Basketball

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The NBA basketball league has today (Wednesday) confirmed the Washington Wizards will play the New York Knicks in a regular-season meeting at its NBA London Game 2019.

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German Basketball Bundesliga powerhouse Brose Bamberg has defected from the EuroLeague competition to join the Basketball Champions League.

North and South Korea have agreed to form a unified team for certain sports at this year’s edition of the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

Puma has appointed rap superstar Jay-Z to the role of creative director for the sportswear company’s basketball division.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has approved a new competitions system for women’s national team events, while it has also handed a long-term contract extension to secretary general Patrick Baumann.

FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann looks ahead to the first World Basketball Summit, which takes place in Xi’an, China, on October 3 and 4

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North American basketball league the NBA has announced that this year’s edition of its Africa Game will take place in the South African city of Pretoria, having initially been planned for Johannesburg.

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The European division of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has reopened its battle with Euroleague Basketball over the calendar model for the sport on the continent by issuing a strongly worded declaration attacking the actions of Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA).

The North American Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has extended its partnership with daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator FanDuel.

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Euroleague Basketball, which organises continental club competitions in Europe, has announced that Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain will host the Final Four stage of its EuroLeague tournament in 2019, while it has also agreed a three-year partnership with ticketing company MytiGO for the event.