Russia na-ban sa FIBA

MANILA, Philippines - Na-ban ang Russia sa lahat ng torneong idaraos ng International Basketball Federation o FIBA.

“The Russian basketball federation received a letter from FIBA, which said that all Russian national teams have been banned,” sabi ni Sergei Chernov, honourary president ng Russian basketball federation sa TASS news agency. “For the moment Russia’s FIBA membership was also temporarily suspended. The FIBA final verdict on the case will be announced at its conference on August 8-9.”

Chernov added that the Russian men national men’s squad is under threat of missing the European championships in September and next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Nakasaad sa sulat ng FIBA na ang problema sa liderato ng asosasyon ang dahilan ng pagba-ban sa Russia.

“The FIBA Executive Committee decided to suspend with immediate effect the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) in view of the fact that the RBF has been unable to resolve longstanding institutional and legal issues preventing the Federation to work under proper conditions and maintain full control and governance in the country, as proven by the recently published Court decision against the RBF,” ayon sa sulat. “As a consequence, the RBF forfeits its rights as member of FIBA, and its teams and officials may not participate in official competitions or activities.”

May hidwaan sa pagitan ng dating national basketball federation head at ng bagong RBF president na si Yulia Anikeyeva na nahalal noong 2013.

Noong June 18 isa sa Moscow regional courts ay nag-utos sa national basketball federation na magsagawa uli ng elections para sa president at its exe-cutive board sa loob ng 60-araw.