replacing New Zealand-based team Christchurch Sirens. They were the first team to represent South East Queensland South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. T ... in over 10 years. Thunder withdrew from the 2014/15 WNBL season due to financial difficulties and the team later folded.Newman, Beth (March 13, 2015)''New WNBL side as elite basketball returns to South East Queensland'' The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2015-08-13. See also References External links Official WNBL websiteLogan Thunder official website {{Brisbane Sports Teams Defunct Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France will be held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. Preliminary 5-on-5 basketball matches will occur at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, with the final phase staging at the Bercy Arena in Paris. Returning to the program for the second time in history, the 3×3 competitions will be played at Place de la Concorde. Medal summary Medal table Events Qualification summary 5×5 basketball Qualification The National Olympic Committees may enter only one 12-player men's team and only one 12-player women's team. Men's qualification Women's qualification 3×3 basketball Qualification For the second time in history, the 3×3 basketball tournament returns to the program with eight teams competing in the men's and women's events. The National Olympic Committees may enter only one 4-player men's team and only one 4-player women's team. Each team constitutes three players on the court and a single substitute. Men's qualificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Wilson
Carly Wilson (born 8 July 1982) is an Australian basketball player from Victoria. She has played for several teams in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) including the Dandenong Rangers, Australian Institute of Sport, Perth Lynx and Canberra Capitals. She has played in the SEABL and has signed with a French basketball team. She represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, where the team won a gold medal. She also played for the nunawading spectres. Personal Carly Wilson was born on 8 July 1982 in Vermont, Victoria. She is tall and weighs . She writes a column for the Canberra Times entitled "Willo's Wisdom". Wilson was part of campaign by the Australian Capital Territory's government to encourage more people to become foster parents. She is renowned in the WNBL for wearing pink socks, which she has worn in every game since the second round of the 2002–03 season, when she played poorly without them, except for Opals games where dress codes precluded it. Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zumba
Zumba is a fitness program that involves cardio and Latin-inspired dance. It was founded by Colombian dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez in 2001, and by 2012, it had 110,000 locations and 12 million people taking classes weekly. Zumba is a trademark owned by Zumba Fitness, LLC. Origin Zumba was created in the 1990s by dancer and choreographer Beto Pérez, an aerobics instructor in Cali, Colombia. After forgetting his usual music one day, and using cassette tapes of Latin dance music (salsa and merengue) for class, Pérez began integrating the music and dancing into other classes, calling it "Rumbacize". In 2001, Pérez partnered with Alberto Perlman and Alberto Aghion to launch Zumba, and the trio released a series of fitness videos sold via infomercial. Pérez decided on the word "Zumba" because of its similarity to the word "rumba", the Cuban musical genre. Pérez and his partner began to replace the first letter of "rumba" until they landed on "sumba", and Pérez u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Canberra
The University of Canberra (UC) is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and from Canberra's Civic Centre. UC offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses covering five faculties: Health, Art and Design, Business, Government and Law, Education, and Science and Technology. UC partners with two local ACT schools: UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra and University of Canberra High School Kaleen. The University of Canberra College provides pathways into university for domestic and international students. History The University of Canberra was first established in 1967 as the Canberra College of Advanced Education. The Canberra CAE became the University of Canberra under sponsorship of Monash University in 1990. Over 70,000 students have graduated from the university since 1970. The University of Canberra has grown by 78% since 2007, goi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Women's National Basketball Team
The Australian women's national basketball team is nicknamed the Opals, after the brightly coloured gemstone common to the country. From 1994 onwards, the Opals have been consistently competitive and successful having won nine medals at official FIBA international tournaments (Olympics and World Cups), highlighted by a gold medal winning performance at the 2006 World Championship in Brazil.FIBA Archive. 2006 World Championship: Tournament for WomenEvent Standings Retrieved 12 August 2012. At the now-defunct regional Oceania Championship for Women, the Opals won 15 titles.FIBA Archive. 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for WomenHistory Retrieved 7 September 2012. Effective in 2017, FIBA combined its Oceanian and Asian zones for official senior competitions; following this change, the Opals compete in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup. History 1950-60s: Beginnings Basketball arrived in Melbourne in 1905, but the first major international women's tournament was the 1953 FIBA World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July (except in Olympic years) and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October. Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and normally play in the same arena. They play in the same arena as funding is sparse due to lack of spectators. Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. The Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm, and Washington Mystics do not share an arena with a direct NBA counterpart, although four of the seven (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligue Féminine De Basketball
The Ligue Féminine de Basketball (LFB; ''Women's Basketball League'') is the top women's French professional basketball league. Champions * precedes the score of the team playing at home. Clubs Current season (2021–22) * Union Féminine Angers Basket 49 (Angers) * Tango Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Flammes Carolo Basket Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières) * Charnay Basket Bourgogne Sud (Charnay-lès-Mâcon) * Landerneau Bretagne Basket (Landerneau) * Basket Landes (Mont-de-Marsan) * Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération ( Lattes) * ASVEL Féminin (Lyon) * Roche Vendée Basket Club (La Roche-sur-Yon) * Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux) * Tarbes Gespe Bigorre (Tarbes) * ESB de Villeneuve d'Ascq – Lille Métropole (Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Season 2012-2013 * Pays d'Aix Basket 13 (Aix-en-Provence) * ASPTT Arras (Arras) * CJM Bourges Basket (Bourges) * Challes-les-Eaux Basket (Challes-les-Eaux) * Flammes Carolo basket (Charleville-Mézières) * Basket Landes (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India. Before this edition, the tournament was known as the FIBA Asia Championship for Women, and only involved FIBA Asia members. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji (at Division B) competed in the tournament for the first time. Japan won their fourth title after defeating Australia 74–73 in the final, while China captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 75–51. These four countries qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Venue Qualifiers For Division A: *Semifinalists at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship: ** ** ** ** *Qualifying round winners at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship: ** ** *Teams from FIBA Oceania: ** ** For Division B: *The host nation, being relegated to Division B at the previous champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 FIBA Oceania. It was known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship until 2001, and the FIBA Asia Women's Championship until 2015. Summary Medal table Tournament awards ;Most recent award winners (2021) Participating nations General statistics All-time records, as of the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup (Divisions A and B). Results of the teams participating in Division B of the tournament are also included. See also * Basketball at the Asian Games * FIBA Asia Cup for Men * FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship for Women * FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women * FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women References External linksFIBA Asia official website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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