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Latvian shooting guard Anete Jekabsone-Zogota has decided to retire from basketball, as Jekabsone-Zogota says in an interview with the sports magazine Sport Avize, cites LETA.

"I have not yet said a definitive no to my agent: if he calls me and makes an offer that is impossible to refuse - I have not yet closed the door completely, and still... I feel deep down inside that this is it," says the player.

Jekabsone-Zogota, who last season played for Russian basketball club Kursk Dynamo, admits that this is not the way she was planning to retire, yet she has no qualms about her decision.

"I thought that I could still play one last season at home, we were in talks with TTT, but we could not reach agreement. The process was taking too long, and while I was waiting for their answer I missed too good contracts. But I do believe that everything happens for a reason and for the better," explains Jekabsone-Zogota.

"Life doesn't stop after basketball, it's simply a new chapter in my life," adds Jekabsone-Zogota.

At the end of 2014, Jekabsone-Zogota was named best female basketball player in Latvia for the third year in a row. In 2014, Jekabsone-Zogota and Phoenix Mercury won the Women's National Basketball League (WNBA) finals.

Jekabsone also played for the WNBA club Connecticut Sun in 2009 and 2010.

Jekabsone-Zogota played for the Latvian national team at several European Championships and the Beijing Olympic Games. In 2007, she was named FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year, while in 2005 she was titled as FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year.

Jekabsone Zogota is a two-time Euroleague champion, Eurocup winner, she has also won Latvian, French, Turkish and Russian basketball championships.