Colombia's basketball federation said it will be taking legal action against an independent basketball team in Russia that allegedly used the name and uniforms of Colombia's national team. The team is ...

Russia will not compete in basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris due to its invasion of Ukraine, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) ruled Tuesday. The organization has barred the ...

FIBA, the international governing body of basketball, has chosen to ban Russia men's basketball from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. On Tuesday, FIBA announced that Russia would not be allowed to ...

A first-round pick in the 1999 NBA Draft, the Russian-born wing was selected No. 24 overall by the Utah Jazz, but would remain in Russia to spend two seasons with his CSKA Moscow team, winning a ...

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PROVO, Utah -- BYU point guard Egor Demin was born into a basketball family. His father had a long professional career in their native Russia and played for the country's national team, and his mother ...

MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. An imposed ban on the participation of Russian basketball clubs from the Euroleague competitions is "historical injustice," Executive Director of the Euroleague Coaches Council ...

Mapleton and Madrid are separated by 5,000 miles on a map and by eight hours on the clock. Communicating back and forth isn’t cheap or convenient, but for two families, and the future of a teenage ...

MOSCOW, August 25. /TASS/. Famous ex-basketballer Andrey Kirilenko, a sole runner for the post of the president of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF), is capable of drawing all of the country’s ...

From Russia With Handles: Egor Demin's Basketball Journey originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The prospect of one day playing in the NBA seemed unattainable for Egor Demin growing up in Moscow. But ...

MIES, Switzerland (AP) — Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men’s Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year, basketball’s international governing body FIBA said Tuesday. The ...