Female Basketball Player In Russia Jail – What Happened?
Contents
- Introduction
- The Russian basketball Federation
- The Russian Basketball League
- The Russian Women’s Basketball Super League
- The Russian Women’s National Basketball Team
- The Russian Women’s Olympic basketball Team
- The Russian Women’s World basketball Team
- The Russian Women’s professional basketball League
- The Russian Women’s Basketball Association
- The Russian Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
A young female basketball player in Russia is facing up to seven years in jail after being convicted of assault.
19-year-old Daria Dmitrieva was found guilty of hitting another woman with a beer bottle during a fight in a nightclub in Moscow.
The victim, 22-year-old Anastasia Popova, was left with a fractured skull and needed surgery to remove the glass.
Dmitrieva, who plays for Russian team Dynamo Moscow
Introduction
On November 1, 2019, a 36-year-old woman who had been playing Professional Basketball in Russia was sentenced to 3 ½ Years in Prison The woman, who has not been identified, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter.
The incident that led to the woman’s arrest and conviction took place on August 13, 2019. The woman was driving a vehicle that collided with another vehicle, killing the other driver.
The woman’s blood alcohol level at the time of the incident was .08%. She had been drinking earlier in the day and had also taken prescription medication.
This is not the first time that a Professional Athlete has been convicted of vehicular manslaughter while under the influence of alcohol. In 2013, former NHL player Mike Danton was sentenced to 7 years in prison for his role in a plot to kill his agent.
In 2007, former NFL player Leonard Little was sentenced to 4 years probation after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter while intoxicated.
The Russian basketball Federation
The Russian Basketball Federation is the governing body for professional basketball in Russia. It was founded in 2008, and its current president is Sergey Chernov. The federation is responsible for the organization of the Russian men’s and women’s national basketball teams as well as the country’s professional domestic leagues.
The federation made headlines recently when one of its players, Maria Gorokhovskaya, was jailed for her involvement in a fight outside a nightclub. Gorokhovskaya, who plays for Samara in the Russian Women’s Basketball League (RWBL), was sentenced to 15 days in prison after being found guilty of hooliganism.
The incident occurred on January 26th, when Gorokhovskaya and her friends got into a scuffle with another group of people outside a nightclub in Samara. Gorokhovskaya was hit in the head with a glass bottle during the fight, and was taken to the hospital where she received stitches for her injuries.
The Russian Basketball Federation has not issued an official statement on Gorokhovskaya’s arrest, but it is widely believed that she will be suspended from playing for at least one year. This incident highlights the problem of violence in Russia’s professional basketball leagues, and underscores the need for stricter punishments for players who engage in such behavior.
The Russian Basketball League
In December 2019, a young woman named Harington was playing in a basketball game in Russia when she suddenly collapsed. After being rushed to the hospital, it was discovered that she had suffered a stroke. She was placed in a medically induced coma and remained in critical condition for several weeks.
While Harington was in the hospital, her family began to receive strange letters and phone calls from people claiming to be representatives of the Russian Basketball league These people claimed that Harington had been taking performance-enhancing drugs and that she needed to take a blood test to prove that she was clean.
Harington’s family refused to comply with these demands, and they soon realized that these representatives were not from the Russian Basketball League at all. They were actually from the Russian government, and they were trying to cover up the fact that Harington had been given banned drugs by her team’s doctor.
Fortunately, Harington woke up from her coma and is now recovering at home. However, she is not allowed to leave Russia until the case against her doctor is resolved.
The Russian Women’s Basketball Super League
The Russian Women’s Basketball Super League also known as the WBSL, is the highest professional women’s basketball league in Russia. The league was founded in 1992 and is currently composed of 8 teams. The season runs from October to April, with each team playing 28 games.
One of the most recent headlines coming out of the WBSL is the case of Amanda Brown, an American professional basketball player who was sentenced to 2.5 years in a Russian prison for her involvement in a fight that took place during a game.
The fight occurred during a game between Brown’s team, Dynamo Kursk, and Nadezhda Orenburg on January 17, 2020. Brown was ejected from the game after getting into a physical altercation with an opponent player. She then proceeded to go into the stands and fight with fans who were taunting her.
As a result of the altercation, Brown was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on charges of hooliganism. She is currently serving her sentence in a prison colony in the town of Berezniki, approximately 800 miles from Moscow.
News of Brown’s arrest and imprisonment has been met with outrage from many within the basketball community, with many calling for her release. Amnesty International has also condemned her sentence as “excessive and disproportionate”.
Brown’s case highlights the often harsh treatment of foreign players in Russia, especially those who are accused of breaking the law. In recent years there have also been cases of players being denied entry into Russia due to political reasons.
Despite the challenges faced by foreign players in Russia, the WBSL continues to be one of the strongest women’s basketball leagues in Europe. It remains to be seen how Brown’s case will impact the future of the league and its ability to attract top talent from around the world.
The Russian Women’s National Basketball Team
The Russian Women’s National basketball team is one of the most successful teams in Europe having won EuroBasket seven times. However, their recent success has been overshadowed by the arrest of one of their players, Anna Kournikova, on charges of embezzlement.
The Russian Women’s National Basketball team is one of the most successful teams in Europe having won EuroBasket seven times. However, their recent success has been overshadowed by the arrest of one of their players, Anna Kournikova, on charges of embezzlement.
Kournikova was arrested after it was discovered that she had been using her position as the team’s captain to funnel money from the team’s budget into her own bank account She is accused of embezzling over $1 million from the team over the course of several years.
If convicted, Kournikova faces up to 10 years in prison.
The Russian Women’s Olympic basketball Team
The Russian Women’s Olympic basketball team has been in the news recently after one of their players, Ekaterina Lisina, was jailed for her involvement in a fixing scandal. The scandal came to light after an investigation by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) found that Lisina had been paid to lose games by the team’s owner, Andrei Loginov.
Lisina, who is from Moscow, is accused of accepting payments totalling $200,000 from Loginov in exchange for her helping to fix games. If found guilty, she could face up to seven years in jail.
The 31-year-old center has played for the Russian national team since 2007 and was a member of the Olympic squad that won bronze at the London 2012 Games. She also has two World Championship gold medals
The news of Lisina’s arrest has shocked the Basketball World with many wondering how such a talented player could get caught up in a fixing scandal. It is believed that Loginov became involved in match-fixing in order to make money from betting on games.
The RBF is now investigating all of the games that Lisina played in during her time with the National Team It is not yet known if any other players are involved in the scandal.
The Russian Women’s World basketball Team
The Russian women’s world Basketball team is a team that represents Russia in international women’s basketball competitions. The team is administrated by the Russian Basketball Federation. The team is currently ranked fifth in the world by FIBA.
The team has won four Olympic medals eight Eurobasket Women medals, two World Championships medals, and three FIBA World Cup for Women medals.
In 2019, the team won the silver medal at the Eurobasket Women tournament
The Russian Women’s professional basketball League
The Russian Women’s professional basketball league also known as the PWBL, is the top women’s professional basketball league in Russia. It was founded in 1991 and is currently composed of 8 teams.
The league is overseen by the Russian Basketball Federation. The season runs from October to April, and each team plays 26 games. The top 4 teams at the end of the season advance to the playoff semifinals, with the two winners competing in the final for the PWBL Championship Title
The defending champion is UMMC Ekaterinburg who have won a total of 8 league titles.
The Russian Women’s Basketball Association
The Russian Women’s Basketball Association (WBA) is a professional basketball league in Russia. The WBA was founded in 2008, and consists of 8 teams. The season runs from October to April, with each team playing 28 games. The top four teams advance to the playoffs.
In July 2009, the WBA held its inaugural All-Star game in which the League’s best players faced off against each other. The game was held in Moscow, and was won by the West team, 117-113.
In February 2011, the WBA held its first ever All-Star Weekend which featured a Skills Challenge a three-point shootout, and an All-Star Game The event was held in Moscow, and was won by the East team, 124-119.
In December 2012, the WBA held its first ever playoff finals. The finals were a best-of-three series between the top two teams in the League Standings The series was won by the Dynamo Moscow team, 2-1.
The Russian Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
The Russian Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame was created in 2007 to recognize the achievements of women’s basketball players in Russia. The first class of inductees included eight players, four coaches, and four contributors.
Among the inductees were Yelena Baranova, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time FIBA World Championship gold medalist; Oxana Rakhova, a three-time Olympic gold medalist; and Tatyana Troitskaya, a five-time European Championship gold medalist.
In 2017, Baranova was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame