Basketball

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).

The National Basketball Association has said it will mark the 10th edition of its NBA Global Games China series by staging two preseason games in the country later this year.

EuroBasket 2015 presented by Beko took place in Croatia, France, Germany and Latvia. it was broadcast in more than 100 countries and registered a cumulative TV audience of 189m1. It was attended by 711,131 spectators, an increase of 116 per cent on the 2013 edition.

The US division of leading global technology leader LG Electronics uses its sponsorship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to enhance the game day experience of college sports fans through its range of consumer products.

North America’s NBA basketball league has revealed that the 2018 edition of its All-Star weekend will take place in Los Angeles, California.

Fiba Africa, the governing body of basketball on the continent, has rejected plans to launch a new club competition entitled the African Basketball League (ABL).