Basketball

A deal to transfer the ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers could be sealed this week after Bank of America was hired to broker the same of the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise.

Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to allow his wife Shelly Sterling to negotiate a forced sale of the NBA basketball franchise, according to ESPN.com.

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has become the first professional sports league in North America to establish an integrated marketing, media, grassroots and social responsibility programme.

The City of Sacramento has given the go ahead to plans to build and finance a new $477m (€348m) Entertainment and Sports Centre (ESC) for NBA basketball franchise Sacramento Kings.

The NBA has charged Donald Sterling with damaging the North American basketball league and set up a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to strip him of the ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Euroleague Basketball has selected Madrid to host the 2015 edition of its showpiece Final Four series.

FIBA Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has elected Turgay Demirel as its new president, succeeding the late Olafur Rafnsson.

The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) board of governors has unanimously approved the $550m (€395.7m) sale of the Milwaukee Bucks to New York investment firm executives Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens.

FIBA Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has granted a request by the Ukrainian Basketball Federation to postpone a decision on whether the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament can take place in the country.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has installed former Citigroup and Time Warner chairman Dick Parsons as interim chief executive of the Los Angeles Clippers, as Donald Sterling and his estranged wife Rochelle state their case for ownership of the crisis-hit franchise.

The saga surrounding the ownership of NBA basketball franchise Los Angeles Clippers has gained a fresh twist after the estranged wife of disgraced owner Donald Sterling stated her intention to retain a 50 per cent stake in the team.

Sport and betting-related data company Sportradar has agreed a deal to become the official data partner of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced it will appoint a chief executive to supervise the daily running of the Los Angeles Clippers after banning owner Donald Sterling for life.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has received unanimous backing from 10 team owners to proceed with the formal removal of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

A host of big names from the fields of sport, business and entertainment have thrown their hats into the ring to acquire NBA basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of the scandal surrounding owner Donald Sterling.

Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has been banned for life by new NBA commissioner Adam Silver after the 80-year-old (pictured left) was recorded making racist comments.