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Mílton Barros
Mílton Lourenço Rosa Barros (born 21 June 1984) is an Angolan professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 86 kg (190 pounds) in weight. Internationally, Barros has represented Angola on several occasions, including the 2006 Lusophony Games, 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2007 African Championship and the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is married to former handball player Elzira Tavares and a brother of Petro Atlético football player Manucho Barros. He last played for ASA at the Angolan major basketball league BIC Basket. See also * Angola national basketball team The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the '' Federação Angolana de Basquetebol''. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regula ... References External links * 1984 births Living people People from Cabinda Province An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court. Point guards are expected to control the pace of the game. They effectively "run" the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time. Generally, point guards are expected to be proficient in passing the ball and being able to get Assist (basketball), assists to teammates. In a pick and roll offense, the point guard typically moves off of screens to facilitate the ball to a Power forward, big. Likewise, point guards can also shoot off of screens if given separation. In transition, the point guard must be able to pass and handle the ball without committing excessive turnovers. Defensively, the point guard is generally responsible for guarding above the Key (basketball), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petro Atlético Basketball
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, commonly known as Petro de Luanda, is an Angolan basketball club based in Luanda. It competes at the local level, in the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and in the BIC Basket, Angola National Basketball Championship. Additionally, the club plays at the continental level, in the Basketball Africa League (BAL), which they have won in 2024 BAL season, 2024. Established in 1976, the team is part of a multi-sports club which includes Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, football and Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (handball), handball teams as well. Petro has been one of the most successful teams in Angola, having won the second most Angolan championships with 16 titles, trailing only C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (basketball), Primeiro de Agosto, and sharing the record for most Angolan Basketball Cup, Angolan Cups with 14 cups. The team has won three continental titles as well, having won the FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, FIBA African Champions Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 9 – Van Halen releases their sixth studio album ''1984 (Van Halen album), 1984'' (''MCMLXXXIV''), which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and will go to sell over 10 million copies in the United States. * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. *January 27 – American singer Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire during the making of the Pepsi commercial. February * February 3 ** John Buster and the research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BIC Basket
The Angolan Men's Basketball League, (in Portuguese: ''Campeonato Nacional de Basquetebol em Séniores Masculinos''), for sponsorship reasons known as the Unitel Basket, is the top tier men's basketball league in Angola. C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (basketball), Primeiro de Agosto has been the most successful club in Angola with a total of 19 titles won, followed by Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (basketball), Petro de Luanda who have 17 championships. The champions of each Unitel Basket season qualify directly for the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Sponsorship names In 2014, the Angolan Basketball Federation signed a sponsoring deal with Angola's Banco de Investimento e Crédito, which it claimed to be more favourable than the one with Banco Africano de Investimentos. Such agreement caused the league to be renamed as BIC Basket. The league was formerly known as BAI Basket, BIC Basket and Unitel Basket, named after its major sponsors, formerly Banco Africano de Investimentos (BAI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manucho Barros
João Hernani Rosa Barros (born 19 April 1986) is an Angolan former footballer who last played for home country club Progresso do Sambizanga in the Girabola as a striker. He is a former member of the Angola national football team, having played at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He is a brother of Recreativo do Libolo basketball player Mílton Barros Mílton Lourenço Rosa Barros (born 21 June 1984) is an Angolan professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Angola national basketball team. He is in height and 86 kg (190 pounds) in weight. Internationally, Barros has repres .... References External links UK Eurosport profile* 1986 births Living people Angolan men's footballers Angola men's international footballers 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Men's association football forwards {{Angola-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlético Petróleos De Luanda
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, also known as Petro Atlético de Luanda, or simply Petro Atlético or Petro de Luanda, is a football (soccer), football club from Luanda, Angola, founded in 1980. The club won its first title, the Angolan League, in 1982 and is the most successful team in the country. In its initial days, the club was known as Petroclube. Four players from Petro Atlético represented Angola national football team, Angola at their first FIFA World Cup, World Cup in 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006: Antônio Lebo Lebo, Lebo Lebo, Luis Lamá, Lamá, Paulo Batista Nsimba, Zé Kalanga and Luis Manuel Ferreira Delgado, Delgado. The club has also a Petro Atlético Basketball, basketball team. Many basketball players of the team, participated with Angola national basketball team in the Olympics 2008. Honours *Girabola, Angolan League: 19 **1982 Girabola, 1982, 1984 Girabola, 1984, 1986 Girabola, 1986, 1987 Girabola, 1987, 1988 Girabola, 1988, 1989 Girabola, 1989, 1990 Girabol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elzira Tavares
Elzira de Fátima Borges Tavares Barros (born May 13, 1980 in Benguela), is a former Angolan handball player. Elzira represented Angola at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, where Angola finished 9th. She also participated in the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in Beijing. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. She is married to Angolan basketball player Mílton Barros. She last played for Angolan side Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t .... References External links * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Benguela Angolan female handball players 21st-century Angolan sportswomen Olympic handball players for Angola Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics African Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. Medalists Medal count Flag bearers Basketball players that carried their flags at the opening ceremony were Yao Ming (for the People's Republic of China), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (for Lithuania), Dirk Nowitzki (for Germany), Andrei Kirilenko (for the Russian Federation), and Manu Ginóbili (for Argentina). Events Two sets of medals were awarded in the following events: *Basketball – Men *Basketball – Women Qualification A NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The reigning world champions and the host country qualify automatically, as do the winners of the five continental championships (plus the men's runners-up from Europe and the Americas). The best teams fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIBA World Championship
The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Japan Basketball Association (JABBA) and the 2006 Organising Committee. For the first time since 1986 FIBA World Championship, 1986, the World Championship was contested by 24 nations, eight more than in 2002 FIBA World Championship, 2002. As a result, group tournament, group rounds were conducted in four cities, with the knockout tournament, knockout rounds being hosted by Saitama, Saitama, Saitama City. Spain national basketball team, Spain won the tournament by beating Greece national basketball team, Greece 70–47 in the championship final. Spain won all nine games they played. Spain's gold medal in this tournament was the first medal Spain had ever won in a FIBA World Championship. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Lusophony Games
The 1st Lusofonia Games (; ) were held in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China between 7 and 15 October 2006. The 2006 Games were the first edition of this multi-sport event for Portuguese-speaking countries and territories, under the banner of ACOLOP. The site for the opening ceremony was the Macau Stadium and the closing ceremony was held at the Macau East Asian Games Dome. The mascot for the games was a dog named Leo. The pronunciation of "Leo" in Portuguese is similar to Chinese ('' 嚟 澳''; ''Lei O'') and it means "Come to Macau". Due to the high expenses, some of the participating NOCs received financial support from the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Committee of Portugal. Sports The 2006 Lusophone Games included 8 sports, 3 individual sports and 5 team sports. In total there were 48 events at the Games. * * * (men) * (men) * (men) * * * Delegations A total of 733 athletes competed at the Games. *When the Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2015 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (30th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Luanda, Angola from December 10 to 19, 2015. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by C.D. Primeiro de Agosto (basketball), Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto was contested by 11 clubs split into 2 groups of six and five, the top four of each group qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semi-finals and final. Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (basketball), Petro de Luanda from Angola won their second title, after they defeated S.L. Benfica (Libolo) (basketball), Recreativo do Libolo in the final in Luanda. Draw Squads Preliminary round :''Times given below are in West Africa Time, UTC+1.'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout round Championship bracket 5-8th bracket 9th place Quarter finals 5th-8th place 7th place 5th place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
