The champagne has dried on the Spartak Moscow Region basketball court after Sunday's 90-76 win over Ros Casares in the EuroLeague Women championship game.

And with a couple of days to savour the triumph, Spartak coach Natalia Hejkova isn't too proud to admit she had some anxious moments at the Final Four.

Bourges Basket have confirmed key duo Cathy Melain and Celine Dumerc have signed fresh deals with the club.

Melain, the former France forward, will stay at the club for the next two seasons, while current Les Bleues guard Dumerc has penned another one-year contract.

Spartak Moscow Region collected the second major European silverware of their history on their homecourt, defeating Ros Casares Valencia in the EuroLeague Women Final Four.

Playing in front of a packed house of 4,000 home supporters, the 2006 EuroCup Women champions did not disappoint on their way to a 76-62 win.
 

The EuroLeague Women season is over and Spartak Moscow Region are the champions.

fibaeurope.com caught up with MVP Tina Thompson, Head Coach Natalia Hejkova, Diana Taurasi and Ticha Penicheiro during the post-game celebrations in this video interview.

Talk about a clutch performance.

Tina Thompson’s brilliant Final Four display not only allowed her to become a European champion for the first time.

Despite their 76-62 defeat at the hands of Spartak Moscow Region in the EuroLeague Women final, Ros Casares Valencia were able to find some solace in defeat.

Elisa Aguilar and DeLisha Milton-Jones both spoke to fibaeurope.com after the medal ceremony to talk about the final and the future of the team in this video interview.

EuroLeague Women Final Four MVP Tina Thompson hailed her coach Natalia Hejkova following Spartak Moscow’s 76-62 triumph over Ros Casares in the title game.

“I want to thank my coach Natalia Hejkova,” said Thompson during the press conference following the title game triumph.

No one should be surprised Bourges Basket are back in the EuroLeague Women Final Four.

One of the true powerhouses in Europe, Bourges, a city made famous by the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges, has a trophy cabinet that is overflowing.

Ros Casares left it very late to book their place in the EuroLeague Women Final Four, but they finally achieved the feat with a quarter-final triumph over Fenerbahce.

DeLisha Milton-Jones, who helped Gambrinus Sika Brno capture the 2006 title, had to grab an offensive rebound and score on the put-back at the final buzzer of the Game Three decider against Fener just to force overtime.

Not too much has changed in Samara, where one of the best women's basketball teams ever assembled has dominated the Russian game for the past couple of seasons.

Maria Stepanova (2.02m) and Ann Wauters (1.95m) are still the twin towers of Volgaburmash, Igor Grudin is still calling the plays from the sidelines and, oh yes, Samara are still reaching EuroLeague Women Final Fours.

The EuroLeague Women quarter-finals tip off next week with eight teams bidding for the crown which Gambrinus Brno claimed in 2006.

Two Russian, one French, one Czech, one Hungarian, one Spanish, one Turkish and one Lithuanian club are all aiming to reach the Final Four.

Three Eighth-Final match-ups will come down to a decisive game three.

It’s good to see those hot, high spicy games.

Many in France are wondering if a woman could be elected President.

Maybe Sandrine Gruda, the 2006 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year, should be considered.