FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin has been sacked by the organisationâ€
s executive committee, currently headed by president Olafur Rafnsson.
The shock move, confirmed to MVP by senior sources at FE, comes amid a political battle between the European governing body and its counterparts at FIBA over the future of international basketball.
While the Geneva-based FIBA had recent published proposals to move its own World Cup to the year before each Olympics to avoid a clash with its footballing counterpart, Zanolin had led resistance to the idea which would have forced its own EuroBasket – one of its main financial earners – to move to a four-yearly cycle rather than the current two.
However it is understood that the Canadian was removed from his post following a meeting of FEâ€
s executive on Monday, ending his decade-long stint at the helm.
During his tenure, Zanolin vastly expanded FIBA Europe, growing the organisation out from just four employees while moving out from under FIBAâ€
s umbrella and shifting its base to Munich.
A relative peace has also broken out with European clubs body ULEB despite a failure to streamline the structure of the secondary competitions sitting under the Euroleague.
FIBA Europe is expected to issue a statement later.
Main Photo:Â FIBA Europe / Emilio Cobos
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