RUSSIA |Hammon headed to Spain

The Russian national team point guard, American Becky Hammon, has announced that she is joining Spanish champions Ros Casares. Hammon, a former player at the now defunct CSKA Moscow who represented Russia for the first time at the Beijing Games, revealed her next destination on her personal website.

A statement on www.beckyhammon25.com read: "Becky Hammon has signed with Ros Casares for the remainder of the year. "Becky will join Silver Stars teammate Belinda Snell along with DeLisha Milton, Anna Montanana, Amaya Valdemoro, & Erika De Souza."

Valdemoro, Elisa Aguilar and Laia Palau - Ros Casares' Spain national team trio - played against Hammon this summer at the EuroBasket Women.Hammon left the San Antonio Silver Stars for a brief period to represent Russia in June and played in four games, including a 77-61 Semi-Final win over Spain in which she scored 28 points.

She is expected to play for the Russians next year at the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women in the Czech Republic.

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