FIBA Saporta Cup FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe. It was named after the late Raimundo Saporta, a former Real Madrid director. The competition was created in 1966, as the FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup, but it had several denominations, until its eventual folding in 2002: The very last Saporta Cup season was held during the 2001–02 season. After that, it was fused with the FIBA Korać Cup, into
Sport in Thailand Sport in Thailand This article presents an overview of the Sports in Thailand. Football has possibly overtaken Muayma Thai as the most widely followed sport in contemporary Thai society. Thailand national football team has played the AFC Asian Cup six times and reached the semifinals in 1972. The country has hosted the Asian Cup twice, in 1972 and in 2007. The 2007 edition was co-hosted together with Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It is not uncommon to see Thais cheering their favouirite English Premier League teams on television and walking around in replica kit. Another widely enjoyed pastime, and once a