Basketball

Tenerife has been announced as the host of the Basketball Champions League’s first-ever season-ending Final Four event.

Israel, Latvia, Russia and Serbia have each submitted a bid to host the 2019 edition of the EuroBasket Women national team basketball tournament.

Sports promotional company Matchroom Sport has joined forces with England Netball and the British Basketball League (BBL) to launch new all-star events that will be held over one weekend at The O2 arena in London.

Jeanie Buss is set to assume control of the Los Angeles Lakers for the rest of her life in a move that could signal the end of a family dispute over the ownership of the NBA basketball franchise.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that the Russian city of Ekaterinburg will host the 2017 Final Four of its EuroLeague Women club competition.

North American basketball league the NBA has announced that the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves will compete in this year’s Global Games series in China.

Is it ever okay for teams to troll their rivals on social media? Richard Clarke reports.

The introduction of shorter formats to placate broadcasters and attract time-poor fans can lead to some interesting conflicts of interest for rights-holders. Andy Fry asks how sports can evolve and keep their stakeholders happy at the same time.

Kevin Roberts looks at how international federations have adopted different approaches to managing their commercial rights.

The NBA has announced that it will return to Johannesburg in South Africa for a game later this year, while the North American basketball competition’s commissioner, Adam Silver, has warned that the league will consider state-wide discriminatory policies when assigning hosting rights for future events.

Fiba, basketball’s global governing body, has announced that the Dutch city of Amsterdam will host the 3x3 Europe Cup later this year and the 3x3 World Cup in 2019.

The Milwaukee Bucks North American NBA basketball league franchise has acquired ownership rights for a Development League team, which will begin playing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin from the start of the 2017-18…

The NBA North American basketball league has entered into the esports sector by launching a new competition, the NBA 2K eLeague.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and 11 Division 1 conferences have agreed to create a fund worth almost $208.7m (€194.9m) to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by former student-athletes who had claimed their scholarships had been unlawfully capped.

Tom Benson, owner of NFL American football franchise the New Orleans Saints and NBA basketball outfit the New Orleans Pelicans, has reached a settlement with his estranged heirs in regards to a long-running dispute over ownership rights to the two teams.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded the Canadian city of Saskatoon hosting rights to a 3x3 World Tour Masters event for the next three years.