US authorities have formally charged three people with conspiring with an NBA player to fix basketball games, prosecutors in New York announced on Thursday.

The Mavericks superstar will join his national team in Greece in order to access Paris 2024, as long as his knees hold up after playing in his first NBA Finals, which start on Thursday.

As the 2023/2024 NBA Finals get underway this Thursday, the Mavericks, led by scoring champion Luka Doncic and sharpshooter Kyrie Irving, will need to perform at a high level if they are to secure a second trophy for Dallas against the favourites, the Boston Celtics, who are aiming to become the all-time championship leaders.

The fallout from the Porter case continues to reverberate after he was banned for life for his involvement in a sports betting scandal in the NBA. A New York man has been criminally charged and detained while attempting to fly to Australia for his alleged involvement in the former Raptors player's illegal sports betting scheme.

The 21st edition of the programme organised by the NBA and the International Basketball Federation came to an end on 3 June. It highlighted the best of the 60 high school prospects who attended master classes with NBA and WNBA players and coaches in the Spanish city.

The Greek national team’s coach Vassilis Spanoulis confirmed that the NBA superstar, who missed the Playoffs due to injury, will take part in the upcoming FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Piraeus.

Australian women’s basketball team the Seven Consulting Opals will kick start their world tour in Asia tomorrow: playing three games against China in the next week, then on to Japan for the Mitsui Fudosan Cup 2024. The Opals clash with China again, hosting the team this time at the Ford BALLIN’24 series this July, according to Basketball Australia who posted the team’s schedule last week. 

Panathinaikos overturned Real Madrid's 36-point first-quarter lead and, with a monumental performance from Sloukas, were crowned Euroleague Final Four basketball for the seventh time in their history.

The WNBA is expanding, and in 2026 it will do so in Canada with the arrival of a new franchise. It will be the fourteenth team to play in the league and it will play in an 8,000-seat arena, which will be shared with the city's Professional Women's Hockey League club. Vancouver and Montreal will also host games.

The NBA and FIBA are joining forces to organise the 21st edition of Basketball Without Borders (BWB). This is the third time the camp has been held in Spain. Elite coaches and players will be on hand to improve the skills of the participants. The camp starts on Friday 31 May and ends on 3 June.

FIBA has confirmed that Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang province, will host the fifth edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Women's Series Final on 7-8 September 2024. The flagship event of the women's professional circuit will mark China's debut as host.

The FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournamentcame to an exciting conclusion with France, Lithuania and Poland finishing on the podium in the men's competition to secure their places at Paris 2024, while Germany, Spain and Canada did the same in the women's competition.

The grand finale of the 2024 season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will take place in Hong Kong for the first time in history on 23-24 November 2024, featuring the world's best men's 3x3 teams.

WNBA debutant Caitlin Clark scored 20 points but gave up 10 turnovers as her Indiana Fever went down 92-71 to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday night.

FIBA announced its Hall of Fame Class 2024 lineup to be honoured in an enshrinement ceremony this September in Singapore. In a press release last month the organisation released the list of the seven players and one coach chosen for their outstanding contributions to basketball is USA's Reggie Miller and Serbian favourite Predrag Stojakovic just two of the standout names ready to be inducted.