Basketball

March Madness: A guide to the US college basketball tournament
Annual tournament happens each March, drawing millions of viewers who fill out brackets to predict next NCAA champions.
Published On 13 Mar 2023
Kobe Bryant’s family to get $28.5m from LA in photo case
Deal resolves claims related to first responders sharing photos of fatal helicopter crash that killed Bryant, 8 others.
Published On 1 Mar 2023
‘One of a kind’: Radhouane Slimane and Tunisia’s basketball boom
Tunisian basketball star Radhouane Slimane looks to defy the odds and his age as US Monastir play at the FIBA ICC.
Published On 9 Feb 2023
‘A towering achievement’: LeBron James breaks NBA scoring record
Los Angeles Lakers star, in his 20th NBA season, passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 39-year record of 38,387 points.
Published On 8 Feb 2023

Los Angeles Lakers superstar is just 36 points away from surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as league’s all-time top scorer.

In first remarks since returning to the US, WNBA star thanks all who pushed for her release from Russian prison.

As US welcomes release of basketball star Brittney Griner, calls grow to free other US citizen detained in Russia.

WNBA player, whose whereabouts had been publicly unknown, is in penal colony 500km southeast of Moscow, lawyers confirm.

US basketball star was moved to a Russian penal colony, which are infamous for harsh conditions and forced labour.

Nike suspends its eight-year relationship with Brooklyn Nets guard after he apologised for promoting anti-Jewish film.

Irving issued apology after Nets suspended him for at least five games, saying he is ‘currently unfit to be associated’.

US basketball star’s appeal rejected by Moscow court in what the White House calls ‘another sham judicial proceeding’.

The team of teenage African Italian minors who fought to play basketball, all the way to Italy’s parliament.

President Joe Biden said he would meet with Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader was willing to discuss Griner’s case.

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