Basketball

Greek and European basketball legend Dimitrios Papanikolaou is in Cyprus ahead of the Cyprus Basketball Federation’s (CBF) annual awards ceremony, scheduled for Monday evening at the Royal Hall in ...

The upgrade of the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol is in full progress, ahead of the hosting of FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 in our country, next summer. Since August 2024, when the works ...

Fenerbahce’s basketball team said they would not release their players for international duty after the coach of Turkey’s national side showed his support for fierce footballing rivals Galatasaray. ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday telephoned Panathinaikos basketball coach Ergin Ataman. The call came days after Ataman had reacted with upset to a banner reading ‘50 years of illegal ...

Greek basketball club Panathinaikos on Tuesday night issued a message of unity following a furore over a banner unfurled at their fixture with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in Cyprus. ...

The banner unfurled at the basketball match between Greek club Panathinaikos and Israeli outfit Maccabi Tel Aviv in Nicosia reading 50 years of illegal occupation, no one forgets “reflects a sad ...

A special guest will arrive on the island on November 21, on the occasion of the upcoming match of the Cyprus national team with the silver medalists in the recent Olympic ...

In one year, on August 27, 2025, the first jump-ball will be given at FIBA EuroBasket 2025, the event that Cyprus will have the honour and privilege to co-host, along with Latvia, Poland ...

We are one year away from the first jump-ball at the FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 which Cyprus will organize, along with co-hosts Finland, Poland and Latvia, and the Organizing Committee today announces ...

A little more than a week remains until the closing of the Priority List for purchasing tickets for the FIBA ​​EuroBasket 2025 matches that will take place in Cyprus next summer. ...

Jerry West, a Hall of Fame player, executive and the inspiration for the silhouette NBA logo, died on Wednesday morning. He was 86. West won nine NBA championships as a player, ...

LeBron James recorded 23 points, nine rebounds and nine assists and the Los Angeles Lakers clinched a playoff berth with a 110-106 victory over the host New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday ...

Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died, the National Basketball Association (NBA) club said on Wednesday after the Belgrade native suffered a heart attack during a team dinner. ...

Adsterra, the Cyprus-based AdTech leader, announces its sponsorship of AEL Limassol Women Basketball Club (AEL BC), marking a significant step in the empowerment of women in sports. The collaboration underscores ...

Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, Jamal Murray scored 21 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 to begin defense of their title on Tuesday ...

James Harden was asked again Friday if his fractured relationship with the Philadelphia 76ers front office and general manager Daryl Morey could be repaired, and his answer was instant and ...

All non-Israeli players of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team, along with their families, have arrived in Cyprus, president of the Cyprus Basketball Federation Andreas Mouzourides said on Monday. Mouzourides ...

Germany won their first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup title by beating undermanned Serbia 83-77 in a slugfest of the two European powerhouses on Sunday in Manila. Germany leaned on a 22...

Serbia will return to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final after defeating Canada 95-86 by imposing their will in the paint and controlling the boards on Friday in Manila. Five ...

Canada will make their debut in the FIBA Basketball World Cup semi-finals after overpowering Slovenia 100-89 through a third-quarter rally as Germany edged past Latvia 81-79 on Wednesday to reach ...

The United States and Serbia booked their tickets to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final four with rousing victories over Italy and Lithuania respectively on Tuesday. Team USA, the highest-ranked ...

Serbian Borisa Simanic underwent surgery to remove a kidney after taking a blow to his midsection against South Sudan at the Basketball World Cup last week, Serbia’s basketball federation ...

Canada eliminated champions Spain 88-85 in a thriller in Jakarta on Sunday to book their place in the FIBA Basketball World Cup quarter-finals in Jakarta, while the United States were ...

‘Every kid who plays in Europe wants to come to the NBA’. Born in Nicosia, the new Sacramento Kings forward is living the American dream In a ground-breaking moment for ...