Basketball

With so much else going right for Fiba, perhaps the time is ripe to heal the 16-year-old wounds with the elite clubs behind the breakaway Euroleague. Fiba secretary general Patrick Baumann talks to Frank Dunne about defending the sporting pyramid in a changing world.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded hosting rights for this year’s edition of showpiece Asian club competition the Champions Cup to the Beijing Atlas Sports and Cultural Development company, while Fiba Europe has stated that the threat of exclusion from its events is set to be avoided for those national federations affiliated with Euroleague Basketball.

Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) is planning to add a team in China which would be based on a part-time basis in the city of Gold Coast in Queensland.

North American basketball league the NBA has unveiled its latest effort to tap into the Chinese market by announcing that Shanghai will be the destination for its first NBA Playzone venture.

The Fiba Europe division of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has said it has received “support” from the national federations threatened with sanctions over their affiliation with Euroleague Basketball, as the latter organisation’s president, Jordi Bertomeu, said two major sticking points remain to resolve the impasse that is surrounding the club game.

North American basketball league the NBA has moved to embrace the 3x3 format of the sport by creating its first-ever nationwide elite competition tour.

The Basketball Without Borders (BWB) development programme will travel to Australia for the first time later this year, it has been announced.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced it has received commitments from 66 clubs across 19 European countries to be part of its new Champions League initiative, while Euroleague Basketball president Jordi Bertomeu has slammed the global governing body for taking the European game into a state of “chaos”.

Euroleague Basketball said that Fiba, the sport’s global governing body, has rejected proposals it submitted to “integrate” the aims of the two organisations through new governance and competition structures, with the goal of ending the dispute between the parties.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that Shanghai has replaced Suzhou as one of eight host cities for its 2019 World Cup in China, while the global governing body has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese conglomerate Beijing Enterprises Group (BEG) to set up a basketball academy in the country.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has agreed a marketing partnership with the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has secured the non-exclusive rights to collect and distribute live data from a host of International Basketball Federation (Fiba) events to betting and media outlets through to the end of 2017.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has said it will invite the Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA) organisation to talks this week after electing to back the decision of its European division to threaten sanctions against 14 national associations over their affiliation with Euroleague Basketball.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has upped the ante in its battle with Euroleague Basketball over the future of the continental club game by threatening sanctions against 14 European members, including removal from the EuroBasket 2017 national team tournament.

Euroleague Basketball has outlined revamped structures for the continent's two top professional club competitions, the Euroleague and Eurocup, and has maintained its war-of-words with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) over its rival plans.

The escalating dispute over the future direction of European club basketball stepped up a notch today (Tuesday) after the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) confirmed it has filed a complaint to the European Commission (EC) against Euroleague Properties SA, a subsidiary of Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA).