Basketball

NZ upset banged-up Kings in NBL grand final opener

Will McDowell-White has put on a clinic to help the New Zealand Breakers to a 95-87 win over the Sydney Kings in Game 1 of the NBL grand final series.

Irving, Doncic put on NBA masterclass in Mavericks win

All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic have sounded an ominous warning to the rest of the NBA, combining for 82 points as Dallas beat Philadelphia 133...

Cooks, Kings won't crack under NBL grand final pressure

NBL MVP Xavier Cooks has allayed fears over his ankle injury and backed the Sydney Kings to handle the heat from New Zealand in the upcoming grand fin...

Out-of-favour Mills 'invaluable' to NBA's Nets

Overlooked Australian Patty Mills will get a chance to break back into the rotation as the new-look Brooklyn tweak their line-up in the run to the pla...

Heavyweights, minnows book FIBA World Cup spots

South Sudan and Cape Verde have made sporting history to qualify alongside Australia for a basketball World Cup headlined by some of the NBA's biggest...

Sudanese refugee chases basketball dream in Australia

Manyiel Wugol's story is one of perseverance and dedication to a friend whose basketball career was cut short.

Townsville, Southside to fight for top spot in WNBL

Townsville have won another thriller as the Southside Flyers thumped the Melbourne Boomers again and Perth replaced Bendigo in the WNBL top four.

Boomers thump Kazakhstan in final FIBA qualifier

Todd Blanchfield has posted the best tally of any Boomer since Patty Mills in Tokyo in a 98-53 World Cup Asian qualifying win over an error-riddled Ka...

Jayson Tatum scores NBA match-winner for Boston

The Boston Celtics have edged the 76ers in an NBA Eastern Conference table-topping clash in Philadelphia.

Boomers defeat plucky Bahrain in FIBA qualifier

Todd Blanchfield and Isaac Humphries led the Boomers to a sometimes patchy 83-51 win over Bahrain in their men's basketball World Cup Asian qualifier.

Bronzed Boomers no longer World Cup underdogs

Boomers forward Nick Kay expects the world's best to target an Australian team that will no longer be World Cup underdogs after their Olympic breakthr...

NBL veteran rates Breakers on par with golden group

Tom Abercrombie can find similarities between the current New Zealand Breakers group and the one that claimed four NBL titles over six seasons.

Breakers handling 'weird' NBL grand final build-up

Seven New Zealand Breakers players must decide whether to risk injury representing the Tall Blacks during the FIBA window ahead of the NBL grand final...

Red-hot Townsville Fire continue WNBL winning streak

Townsville have made it 10 straight wins to move to the top of the WNBL table while Bendigo's form slump continued, leaving their finals hopes in jeop...

Brown steers Breakers past Jackies and into NBL decider

The Breakers, last year's wooden spooners, will tackle Sydney for the NBL crown after Barry Brown Jr masterminded a semifinal-clinching win over Tasma...

Kings overpower weary Taipans, advance to NBL decider

The overworked and undermanned Cairns Taipans have finally ran out of puff as the Sydney Kings claimed a tough semi-final series to reach the NBL gran...

NBL concede Kings' flop call incorrect

While injured star Xavier Cooks is in doubt for Sydney's decider against Cairns, the NBL have conceded a call that saw coach Chase Buford erupt was wr...

MVP Xavier Cooks faces season's end with ankle injury

Sydney coach Chase Buford has taken aim at the NBL's referees but his main concern is Xavier Cooks' injured ankle heading into the semi-final against...

Cooks hurt, Buford ejected as Taipans level semis

Xavier Cooks' season may be over and the Kings' title defence hanging by a thread after Cairns dramatically levelled their NBL semi-final series.

JackJumpers beat Breakers to stay alive in NBL playoffs

A second-half surge helped Tasmania JackJumpers level their NBL semi-final series against the New Zealand Breakers with a 89-78 win in Hobart.