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• KitKing Trophy returns to tip-off NBL season

  01-09-2024 21:27 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The 2024-2025 KitKing Trophy has been announced for its third year, organised by NBL Division 1 men’s clubs and partnered with rights KitKing.co.uk and Basketball England.
  All 13 NBL Division 1 clubs will take part in the competition, as well as a trio of invited Division two teams, Barking Abbey, London Elite and Solent Kestrels, while it is Derby Trailblazers who will attempt to defend their title.
  View this post on InstagramA post shared by Kitking.co.uk (@kitking.co.uk)The 2024-2025 Ki
  
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• Super League Basketball Cup Final headed to Nottingham

  02-11-2024 08:33 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Super League Basketball (SLB) ha announced that Motorpoint Arena Nottingham will host the league’s inaugural Cup Final on March 9 2025, marking a historic moment as the venue’s first-ever major British basketball event.
  The choice of the Motorpoint Arena represents a bold step forward for SLB, the league says, underscoring “its commitment to elevating the sport’s profile by bringing major basketball events to new regions and premier venues across the country”.
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• Caledonia upset Ludwigsburg in comeback FIBA Europe Cup win

  31-10-2024 13:46 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Caledonia Gladiators came from 19 points down to defeat German side MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 73-71 in FIBA Europe Cup action on Wednesday evening in East Kilbride.Securing their second straight FIBA Europe Cup victory, Gladiators improved to 2-2 in Group H behind big performances from British duo Patrick Whelan (25 points, five rebounds, eight assists) and Toto Fagbenle (17 points).
  .@Cal_Gladiators with a HUGE come from behind victory in the @fibaeuropecup behind British duo @p_whelan1Two (25p 8a
  
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• GB Senior Women’s training camp squad revealed for EuroBasket Women qualifiers

  30-10-2024 10:24 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Great Britain Senior Women’s squad heading into training camp for their upcoming EuroBasket Women 2025Qualifiers against Denmark and Sweden, has now been revealed.
  Preparing to face Denmark at home in Manchester on November 7 (7:30pm tip off) before Sweden away on Sunday November 10, Anna Montanana – appointed earlier this year – has put together a squad that will be led by now-Besiktas duo Temi Fagbenle and Holly Winterburn, while also welcoming two currently unattached pl
  
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• ‘King James’ play coming to Hampstead Theatre in London

  29-10-2024 19:07 via hoopsfix.com
  
  A new play about the friendship between two men and their mutual passion for basketball and LeBron James (aka King James) will have its UK premiere in London this autumn.
  Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph, King James is an exploration of passion, friendship and fandom. It runs from 15 November to 4 January at Hampstead Theatre, NW3.
  The story starts just as the fortunes of the Cavaliers are about to change: James has been drafted by Cleveland. But when superfan Matt’s latest
  
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• 3×3 Basketball included in Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

  23-10-2024 10:46 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Commonwealth Games Federation has announced that 3×3 basketball will be a part of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
  The 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games will take place in Scotland from Thursday, 23 July to Sunday, 2 August 2026, returning to the city 12 years after the hugely successful 2014 Games, and will mark a return for 3×3 basketball after it debuted at Birmingham 2022.
  In Birmingham, England had much to celebrate with its men’s and women’s teams winni
  
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• BBF opens up tender process for long-term professional league license

  15-10-2024 12:17 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The British Basketball Federation (BBF) has launched a formal process for the appointment of a long-term licensee to operate British professional men’s basketball league.
  With a three year interim licence awarded to Super League Basketball Limited (previously Premier Basketball Limited), in July, with the aim “to provide stability and enable the 2024/25 League season to take place” following termination of the previous licence with Basketball League Limited, the federation &nda
  
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• SLB reveals NBL and SBC additions to inaugural Cup campaign

  09-10-2024 11:39 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Super League Basketball (SLB) has revealed that seven teams from outside the division have joined the lineup for the inaugural Cup competition.
  Five teams from Basketball England’s NBL Division One and two teams from basketballscotland’s Scottish Basketball Championship (SBC) have accepted invitations to the men’s tournament and will join the nine SLB franchises when the Cup commences in January.
  The teams who have accepted invitations to the competition are as follows:
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• Bristol lose to defending champs in ENBL opener

  02-10-2024 23:00 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Bristol Flyers lost 83-72 defending champions Bakken Bears in their ENBL season opener on Wednesday evening at the Sparekassen Danmark Basketball Center.
  Despite a team-high 19 points from Demond Robinson in his European debut with Bristol and 18 off the bench from Evan Walshe, it would not be enough as they fell short.
  Urald King led Bakken scoring a game-high 27 points shooting 11/16 from the floor, adding seven rebounds to his tally.Five Bakken players scored in double-digits, including
  
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• Mayor of London to create ‘basketball taskforce’ to grow the game

  27-09-2024 10:28 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has pledged to build on the growing success of basketball in the capital as he announces the formation of a basketball taskforce to develop the game.
  Following a meeting with NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum to discuss their shared ambition to expand the sport’s reach and influence in the capital, including through live NBA games, Khan pledged to create a first-of-its-kind basketball taskforce to develop and grow the game, boos
  
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• From collapse to rebirth: how the SLB came to be

  26-09-2024 20:03 via hoopsfix.com
  
  This time last year we were talking about a ‘new era’ for the professional league in the UK, and ended that article asking not whether the league can raise capital, but if it can become profitable and self-sustainable.
  The answer to that question, turned out to be a resounding no.
  Twelve months later and the British Basketball League no longer exists, having had its operating licensed revoked by the British Basketball Federation before all staff were made redundant without pay, leavi
  
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• Launching a new professional basketball league in 10 weeks – with Vaughn Millette – Ep. 117

  25-09-2024 16:42 via hoopsfix.com
  
  For episode 117 of the Hoopsfix Podcast, we sit down with Super League Basketball (SLB) interim Chair and Sheffield Sharks and Hatters new owner Vaughn Millette.
  Vaughn took ownership of Sheffield earlier this summer, and has ended up being thrust into the interim Chair role of the SLB following the creation of the new league after the BBL had its operating license taken away by the BBF.Millette is an American entrepreneur based in New York, having started his career in private wealth management
  
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• SLB announces exclusive broadcast deal with DAZN

  23-09-2024 10:30 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Super League Basketball (SLB) has announced an exclusive broadcast rights deal with DAZN, with all games to be aired for free to audiences worldwide.With the new season starting this week, DAZN will create a dedicated on-platform environment for Super League Basketball which will house live and on demand content from across the competition.Hoopsfix understands DAZN beat out competition from the likes of Sky Sports and ITV X for the rights.
  Fans will now be able to watch every game live and o
  
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• Caledonia drop to FIBA Europe Cup with loss in BCL qualifiers

  17-09-2024 23:05 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Caledonia Gladiators fell to Romanian side, CSU Oradea, 59-90, in the Basketball Champions League qualifiers at the Gloria Sports Arena, in Turkey on Tuesday evening.
  The defeat meant the Gladiators’ hopes of playing in the Basketball Champions League are ended, but will continue their journey in the FIBA Europe Cup.Caledonia competed for the second consecutive time in the BCL qualifiers following last year’s attempt against Fribourg.The Romanian side took control of the game early i
  
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• Manchester’s pro franchise reveals new brand identity

  11-09-2024 21:57 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The new Super League Basketball franchise in Manchester has revealed their brand identity as they will go under the name Manchester Basketball.
  With two marks, both a ‘Mcr’ script style logo and an emblem with a basketball with the words ‘Manchester Basketball’ circling it, the logos will be used interchangeably through the season.Introducing Manchester Basketball…https://t.co/5QFxkTpWv9 pic.twitter.com/KMi2dNiwpz
  — Manchester Basketball (@mcrbball) September
  
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• Women’s pro league unites under SLB brand

  03-09-2024 11:00 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Super League Basketball (SLB) has unified Great Britain’s professional men’s and women’s leagues under one banner.
  As widely expected, and following a unanimous vote by shareholders of the Women’s British Basketball League, both the men’s and women’s elite competitions will now adopt SLB branding and work together to unlock the sport’s considerable potential across the country.
  The Men’s League’s nine member clubs will be joined by 11 counter
  
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• Vince Macaulay and Nhamo Shire partner on acquisition of NBL D1 side TVC

  30-08-2024 18:49 via hoopsfix.com
  
  NBL Division 1 side Thames Valley Cavaliers has been acquired by Hoops Basket C.I.C., owned by Vince Macaulay.
  Macaulay, a leading figure in British and London basketball and the founder of the London Lions basketball franchise, has partnered with Nhamo Shire, founder of the legendary Midnight Madness summer event and now the largest grassroots basketball league in London, the Community Basketball League (CBL), as they aim to “establish a robust pipeline from grassroots to elite-level comp
  
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• SLB signs kit & shoe deal with Reebok

  27-08-2024 11:00 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Super League Basketball, the new professional league of the UK, has announced they have signed a multi-year partnership with Reebok as official kit supplier and basketball sneaker of the league.
  Reebok re-emerged onto the basketball scene last year as it aims to re-establish itself as a team sports brand, appointing Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson as President and Vice President of Basketball, respectively.“We are thrilled to partner with the newly established Super League Basketb
  
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• Stella Azzurra & London United crowned Future Stars 2024 champs

  27-08-2024 09:13 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Stella Azzura and London United were respectively crowned U18 and U14 champions at the Future Stars International Tournament.
  England finished runners-up in both categories at the event held over three days at Brunel University, London.
  The tournament featured an U14 category for the first time as London United Legends secured the title against England in an OT thriller. Elijah Imevbore earned MVP honours with a huge 31-point, 22-rebound double-double performance.
  The U14 category was contested
  
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• GB U16 Women gain Division A promotion

  25-08-2024 09:34 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Great Britain Under-16 Women gained promotion to Division A after winning bronze with an 84-62 win over hosts Türkiye on Sunday at the Youth Eurobasket.
  GB led from start to finish to put a positive end to what has been an underwhelming summer overall for the GB youth programmes.
  Milton Keynes’ Athena Thompson led the scoring with 24 points, helping her lead Division B in scoring at 22.6 points per game and landing herself a spot on the All-Star Five.22.6 PPG | 5.0 RPG | 4.4 SPG |
  
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• GB Women bow out of World Cup Pre-Qualifiers to Hungary

  25-08-2024 09:06 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Great Britain’s FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup hopes took a major blow with an 82-59 loss to Hungary in the Pre-Qualifying Tournament semi-finals in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday.
  Their only hope now to qualify for the World Cup – something that has never been achieved by a Great Britain side – is a top 8 finish at EuroBasket 2025, a tournament they also are yet to qualify for.In this contest, it was a game-changing 15-2 run from Hungary that spanned from the first to th
  
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• SLB announces 4 competition format ahead of new season

  23-08-2024 11:00 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The new professional basketball league, Super League Basketball (SLB), will have four titles at stake, with the Championship, Cup, Playoff and Trophy competitions reintroduced to the top flight, the league has announced today.
  It returns to the four-title format the professional league had before last season, when the BBL introduced an All-Star game and dropped the Cup competition.
  The new season, set to tip off on Friday September 27, will start with the Trophy, with five weeks of round robin t
  
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• GB Women crush Rwanda to advance to World Cup Pre-Qualifying Semi-Finals

  22-08-2024 23:19 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Great Britain hammered hosts Rwanda 75-61 on Thursday night to advance to the semi-finals of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers in Kigali.The goal for GB was simple: win, and advance to the semi-finals. Coach Anna Montanana’s side had the most straight-forward scenario, as Rwanda had to avoid losing by 35 points or more to reach the last four.
  And what followed was undeniably the best performance of the week from GB as they recovered from a torrid first three minute
  
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• Future Stars returns with U14 & U18 categories

  22-08-2024 21:06 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Future Stars international junior tournament is back once against at Brunel University, West London from the 23-25th August.
  Usually just an under-18 tournament, the event is boosted with an under-14 division for the first time, along with a historical veteran’s showcase between Kingston Kings from the iconic 1990/91 season and London Towers veterans from the late 1990s.
  In the U18 category, the U18 England National Team will lock horns against last year’s runner-up Stella Azzurr
  
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• Basketball court renovations begins for Birmingham Commonwealth Games legacy

  22-08-2024 07:28 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The project to renovate and enhance 17 basketball courts across Birmingham as part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy has began after contractor Blakedown Sport and Play was appointed to carry out the work.
  The project, being overseen by Basketball England, Birmingham City Council and Sport England and part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, will see 17 courts across the city have a distinct purple and grey colour way painted to pay homage to the Birmingham 202
  
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• GB Women hold off Lebanon

  22-08-2024 07:18 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Great Britain Senior Women survived a furious Lebanon comeback to win 77-72 in their Group D clash of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday.
  Leading 63-45 thanks to a three from Holly Winterburn with 5:57 left, GB were seemingly easing to a routine win but a 21-9 run spreading the next four minutes made GB sweat and gave Lebanon hope of a miracle. Sam Ashby provided daylight, but Rebecca Akl made it 74-72 with 15 seconds left.
  Ultimately,
  
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• Argentina upset GB Women in World Cup Pre-Qualifiers

  20-08-2024 09:19 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Great Britain Senior Women were upset 53-47 to Argentina in their opening game at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday afternoon.
  It was a difficult first encounter for new GB Head Coach Anna Montanana’s side, in an ugly game that saw both teams shoot 28% from the floor, as it was Argentina’s first win over a European team since 2006, versus Spain; ironically, a game that Montanana also was on the wrong side of – then a Spanish
  
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• London Lions confirm sale to Tesonet/Zalgiris

  19-08-2024 16:01 via hoopsfix.com
  
  London Lions have confirmed the club has been acquired by Tesonet, a tech hub and a shareholder of Euroleague club Zalgiris Kaunas.
  Though the acquisition was announced by Zalgiris at the end of last month, it was thrown into doubt when administrators Hudson Weir denied any sale had been agreed to City A.m, and then rival bidder R3 Sport came into the fold, leading to the SLB to go public that Zalgiris are the only bidder to have met the deadlines and requirements to enter the league this season
  
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• Plymouth confirmed out as SLB reveals 9-team line up

  19-08-2024 15:09 via hoopsfix.com
  
  The Super League Basketball (SLB) have confirmed a nine-franchise line up for the 2024/25 season, with Plymouth being the only city left without a team compared to last year.
  A graphic released on social media from their accounts revealed Caledonia Gladiators, Newcastle Eagles, Manchester (name to be confirmed, as reported Monday morning following new ownership), Sheffield Sharks, Cheshire Phoenix, Leicester Riders, Bristol Flyers London Lions and Surrey 89ers will make up the league.Check out t
  
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• Super League Basketball reveals new logo

  19-08-2024 10:40 via hoopsfix.com
  
  Super League Basketball (SLB) have revealed their new brand identity and social handles ahead of the new season.
  Published on social media on Monday morning by the new professional league of the UK, with the caption “A new dawn is on the horizon. Super League Basketball is here! Are you ready to stand tall and be a part of the future of British basketball?”, the logo is simple with a basketball and ‘SLB” written to the centre right of it.A New Dawn is on the horizon. Supe
  
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