Basketball

Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists on Tuesday to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Cavaliers 120-117, ending Cleveland’s season-opening, 15-game winning streak. The Cavaliers were ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo amassed an NBA season-high 59 points as the Milwaukee Bucks overturned an 18-point deficit to defeat the visiting Detroit Pistons 127-120 in overtime on Wednesday night. It was Antetokounmpo’...

Stephen Curry spoiled Klay Thompson’s return to San Francisco with a game-high 37 points, including 12 straight in a late flurry that lifted the Golden State Warriors to a 120-117 victory ...

The FIBA EuroBasket trophy has arrived on the island ahead of the upcoming match between Cyprus and France on November 21. The trophy will be on the island for ten days. ...

LeBron James and his son Bronny became the first father-son duo to play together in a regular season NBA game on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Minnesota ...

Preparations for the historic hosting in Cyprus of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 are in full swing! The upgrade works at the “Spyros Kyprianou” arena in Limassol are progressing steadily, while at ...

LeBron James and his son, Bronny, made NBA history on Sunday when they played together during the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason game against the Phoenix Suns in Palm Desert, Calif. ...

Basketball is one of the most popular sports all over the world, with fans in 215 countries and territories, including online viewers. Millions of people every year gather to watch their ...

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 ...