Basketball: Turiaf joins French club

PARIS: New York Knicks centre Ronny Turiaf will become the sixth NBA-based Frenchman to play in the French league when he joins Villeurbanne ASVEL during the NBA lock-out. “I hope to take part in my first training session by the end of the week,” said Turiaf. Turiaf will join San Antonio Spurs and three-time NBA champion Tony Parker at ASVEL after Nicolas Batum, Pape Sy, Ian Mahinmi and Boris Diaw also opted to join the French league.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 19^th, 2011.