It has been a week of arrivals at Casademont Zaragoza. After preseason began on August 17, the club is welcoming back its international players, who had been competing in World Cup qualifying with their national teams: Nico Brussino, Trae Bell-Haynes and Robert Blumbergs. The Latvian power forward was presented as the club's newest player on Thursday, ahead of his debut in Spain's top basketball division.
Lucas Langarita has already begun preparing for what will be his first full NCAA season with the Utah Utes after leaving Casademont Zaragoza in December 2025. The guard is one of the talents to emerge from the Rojillos' academy, and this season should mark his settling in the United States after barely being able to take the court during the second half of last season.
Casademont Zaragoza have turned to the youth market to find a replacement for Soumaila Keita after the center joined Dubai Basketball, signing Iyayi Igbinedion from Movistar Estudiantes. The 18-year-old Spanish big man has signed for one season and joins the club’s project for the second season of the Liga U22.
Nico Brussino is now in Zaragoza. The Casademont Zaragoza player arrived in the Aragonese capital on Wednesday and passed his medical examination before joining the team’s training sessions later this week. The forward arrives after playing two World Cup qualifying games with Argentina and will help Gonzalo García de Vitoria continue completing his revamped roster.
The stressful summer for SD Huesca sporting director Javier Sanz de Arce is over after completing up to 21 deals, including Sergi Armero’s, and he reviewed the club’s transfer window on Wednesday.
Casademont Zaragoza will have to cope with another absence during preseason. Helena Oma has been called up by Spain’s 3x3 team and will leave the squad to join the national team’s training camp in Valencia from September 6 to 9. The camp is in preparation for the Antwerp European Cup, which will be held from September 11 to 13.
Top-level national basketball will return to free-to-air television in Aragón after 11 years, with Aragón TV broadcasting the Liga Endesa for the next two seasons and Casademont Zaragoza as the main focus.
Inés Bergua is one of, if not the best, Aragonese athletes in history. This summer, she became world champion in rhythmic gymnastics with the Spanish team, which she captains, and on Wednesday she was received by Aragón President Jorge Azcón at the Pignatelli Building. During the event, it was announced that the gymnast will receive the 2027 Aragón Medal for Sporting Merit.
Spain's oldest race, with as many as 41 editions, the Delicias Urban Mile Ibercaja Trophy Zaragoza City is an essential event in the city's sporting and athletics calendar. This Saturday, September 5, the race will once again fill the popular district of the Aragonese capital with professionals, amateurs and participants of all ages.
After missing Spain's final World Cup squad and showing she has overcome her physical problems, Nerea Hermosa has returned to Aragon and joined Casademont Zaragoza for her fourth consecutive season. She becomes the eighth member of a potential 13-player roster, which remains at training camp in Benasque under Carlos Cantero.
The Central Lechera Asturiana Women’s Race will return to the streets of Zaragoza on Sunday, November 8. Registration opens this Wednesday, September 2, through the race’s official website for all women wishing to take part in one of the city’s most popular and special sporting events.
S.D. Huesca's relegation to Primera RFEF was bound to leave the squad bearing virtually no resemblance to last season's team. Only three players remain: Óscar Sielva, Sergi Enrich and Diego Aznar, who is still recovering from a serious injury and is not expected to return until December.
C.D. Teruel showed signs that it will be a highly competitive team in the division and will not make things easy for its opponents. Although it earned a commendable draw against Real Madrid Castilla at Pinilla, the outcome could have been very different because of Albisua's disallowed goal in the first half, which would have completely changed the course of the match.
BM Contazara's second season in the División de Honor Plata is drawing closer, and on Friday, September 4, it will officially present the team to its fans in the Ibercaja Ciudad de Zaragoza Trophy. The match will be against ASOBAL side Rebi BM Cuenca and will be played at 7:30 p.m. at the Siglo XXI venue.
Casademont Zaragoza now knows which six teams it will face in the U22 League, where the red-and-black side reached the Final 6 and finished fourth last season. The first phase begins on September 25, with the Aragonese team facing CB Canarias in the opening round.
Casademont Zaragoza now knows when it will begin defending its Supercopa LF Endesa title. The Spanish Basketball Federation confirmed the schedule for the competition on Tuesday. It will open the 2026–2027 season, with the Aragonese team once again among the main contenders after winning the trophy last season in Huesca.
