Basketball

Bruce Levenson has agreed to sell his controlling interest in the Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball franchise after reporting himself to the league for sending a racist email two years ago.

The Philippines will bid to host the 2019 edition of the Fiba Basketball World Cup, according to Manny Pangilinan, president of the sport’s governing body in the country.

A number of teams in the North American NBA basketball league will face opposition from overseas teams during the 2014-15 pre-season programme.

The exploitation of short-form content across multiple platforms has become a central part of North American basketball league the NBA’s global media rights strategy over the last three years.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced a “large-scale” partnership with social media platform Twitter, with the agreement having commenced with the start of the 2014 World Cup on Saturday.

Horacio Muratore has been elected as the new president of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

When they wouldn’t let Larry Scott unify professional tennis, he turned his attention to college sport in the United States. As Commissioner he has turned the Pacific-10 conference into Pac-12, signed a $3-billion TV deal and set up a wholly owned media network. But, as he told Kevin Roberts, there’s a cloud on the horizon.

Joshua Harris, lead investor in NBA basketball franchise the Philadelphia 76ers and co-owner of NHL ice hockey team the New Jersey Devils, has become the latest speaker revealed for the seventh edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit, which takes place in London on October 8-9.

Basketball Australia has appointed Anthony Moore as its new chief executive.

Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of software giant Microsoft, has completed his takeover of NBA basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has said it will appeal a US judge’s ruling that would allow universities to offer student athletes a limited share of revenue, a decision that overturns the NCAA’s stance of enforcing amateurism in college sports.

Fiba Americas, basketball’s governing body in the region, has awarded its 2015 Fiba Americas Championship to Mexico, with the country defeating rival bids from Brazil and Venezuela to host the national team tournament.

The North American NBA basketball league has confirmed that it will stage an exhibition game in South Africa next August.

The Sacramento Kings have emerged as the latest major league sports franchise to express an interest in securing a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion team amid reports that the owners of the NBA basketball outfit will hold talks this week over acquiring USL Pro club Sacramento Republic.

Fiba Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has received a record number of eight official bids from potential organisers of EuroBasket 2015, as it seeks to secure a replacement for Ukraine as host of its national team showpiece.

Washington, D.C., attorney Michele Roberts has said she is already focused on negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after making history by being appointed the new executive director of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).