Canada Basketball has announced a partnership with energy drinks giant Red Bull.

Red Bull Reign series will have the chance to enter the 3x3 Canada Quest circuit.It comes with 3x3 basketball

full Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and its Commonwealth Games bow at Birmingham 2022.Earlier this month, USA

Basketball announced a series of qualifying events hosted by Red Bull would determine the four men and

We are excited to join forces with Red Bull to help develop 3x3 basketball in Canada," said Glen Grunwald

, the President and chief executive of Canada Basketball.

hosted by Red Bull will determine the four men and four women who represent the United States in the 3x3 basketball

USA Basketball said each of the 20 competitions would offer qualification points for players hoping to

with the Red Bull 3X Series due to conclude in Seattle at a date to be confirmed.Under International Basketball

will make the final decision on the composition of the teams should they secure an Olympic spot.3x3 basketball

Getty Images"Our priority is qualifying both our men’s and women’s teams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics," USA

Basketball chief executive Jim Tooley said, according to USA Today.

USA Gymnastics has announced its first director of sports medicine and science, Dr Edward Nyman, has

said Nyman’s “employment will not continue due to a conflict of interest” but refused to elaborate, USA

reports.The question of why any such conflict was not made apparent during the hiring process was put to USA

recover from the revelations of abuse of athletes over the past 20 years, with the now-jailed former USA

recently-installed chief executive, former gymnast Li Li Leung, who had worked previously for the National Basketball

Association.This is the third time since August that a USA Gymnastics management appointment has lasted

Molten has renewed its deal to be the official basketball of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association

The NWBA's partnership agreement with Molten USA, first signed in 2016, now extends through until the

with the NWBA, the governing body, and the exceptional athletes," Melissa Dawson, President of Molten USA

 "We are honored to have the opportunity to accentuate the growth of wheelchair basketball; as well

Steve Serio, captain of the United States wheelchair basketball team that won the Paralympic Games gold

Wheelchair basketball and Molten have become synonymous, which highlights their impact for our sport.

The Rugby World Cup trophy – the Webb Ellis Cup – has been to Los Angeles as part of a promotional tour ahead of this year’s tournament in Japan.

of the city’s most iconic sporting venues including Staples Center – home of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball

“Having the Rugby World Cup here in the USA is a huge boost to us and seeing the reaction of the pupils

the LA84 Foundation, looking back on the last Games in the city 35 years ago.The chief executive of USA

“We have a strong ambition to grow the game in the USA and a Rugby World Cup is the perfect opportunity

Baseball, which will not be a part of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, has to work harder to modernise and show it is a global sport, according to Riccardo Fraccari, President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

modernise our event, even for the youth, with new disciplines – with for instance basebal5, which is like basketball

Canada two years ago and will be aiming for a fifth title at Gijang in South Korea later this year ©USA

USA Baseball presented an excellent bid, vision and venue plan for one of youth sport's most prestigious

participation numbers increasing over 20 per cent to 25 milliion over the last five years in the US alone.”USA

Baseball President Mike Gaski responded: "USA Baseball is honoured to be selected to host the U-18 Baseball

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations' (ASOIF) "Future of Global Sport" report, published earlier this week, should have had International Federations (IFs) shifting rather uncomfortably in their seats.

rather different picture to Bach, amid the ongoing disputes impacting the likes of the International Basketball

franchises in the NBA and NFL, while clubs like Barcelona and Real Madrid are part of a EuroLeague format in basketball

The report highlights the success of the professional leagues in the USA and Europe," said Rob Koehler

United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chief external affairs officer Patrick Sandusky is leaving the organisation to become senior vice-president of sports public relations at The Madison Square Garden Company, it has been announced.

Sandusky, who spent 10 years at the USOC, will be responsible for communications at National Basketball

 "After a decade of working with many of the world’s greatest athletes at Team USA, I now have the

USA Gymnastics has immediately come under fire for its appointment of a new President and chief executive

best qualifications and attributes for a candidate to be successful.Survivors of Nassar, the former USA

“The survivors’ Bankruptcy Committee had repeatedly asked USA Gymnastics leaders to be included in the

“Further, her association with the NBA [National Basketball League] is far from encouraging.

“However, she’s the right pick to protect USA Gymnastics/USOC secrets and change nothing.

“That’s precisely why the USOC/USA Gymnastics leadership selected her.”Leung was previously a managing

Scandal-hit USA Gymnastics (USAG) have announced the appointment of Li Li Leung as the organisation’s

from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.Leung becomes the fourth President and chief executive of USA

gymnasts in which they questioned her appointment.USA Gymnastics claim the appointment of former National Basketball

I am honoured to be the next chief of USA Gymnastics and to lead an organisation that plays an important

negotiating and managing key partner relationships around the world.USAG state she has been involved with USA

Car giant Toyota have announced partnerships with six American National Governing Bodies (NGB) in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Toyota will partner with the organisations for skateboarding, surfing, wheelchair basketball, swimming

sponsorship as a global partner, we went through NGB portfolios and already had some relationships, like USA

Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo, as will surfing.The National Wheelchair Basketball

willingness to tell the story of skateboarding's journey to the Olympics, makes them an ideal partner of USA

local beach break or secluded surf spot," he said.Toyota's partnership with the National Wheelchair Basketball

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) has announced the initial selection of athletes

for the 2019 United States men's wheelchair basketball team, which will participate at the Parapan American

won gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 11 who claimed silver at the 2018 International Wheelchair Basketball

 Steve Serio, who won gold with the US wheelchair basketball team at the 2015 Parapan American Games

to work with the high quality of athletes that attended this try-out," said 2019 US men's wheelchair basketball

nbsp;"I again appreciate the effort and performance of all athletes that attended the 2019 Toyota Team USA

Next year, in the space of just over four months, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) will stage not one but two multi-sport events second only to the Olympics in terms of scale and complexity.

with roller sports, snowboarding and freestyle.”FISU has also been hugely influential in testing 3x3 basketball

Basketball is now the number one urban team sport in the world and FISU is integral to its growth," Matytsin

Because of our success in basketball, other sports and cities are looking to partner with us because

The swimming venue and one of the main basketball competition courts are also beside the Mostra, making

FISU will return to North American soil for the Winter Universiade 2023 in Lake Placid, USA.

American National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) Board of Directors has accepted the resignation

The NWBA is comprised of more than 200 wheelchair basketball teams across 22 conferences ©NWBABartkowski

increase the publicity of the athletes and the NWBA.He previously served as the executive director for USA

positive financial assets in 2012.Bartkowski also re-organised a high-performance team that guided USA

Minnesota has been confirmed as host of a International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup event to be held in March 2020. 

Foundation are able to formally confirm that the cross country World Cup will be coming back to the USA

experience with hosting a big sporting event, recently holding Super Bowl LII and the Women's National Basketball