#basketball

Maccabi Tel Aviv formally asked Cyprus on Tuesday to host its Euro League home games. The Israeli basketball club sent a letter to President Nikos Christodoulides expressing its intention to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received a delegation from Olympiacos Piraeus basketball club at the presidential palace on Friday, ahead of the team’s appearance in an international tournament in Nicosia. Olympiacos, ...

Kyle Lowry, a veteran of 20 NBA seasons, intends to sign a one-day contract with the Toronto Raptos and retire with the franchise for which his name is synonymous, Sportsnet reported ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use AI to automate a category of calls such as out-of-bounds decisions to speed up games and reduce disputes over possession. Silver ...

Doc Rivers officially stepped down as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday after two-plus seasons. The Bucks’ finished 32-50 with Sunday’s season-ending 126-106 loss at Philadelphia. It ...

LeBron James scored 28 points and dished 12 assists to become the fourth player in NBA history to top 12,000 in a career, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a convincing 101-73 victory ...

Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic downplayed the severity of an apparent leg injury after Tuesday night’s season-opening 119-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors. Questions were raised after ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday reacted to online criticism of the rendition of the Greek national anthem at Saturday’s basketball match between the national teams of Greece and ...

Cyprus suffered a 91-64 defeat at the hands of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the opening night of EuroBasket at the Spyros Kyprianou arena in Limassol. Thursday was Cyprus’ national basketball ...

This summer, Cyprus will host one of the four groups in the final phase of Fiba EuroBasket 2025, marking the largest sporting event the country has ever undertaken. The tournament, running ...

The Cypriot government has reportedly rejected an Israeli request for Israeli EuroLeague basketball team Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to play its home games on the island. According to Israeli sports ...

Gregg Popovich is stepping away as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs and will become the team’s president of basketball operations, the Spurs announced Friday. Popovich, 76, took over ...

Two people were arrested on Thursday evening during police checks ahead of a crunch basketball match between Anorthosis and Apoel, police said on Friday. Both arrestees were found to be ...

Hosting this year’s Eurobasket is an “investment in Cypriot sport”, President Nikos Christodoulides said, Speaking to Greek sports website Sport24, he spoke of his love for basketball and the ...

A group of investors are looking to create a basketball league that will span Asia and Europe to one day rival the NBA, with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund ...

An initiative aimed at empowering young girls through basketball was launched on Saturday by the French ambassador and the non-profit organisation United Sports Cyprus (USC) at the outdoor basketball court ...

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. ...

Serbia cruised to men’s basketball bronze by defeating Germany 93-83 at the Paris Olympics on Saturday after they missed out on a chance for gold by losing by four ...

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 ...

Three officers were reportedly blamed for the rioting that unfolded at a basketball match last month in a report drawn up by the police and handed to the justice minister ...

Another suspect – aged 21 – was arrested on Tuesday after police secured an arrest warrant for his alleged link to violence at a basketball match last month. Police said the suspect turned ...

Despite expressions of doubt in government measures for curbing stadium violence, the latest basketball play-off between Aek and Anorthosis, categorised as ‘high risk’, took place without incident, officials said on ...