Category: Basketball

American-based Sherwood Family Investment Office, led by chief executive officer Ned Sherwood and president Ben Pierson, has acquired the Manchester franchise for both the men and women’s professional basketball teams in the city.‍ With Basketball League Limited (BLL) – the company that formerly had the professional league license in the UK to run the BBL...

Chennai, August 12 (IANS) A basketball player from Tamil Nadu have signed a professional basketball contract for 2024-25 season with Novi Pazar Salamander team in a Division 1 Serbian basketball league called Kosarkaske Lige Srbije (KLS) in Serbia, Europe. Ulhas Satyanarayan who hails from Kancheepuram will be the first Indian to play in Division 1...

In the women’s football competition, Englishwoman Emma Hayes led the United States to glory in her first tournament since taking charge in May. A serial winner in club management, the 47-year-old maintained her golden touch in her first act on the international stage as Mallory Swanson’s composed second-half finish helped the Americans win the gold...

It all comes down to this. On Saturday 10 August, hosts France will take on the might of the United States in the Paris 2024 men’s basketball final, tipping off at 21:30 (CET) – and it comes with plenty of history at stake. In a rematch of the Tokyo 2020 final, Team USA will be...

QUINCY (WGEM) – If Tanner Stuckman was a rock star, the back of his world tour concert T-shirt would be filling up with countries. Stuckman, the former Quincy Notre Dame and Quincy University basketball standout announced today that he will play the 2024-25 season overseas in the United Kingdom, the fifth country the sport has...

London Lions basketball club has entered administration after months of speculation around funding available from owners 777 Partners. The American investors also owned a 45% stake in the British Basketball League (BBL), which had its licence terminated due to concerns over finances in June. The Lions have won 19 trophies across the men’s and women’s...

With the quarter-finals of basketball at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in the rear-view mirror, the semi-finals are around the corner as two teams look to guarantee their spot on the podium as they continue battling for the gold medal on 8 August at Bercy Arena. A few days after Germany got the better of...

Basketball stars to watch during Paris 2024 Olympics basketball quarter-finals Franz Wagner is coming off his best game of the tournament, scoring 26 points on 14 shots, as Germany convincingly knocked off France. The 22-year-old is averaging 21.7 points per game, the third-highest average at Paris 2024. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been individually unstoppable averaging 27...

Clark and Jackson announced the new brand in a statement, external on their account on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The move will ensure elite level basketball can continue in Surrey and Guildford, remaining at the Surrey Sports Park – home to the Scorchers since 2015. Basketball League Ltd (BLL) had its...

But Scorchers said the University of Surrey, which owns the Surrey Sports Park where the club played their home games, is unable to continue its backing, having been forced to make “proactive decisions to restore long-term sustainability to their finances” due to “economic headwinds across the UK higher education sector”. In a statement, the club,...