Basketball

The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) has voted to approve the terms of the next collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the NBA league and its players in a move that is set to ensure labour peace in the North American competition over the years to come.

North American basketball league the NBA is closing in on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) after team owners voted in favour of a proposed seven-year deal that was provisionally agreed to last week.

North American basketball league the NBA is set to expand its global development initiative into Africa next year by launching a new venture in the Senegalese city of Thies.

Sports data and technology company Genius Sports has enhanced its reach in the Latin American basketball market by agreeing a three-year partnership with the Brazilian National Basketball League (LNB), the body that governs the domestic top-tier NBB competition.

The Orlando Magic has become the latest NBA basketball franchise to secure control of a Development League franchise by purchasing the Erie BayHawks.

The NBA basketball league has reached an outline agreement with its players’ union on a new collective bargaining agreement.

NBA basketball franchise the Cleveland Cavaliers has announced that its Quicken Loans Arena home is to undergo a $140m (€131.6m) redevelopment as the team commits its long-term future to the facility.

German liqueur company Mast-Jägermeister has filed formal opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the US Patent and Trademarks Office in regards to the new logo of NBA basketball franchise the Milwaukee Bucks.

The British Basketball Federation (BBF) has agreed a provisional 10-year extension to the British Basketball League’s (BBL) licence to operate the UK’s top men’s club competition, adding that the deal is set to herald a turning point in the way the professional game will be managed and developed.

NBA basketball franchise the Detroit Pistons has confirmed it will move to Little Caesars Arena, the future home of NHL ice hockey team the Detroit Red Wings, with the initiative set to make Detroit the first North American city to house all its major league teams in the downtown area.

The Fiba Europe division of Fiba, the International Basketball Federation, has approved plans to expand the EuroCup Women club competition, while it has opened a bidding process for hosting rights to the 2019 EuroBasket Women national team tournament.

Turkey has switched one of its venues for its co-hosting of the 2017 EuroBasket national team tournament, while the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has confirmed it will put forward the 3x3 format as part of the sport’s programme for the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

The Brazilian Basketball Confederation (CBB) has expressed its “surprise” after the sport’s global governing body suspended it on Monday.

The Atlanta Hawks have become the latest NBA franchise to announce that they will enter a team into the North American basketball organisation’s D-League development competition.

Happy Walters, former chief executive of the Relativity Sports agency, has launched Catalyst Sports & Media, a new company that will act as a strategic advisor, investor and talent representative for clients in the sports industry.

Nicolas Chapart, Fiba's head of digital, lifts the lid on the federation's digital strategy in an in-depth interview.