London Lions dished out their latest lesson in total team basketball as short-handed Newcastle Eagles felt the full force of a red hot WBBL roster. Noelia Cacheiro’s side failed to build on Saturday’s superb victory at expansion franchise Gloucester City Queens as they faced a second road test in two days. But remodelled Newcastle now…
Newcastle Eagles tackle title challengers London Lions this afternoon in buoyant mood after bagging a first WBBL win under new coach Noelia Cacheiro. The Tynesiders travelled to the capital ahead of an energy-sapping second league clash inside 16 hours in confident mood after crushing Gloucester City Queens. And if London are likely to provide a…
Go courtside and check out the full Newcastle Eagles BBL game night experience with BBC Sport presenter Liam Macdevitt in a special behind the scenes video for Vertu Motors from when we got the ‘W’ against the Glasgow Rocks. See more videos in our series with Vertu Motors on our website.
Under 16 Boys The longest road trip of the season didn’t faze Newcastle’s Under 16 boys as the Eagles returned from Northampton with two deserved points. The homecourt Titans had no answer to their free-scoring rivals as the visitors won every quarter. And Newcastle never looked in danger of slipping up as the Eagles eased…
Newcastle Eagles are urging communities across the North East to back a record-breaking bid to showcase elite women’s sport in the region. Club bosses chose International Women’s Day to reveal ambitious plans for The Big One — a top-flight women’s basketball fixture targeting a franchise-record 1,500 crowd. Newcastle hope their cross-border clash with Caledonia Pride…
Former Team Northumbria favourite Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee came back to haunt her former franchise as the Sheffield Hatters star lit up the Vertu Motors Arena. Newcastle head coach Noelia Cacheiro’s dream of a perfect home debut was shattered by one of the WBBL’s most consistent performers. And the Eagles had no answer to Fong…
Newcastle Eagles snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as the Plymouth City Patriots delivered a stunning come-from-behind win on Tyneside. Ian MacLeod’s men led by as many as 15 points midway through the third period and looked set fair to bag a fourth victory on the bounce. But another frustrating performance unravelled down the…
This weekend Newcastle Eagles proudly comes together with its fellow BBL and WBBL clubs who are uniting in support of Ukraine. All 23 men’s and women’s clubs will stand together over the next five days to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people at all matches from Friday 4 March through to Wednesday 9 March. The…
Discipline and perspective will drive Newcastle Eagles’ playoff ambitions this season as head coach Noelia Cacheiro bids to bring the best out of a remodelled roster. The new face at the helm of Tyneside’s top flight women’s basketball team finally gets to taste homecourt action this weekend — five weeks after landing her dream job….
