Partizan's "captured" trio is returning to Belgrade from Dubai via Ljubljana. Israeli clubs will play their home games again in Belgrade and Sofia. Dubai is the host in Sarajevo until the end of the season
Basketball players Partizan Dylan Osetkovski, Shake Milton and Dwayne Washington, who stayed in Dubai for an unplanned long time due to the situation in the Middle East, should arrive in Belgrade today.
Osetkovski, Milton and Washington used the break for representative matches to spend a short rest in Dubai, but after a new escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, they were trapped in the Emirates.
The club tried to find a solution, and the initial plan was that on Monday, together with the Dubai team, they would take a charter flight to Belgrade. But even then, the conditions were not met for the plane to take off safely.
Today, if everything goes according to plan, the Partizan basketball players should fly to Ljubljana, from where they will later arrive in Belgrade.
Partizan was not the only one in trouble, because at the time of the closure of the airspace in Dubai, there were more than ten players from various Euroleague clubs, as well as Fenerbahçe coach Sarunas Jasikevičius.
American basketball player Lonnie Walker found himself in Dubai at the moment when Iran retaliated against the attacks of the US and Israel by sending missiles to the surrounding Gulf states. As he waits for the airspace over the UAE to open, Walker described how he passes the time.
"In general, I'm fine. I appreciate everyone who calls me and checks if I'm fine. Know that I'm fine, as always - the reason I stay like that is because He above always protects me. I pray and talk to Him, and He answers me and makes sure that I'm protected in good, bad and difficult moments," said Walker, Greek SDNA reports.
Fenerbahce coach Sarunas Jasikevicius is the first of the Euroleague stars who managed to return to his city, Istanbul to be exact.
Like the others, Jasikevicius waited for several days before he could leave Dubai, and according to the Turkish media, he arrived in Istanbul on a flight from Dubai on Tuesday morning.
Due to the war events in the Middle East, Euroleague decided that some of the clubs will change the environment in which they play. At a recent meeting, it was decided that Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Dubai will get new "home" grounds for matches in the elite competition.
Maccabi will return to Belgrade and play Euroleague matches again in the Aleksandar Nikolić hall, when it is not possible to do so in Israel. The situation is similar with Hapoel, which played in Sofia in Arena 8888 until the end of 2025, where it is now returning.
Hapoel coach Dimitris Itudis is not optimistic about playing in Israel.
"At the moment, I don't see the possibility that basketball will be played in Israel in the foreseeable future. We managed to leave Tel Aviv thanks to the great effort of our management. We were able to leave and continue to play basketball in our microcosm," Itudis points out.
On the other hand, Dubai will be in Sarajevo, where he has already played once, although there was an indication that he could also play in Lithuania.
None of the relocated clubs will play Euroleague matches this week due to flight restrictions and airport closures. The matches Hapoel - Paris, Partizan - Dubai and Maccabi - Hapoel have been postponed.
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