March 13 - FOUR of the top five teams in the world will contest the men’s wheelchair basketball

”   With the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships being held in Birmingham, the BT

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) president Maureen Orchard said: “IWBF is

medal in Beijing was just the start of a dynasty and the teams from Great Britain, Germany and the USA

Athletes will compete in four sports at world class competition venues in Manchester: wheelchair basketball

  FEBRUARY 13 - JERRY COLANGELO (pictured), the director of USA Basketball, will meet members of the

  SEPTEMBER 23 - NIKE has said that it is leaving the elite swimwear market ahead of the 2012 Olympics, a public admission that it cannot compete against its main rival Speedo, whose new suit has this year revolutionised the sport and it has raised fears it could jeopardise the United States' performance in London.

He called on the US Olympic Committee and USA Swimming to come up with a new funding structure that gives

Those categories are running, soccer, basketball, men's training and women's training and sportswear.

PARALYMPICSGB today confirmed the athletes selected as part of the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball

Matthews, 35, who combines work as a lawyer with training for basketball, said: “Being part of

the Great Britain women’s wheelchair basketball team is always an honour – but being selected to

Paralympic World Cup last week, where the team just missed out on the gold medal, losing in a close final to USA

The wheelchair basketball events at the Games take place at the University of Science and Technology

The competition for the wheelchair basketball gets under way on September 7 with the finals scheduled

 AUGUST 22 - THE basketball tournament at London 2012 could be the biggest in Olympic history after officials

 The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) will discuss the possibility of the expansion from

Baumann said: "As a result of the success here, we think basketball deserves a field of 16 teams.  

He said: "About 247,000 turned out to watch the basketball games at the 2004 Athens.  

"That's the most watched game in the Olympic basketball history."  

"If the rest of the world wants to compete with the USA, they must adapt to their rules."

 JULY 20 - THE United States Olympic team is preparing to move into its pre-Games training base ahead of next month's event in Beijing.

new gymnasium in Beijing Normal University has been built exclusively for the latest version of the basketball

USA Track & Field have already signed an agreement with Birmingham City Council for their athletes to

  JTHE draw for the group stages of the wheelchair basketball competitions at the 2008 Paralympic Games

and Germany in the group stages, while Britain’s men will play hosts China, Israel, Brazil and the USA

by members of the wheelchair basketball competition management team and players from the Chinese men

The Wheelchair basketball competitions at the Beijing Paralympic Games get under way on September 7,

Group B   1             Great Britain               China      2             USA                             

             Japan                             China      4             Canada                         USA

  JANUARY 23 - SHEFFIELD has appointed two sports ambassadors to try to help them attract a major nation to train in the city during the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

He was awarded an MBE in 2006 for his services to basketball.  

“Athletes in a range of sports, and not just diving and basketball, will need training camps and venues

The German diving team has already visited the city as have the Saudi Arabian wheelchair basketball team

and the Bermudian women’s basketball team.  

They have also had initial talks with Australian, Brazilian, Canadian and USA teams.  

  DECEMBER 19 - MANCHESTER will once again stage the Paralympic World Cup in 2008, it was announced today.

is in its fourth year, will again feature four sports - athletics, swimming, cycling and wheelchair basketball

will all have an extended programme while the GB men's and women's teams will both take part in the basketball

The women will take on Brazil, China and the Netherlands with the men facing Germany, Sweden and the USA

  LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.

British programme lies in the fact that only five of Finch's 23-man party play in the lowly British Basketball

Squad: A Sullivan, A Betts, R Archibald (all Badalona, Spain), K Achara (Dusquesne University, USA),

  LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.

British programme lies in the fact that only five of Finch's 23-man party play in the lowly British Basketball

Squad: A Sullivan, A Betts, R Archibald (all Badalona, Spain), K Achara (Dusquesne University, USA),

  LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.

British programme lies in the fact that only five of Finch's 23-man party play in the lowly British Basketball

Squad: A Sullivan, A Betts, R Archibald (all Badalona, Spain), K Achara (Dusquesne University, USA),

  LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.

British programme lies in the fact that only five of Finch's 23-man party play in the lowly British Basketball

Squad: A Sullivan, A Betts, R Archibald (all Badalona, Spain), K Achara (Dusquesne University, USA),

  THE United States "Dream Team" could be missing from the London 2012 Olympics because top NBA stars fear burn-out.

wake of a disappointing third-place US finish at the 2004 Athens Olympics and was supposed to give USA

Basketball a pool of talent to field top teams as needed without an excessive load on those unwilling

  BRITISH BASKETBALL'S hopes of being successful in the 2012 London Olympics could receive a boost after a new cooperation deal with the United States' oldest professional league was signed today.

  The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) announced that it has entered into a partnership with

the The British Basketball Association (BBA), aimed at developing players and raising the profile of

stated our objectives are to leverage our network and business experience in order to bring better basketball

The CBA is the world's oldest professional basketball league and is currently entering its 61st year

It is registered with USA Basketball and FIBA and has standing agreements with all major global leagues