Basketball

Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Brooklyn Nets, has announced he plans to relocate the company that operates the NBA basketball team to Russia.

Fiba Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has removed the 2014 U-18 European Championship men’s Division B competition from Donetsk, Ukraine, but has insisted that it still hopes the EuroBasket 2015 tournament will take place in the country.

The European division of the International Basketball Federation, Fiba, has denied that Ukraine has given up the hosting rights to EuroBasket 2015 even though tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky admitted yesterday (Wednesday) that he “cannot imagine” how to host the national team event next year.

Ukraine has given up hosting rights to the 2015 EuroBasket national team basketball competition because of the political and financial situation in the country, according to tournament director Markiyan Lubkivsky.

UK Sport, the national high-performance sports agency, has announced that weightlifting will have its funding as a ‘World Class Programme’ restored, but the withdrawal of money from six other sports, including basketball, remains in place.

The Fédération Française de Basketball (FFBB), the sport’s governing body in France, has submitted an offer to replace crisis-hit Ukraine as the host country of the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament.

The Japanese Basketball Association (JBA) has announced it is to launch a new men’s professional basketball league in 2016.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has adopted a raft of new general statutes designed to strengthen the organisation for future growth opportunities, including the addition of specific places on its central board for representatives of the sport's athletes and North American league the NBA.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has appointed London-based agency The Sports Consultancy to support its search for a host for its 2019 World Cup.

The official development competition of North American basketball league the NBA, the D-League, has expanded to a record 18 teams following the announcement that the New York Knicks have acquired a new franchise.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is exploring the possibility of scheduling games in the early morning to hit primetime TV audiences in China.

Barry Wilner looks at how MGM Resorts International’s proposed multi-purpose arena in Las Vegas will herald a new area for Sin City’s sports scene.

Bucharest in Romania has been selected as the host city of the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) inaugural 3x3 European Championships.

Wellington in New Zealand is being lined up as the destination for one of at least four expansion franchises for the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), according to the Fairfax NZ news agency.

Newly-appointed NBA commissioner Adam Silver has insisted that expanding the North American basketball league is not currently a priority, but has admitted that the introduction of jersey sponsorships will happen in the future.

NBA basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers MLB baseball franchise, Mark Walter, have reached an agreement to acquire Women’s NBA team Los Angeles Sparks – a move that is set to ensure the future of the franchise in the city.