Defending champions of the U19 boys grade of the Vodafone Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Yat Sen Secondary got right into the thick of things.

The Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Championship will start tomorrow in Lautoka with 66 teams and more than 800 students taking part in six categories for both boys and girls.

More than 800 students will feature at the Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball tournament in Lautoka from next Thursday to Saturday.

The Seattle Storm re-signed veteran forward Gabby Williams for the remainder of the 2024 WNBA season.

Will “Bull” Bullard and Cherelle “Torch” George have revealed plans to help provide basketball hoops for several schools.

Fiji is gearing up to compete for the FIBA U15 Oceania Cup title with hopes of qualifying for the Youth Asia Cup and the Underage World Cup.

Two renowned Harlem Globetrotters players, Will “Bull” Bullard and Cherelle “Torch” George, are scheduled to visit Fiji this week as part of a Sports Diplomacy tour.

On the highest step of the Olympic podium, U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner wept, tears trickling down her face as her country’s national anthem serenaded her for a gold medal she could not have imagined winning while in a Russian prison.

The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women’s basketball final, claiming a historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that had seemed within their grasp.

There was no “Miracle on the Seine” at the Paris Olympics today as the United States men’s basketball team did as expected by grinding out a 98-87 win over France to claim a fifth consecutive gold medal.

The United States kept the dream alive with a stirring fourth quarter rally to tame feisty Serbia 95-91 on Friday and move into the Paris Olympics men’s basketball gold medal final against France.

Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk has received permission from the 49ers to seek a trade, a significant development signaling contract talks are unlikely to be resolved with the 26-year-old in San Francisco.