It was a bad night at the office for the Newcastle Eagles WBBL side last Saturday night as minus four senior players they had to take on the domestically unbeaten London Lions. It was therefore no real surprise at anyone when Lions took the win but perhaps the margin of victory was. A score line…
Marc Steutel has been confirmed as the Great Britain Men’s Head Coach for next month’s FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying window. Our Eagles BBL Head Coach will take charge of the GB team once again for the clashes with Belgium at the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday 24 February and Serbia away the following Monday….
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is bringing MMA to the Vertu Motors Arena this March in the inaugural PFL Europe season. Tickets are on sale now for the PFL’s first international regional league, which will showcase the continent’s very best talent starting in Newcastle on Saturday 25 March. This groundbreaking new concept will feature 32…
Newcastle Eagles BBL side completed another pointless weekend which damages their play-off hopes with a defeat on the road in Bristol yesterday. There are still plenty of games and points to play for this season but Marc Steutel’s men need to start winning soon. It was always going to be a tough assignment travelling down…
Can Newcastle’s French revolution bring down Bristol’s King? That’s the question on every fan’s lips as second hosts second bottom in this afternoon’s big BBL clash. Eagles star Hasahn French heads south fresh from dropping a monster double double on Manchester Giants. But fellow former G Leaguer VJ King heads into an eye-catching fixture full…
Perhaps a veil should be drawn over Saturday’s WBBL Championship game when the domestically unbeaten and possibly unbeatable London Lions came to town. But that would be churlish as you have to give credit to a Lions side that might well be the best to ever play in the WBBL. They certainly came, we saw…
Marc Steutel wants more from one of the BBL’s most dynamic all-rounders after a Herculean effort from in-form Hasahn French almost cut Rahmon Fletcher’s Manchester Giants down to size. The muscular 24-year-old added three monster blocks to his 19 points and 18 boards during a breakout display for the men in black. But French cut…
Abby Lowe insists Newcastle have nothing to lose as the Eagles bid to become the first British side to defeat London Lions this season. The returning favourite rejoined the women in black this week determined to play her part in a fresh playoff push. But Lowe admits nobody expects Newcastle to put a dent in…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL have been boosted by the return of former favourite Abby Lowe with Saturday’s London Lions test looming large. The undefeated Championship leaders bring their 8-0 record to Tyneside this weekend looking to take one step closer to another UK title. But London may be forced to contend with a fired-up Lowe after…
