basketball

Giannis Antetokounmpo put in a dominant performance as he scored 41 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks to a 122-106 victory over the Chicago...

Cleveland Cavaliers became just the eighth team in NBA history to win their first 12 games of a regular season with a 119-113 victory...

Anthony Davis and LeBron James starred as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to claim a 123-103 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors.Davis scored 22...

Damian Lillard scored 34 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo 31 as the Milwaukee Bucks ended a six-game losing streak by beating Utah Jazz 123-100 on...

Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid has been suspended for three games for pushing a journalist.The 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player shoved a Philadelphia Inquirer...

Luka Doncic delivered 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in a "real fun" performance as the Dallas Mavericks cruised to a 108-85 victory...

The NBA says it is investigating after Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid had an alleged physical altercation with a reporter.Embiid confronted the reporter in...

Victor Wembanyama further enhanced his reputation by sealing a rare 5x5 to help the San Antonio Spurs defeat the Utah Jazz 106-88.Wembanyama scored 25...

NBA star LeBron James has endorsed Kamala Harris, writing on his personal X account that "the choice is clear to me".The Akron, Ohio native...

Bronny James scored his first NBA basket for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 134-110 defeat by the Cleveland Cavaliers.Evan Mobley grabbed 25 points...

Phoenix Suns duo Kevin Durant and Devin Booker combined to send Los Angeles Lakers tumbling to their first NBA defeat of the season.Booker bagged...

Head coach Steve Kerr said the injury Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry picked up in the 112-104 defeat against the LA Clippers is...

LeBron James and Anthony Davis combined for 63 points - 30 of them in the fourth quarter - as the Los Angeles Lakers beat...

Klay Thompson had a debut to remember for the Dallas Mavericks, scoring 22 points in a 120-109 win against the San Antonio Spurs.The 34-year-old...

Kevin Durant scored 25 points and Bradley Beal 24 as the Phoenix Suns opened their NBA season with a 116-113 overtime win against the...

LeBron James and his son Bronny made history after they became the first father-son duo to share the court in an NBA game during...

LeBron James and Bronny James made NBA history by becoming the first father-son duo to play together on the same team during the Los...

NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died from brain cancer at the age of 58.The eight-time NBA All-Star, who retired in 2009, spent...

NBA star Kevin Durant has become a new minority shareholder of three-time defending Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, the French club announced on Wednesday.The recent Olympic gold...

The United States maintained their grip on the Olympic men's basketball title by overwhelming hosts France to win a fifth successive gold medal in...

A star-studded United States side showed their quality when it mattered as they fought back from a 13-point deficit in the final quarter to...

The Australian women’s basketball team kicked off its medal charge in the Paris 2024 Olympics with a shock 75-62 loss to Nigeria at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in...

In a sweltering Paris, Diaba Konate waves emphatically with a beaming smile as she walks towards our meeting spot near the Louvre. She's wearing...

Having fought through one of the longest civil wars on record, South Sudan's early history was defined by conflict. But now the youngest nation...

The United States came from 16 points down to avoid one of the biggest shocks in basketball history in a dramatic 101-100 victory over...

The world of basketball is in mourning after Joe Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant, tragically died at the age of 69. Bryant, a 6ft 10in...

Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo is to become the first black athlete to bear the flag for Greece at the Olympics.The two-time NBA MVP...

Samuel Sarfo, a Ghanaian footballer renowned for his remarkable defensive ability and prowess, charted a remarkable course from the corridors of law enforcement to...

LeBron James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has agreed to sign a two-year, $104-million maximum contract to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, according...

Bronny James understands some people believe he was only drafted to the Los Angeles Lakers because of his legendary father LeBron, but says he...

Bronny James was picked in the second round of the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers where he could play alongside his legendary...

The NBA draft takes place this week and many fans will be eager to find out where LeBron James' son Bronny ends up.The first-round...

The Boston Celtics secured a record 18th championship as they beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 to complete a 4-1 series victory in the NBA...

The Dallas Mavericks kept their NBA Finals hopes alive with a 122-84 victory to deny the Boston Celtics a clean sweep in the best-of-seven...

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown helped the Boston Celtics hold off a Dallas Mavericks fightback to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the NBA...

The 2023-24 NBA season will draw to a close with the NBA Finals, played between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks over a...

First-time champions of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) will be crowned when Al Ahly Libya face Angola's Petro de Luanda in Rwanda on Saturday.The...

The Dallas Mavericks will face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals after beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-1 in the Western Conference finals.Luka Doncic...

The Minnesota Timberwolves claimed a crucial 105-100 win against the Dallas Mavericks to stay in contention for a place in the NBA Finals.Trailing 3-0...

The Boston Celtics will play in the NBA Finals after wrapping up a clean sweep in their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Indiana...