Category: Basketball

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,...

USA men’s basketball full schedule at Paris 2024 Olympics Team USA have been drawn into Group C along with World Cup silver medalists Serbia, Olympic debutants South Sudan, and Puerto Rico, one of the four winners from the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The USA’s first game will be against Nikola Jokic‘s Serbia on Sunday 28 July,...

The British Basketball League has agreed a rights deal with US regional broadcaster the Yes Network, which is available in New York, Connecticut, northern and central New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania. This is its third agreement with a regional US broadcaster, joining deals with NBC Sports’ regional networks and NESN. The Yes Network has been...

3×3 basketball stars to watch at Paris 2024 Olympics Sitting on top of the FIBA world rankings for men’s and women’s 3×3 basketball going into Paris is the United States of America. The women won the gold medal in Tokyo and are looking strong ahead of Paris, where they will fight to defend their title....

The Bright Stars, who began their preparations for Paris at the end of last month, will play Puerto Rico, the United States and Serbia in the group stage. Their task is daunting, given the USA are 16-time gold medal winners – including at the past four Games – and have assembled one of the greatest...

Great Britain women’s basketball match against Germany on Sunday was abandoned after a medical incident in the crowd. The exhibition match at the Copper Box Arena in London was called off after the third period when a fan alerted the Germany bench to the emergency. Medics moved into the stands to assist and raised sheets...

South Sudan defeated Great Britain 84-81 at London’s Copper Box Arena as they prepare for their first Olympic Games in Paris. Unlike Royal Ivey’s side, GB did not qualify for the Paris Olympics and failed to bounce back from recent defeats against Portugal and Argentina. South Sudan narrowly led the end-to-end encounter 44-42 at half-time...