Hosts Australia fell agonisingly short of making a second appearance in the Women's Basketball World

#FIBAWWC x @TCL_Global pic.twitter.com/5fJrMEAhho— FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (@FIBAWWC) September

30, 2022Han Xu, who plays for New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association, topped

I want more people to cheer for women's basketball," Han said after booking a place in the final."

That’s the beauty of USA basketball, we aren’t together for long but we know our goal and that’s winning

Hosts Australia are one game away from reaching the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’

s Basketball World Cup after defeating Belgium 86-69 in the quarter-finals today.

USA ?? pic.twitter.com/vNuL8FQchl— FIBA (@FIBA) September 29, 2022"It will be a physical one."

Individual time trial events took place at Wollongong today. They mark the start of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships; but also something much bigger. Namely Australia's "Decade of Sport".

World Cycling Championships, the UCI Freestyle BMX World Cup, swimming’s 'Duel in the Pool' between the USA

On Thursday (September 22) the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's World Cup will be held

in Sydney, finishing on October 1.Such is the pull of this momentous competition that Australian Basketball

On a grassy bank outside the Olympic Stadium in Munich, a series of plaques record the name of every gold medallist at the 1972 Games.

Alongside a pictogram for basketball are inscribed the names of the Soviet Union's basketball squad which

the US for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to re-examine the result of the match.The 1972 basketball

Today is the 50th anniversary of the most controversial Olympic game ever- the US vs Soviet basketball

was the first time they had lost even a single match in the Olympic Games.In addition, they regarded basketball

Silver medal USA."

The United States, Spain and France are among the favourites to claim victory at the International Basketball

@richyrich_3 pic.twitter.com/vcE4YgukeS— USA Basketball 3x3 (@usab3x3) August 31, 2022Their initial

Men's Olympic basketball champions the United States are set to begin the defence of their Americas continental

The US won the last edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) AmeriCup in 2017, beating

Recife, BrazilThe USA AmeriCup Team shared the court with ??

(4:40 pm ET, ESPN+) pic.twitter.com/4oPQW7STZL— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) September 1, 2022Backed

Olympic Committee (IOC) to create The Redeem Team, a new documentary focusing on the United States’ men’s basketball

showcasing the personality and dynamics of a special group of superstars who came together as one to reclaim basketball

Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams, Michael Redd and Tayshaun Prince.Wade and Bryant were only National Basketball

dominant, our other big challenge was changing the perception of what everyone thought about the NBA and USA

Basketball!"

USOPC) has agreed a partnership with Comcast, where the telecommunications giant will support the Team USA

We are grateful for the support of Comcast not only in recognising our Team USA Service and Hope Award

ImagesThe inaugural edition of the award saw Cerebral Palsy Soccer US' Shea Hammond, National Wheelchair Basketball

core to Comcast's culture since our founding and we are thrilled to play a part in celebrating Team USA

Women's cricket is making its Commonwealth Games debut at Birmingham 2022, but Suzie Bates is no stranger to a major multi-sport event having played at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Bates was in the New Zealand basketball team in 2008 and is hoping to see New Zealand play England in

the athletes from all over the world, just being starstruck really and wanting to get my eye on the USA

basketball team and try and get some photos, and people like Roger Federer as well."

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has marked 10 years until the start of Brisbane 2032, with chief executive Matt Carroll claiming that the country has "incredible opportunities over the next decade".

events prior to its scheduled staging of the Olympics for the third time in 2032.The International Basketball

Road Cycling Championships, the UCI Freestyle BMX World Cup, swimming’s 'Duel in the Pool' between the USA

"Making it big in America" has been an obsession of British pop groups and singers ever since The Beatles became a cultural phenomenon across the Atlantic in the 1960s.

soccer, they do not even use the name the rest of the world does).Eugene is the self-styled TrackTown USA

occasional 10 kilometres race, can no more identify with shot putter Ryan Crouser than they can with basketball

A new circuit of athletics meetings designed to help popularise the sport in the build-up to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is set to be launched next year in the United States.

The series has been revealed by Max Siegel, the chief executive of USA Track & Field (USATF), with

were interested in it.To move into the top five behind football on 66 per cent, baseball 56 per cent, basketball

Paralympic title at Tokyo 2020, and Canada's women secured gold medals at the International Wheelchair Basketball

teams have qualified for the men’s event at the IWBF World Championships.It's lucky number 8️⃣ for the USA

Among the innovations at the Hayward Field venue that has been re-built to host the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships that start on Friday (July 15) is a 10-storey tower which pays tribute to five track and field legends from the neighbouring University of Oregon.

 He is the coach who stands at the heart of TrackTown USA, or Eugene, Oregon as non-athletics people

 Pre’s Rock, a memorial to him, stands at the site, much adorned.TrackTown USA personified - the

We are also working with agencies in America including USA Track and Field to generate ideas to connect

The sport trailed, in order, football (66%), baseball, basketball, soccer, swimming, tennis and motor

, sadly, is not TrackCity USA.

Michael Phelps and Trischa Zorn-Hudson, the most decorated Olympian and Paralympian of all time respectively, are set to be inducted to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame.

champion Michelle Kwan and footballer Mia Hamm.Cyclist and Alpine skier Muffy Davis and wheelchair basketball

back-to-back men's 110m hurdles Olympic champion Roger Kingdom are to be incorporated as legends, with women's basketball

Fame and to celebrate their remarkable individual and team achievements as representatives of Team USA

contributions of those members of the 'team behind the team' who dedicated themselves to helping Team USA