Basketball

Aug 01, 2019 17:08
DAKAR, Senegal: The Basketball Africa League (BAL) Thursday announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final.
Jul 31, 2019 17:07
TORONTO: Uninterrupted, the athlete empowerment brand founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is launching in Canada in partnership with multi award-winning artist and entrepreneur Drake.
Jul 30, 2019 13:07
BEIJING: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Tencent Holdings Limited, the exclusive Official Digital Partner of the NBA in China, Monday announced a five-year expansion of their existing partnership that will see Tencent - the NBA’s largest partner outside the US - provide extensive NBA coverage on its platforms through the 2024-25 NBA season, including live NBA games, NBA programming and interactive fan experien
Jul 26, 2019 16:07
GUWAHATI: Assam's financial capital Guwahati will play host to the third edition of Khelo India Youth Games in January next, state chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said while chairing the first high-powered review meeting here Thursday.   Sonowal said the state machinery, including sports bodies, should make the best innovation for successfully organising the games in the city.
Jul 25, 2019 13:07
NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association (NBA) Wednesday announced the roster of 32 youth teams that will participate in the second Jr. NBA Global Championship, a youth basketball tournament for the top 13- and 14-year-old boys and girls teams from around the world, as well as the line-up of talent who will support the event onsite.  
Jul 23, 2019 17:07
NEW YORK: Forbes has released its annual list of the Top 50 most valuable sports teams in the world and for the fourth year running, the Dallas Cowboys tops the charts. The NFL franchise is currently valued at a monster $5 billion.
Jul 23, 2019 17:07
SAN FRANCISCO: The Golden State Warriors and Fanatics, the global leader for licensed sports merchandise, Monday announced a long-term, omnichannel retail partnership which will significantly broaden the assortment and availability of high-quality merchandise for fans across online, mobile and on-site retail stores.
Jul 18, 2019 15:07
MUMBAI: Fountainhead MKTG, the experiential marketing agency of Dentsu Aegis Network, recently concluded the Reliance Foundation Jr NBA Program across 34 cities and 7900 schools. The 6 month long program reached out to more than 6,00,000 students expanding the sporting education in the country while building the sporting property in its sixth year.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: India’s flagship national oil major in the downstream sector, IndianOil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Tuesday announced its future roadmap towards sports promotion, which is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of supporting players across various sports.
Jul 15, 2019 16:07
NEW DELHI: The second season of India’s only FIBA-recognised league, 3x3 Pro Basketball League Indian Sub-continent (3BL), will be held from August 2nd to September 29th across five cities in India. In a pioneering move, 3BL is also introducing a women’s 3x3 basketball league, which will be conducted simultaneously alongside the men’s league.