Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be one of the best European basketball players of all time, and was given the honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron with the Olympic flame during the 1980 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, in Moscow.
Belov in 2012
Belov lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the 22nd Olympics opening ceremony in Moscow, 1980
PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League, and was a member of the EuroLeague. On February 28, 2022, EuroLeague Basketball suspended all Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Sergei Belov, voted the best FIBA Player ever, in 1991.
Miloš Teodosić, club star in mid-2010s
Nando de Colo, EuroLeague MVP and Final Four MVP in 2016
Interior of the 5,500 seat Universal Sports Hall CSKA.