Russia’s former National Basketball Association star Andrei Kirilenko has warned the proposed four-year package of sanctions against which his country is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) next week would punish many innocent athletes.
As Russia prepares its appeal against a series of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions excluding the country from major international competition for four years, one of its favourite sporting sons, former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Andrei Kirilenko, has warned the proposed collective ban will punish innocent competitors.
The resumption of sporting events has unsurprisingly led to a rise in the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus in recent weeks.
Game five of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals is to be broadcast on Chinese television, marking the first time in a year that the league will be shown on state-run China Central Television (CCTV).
If you have, say, $300,000 (£234,000/€253,000) to hand, or its equivalent, and you are a basketball fan, you might want to take a look at what Heritage Auctions, in Dallas, Texas, currently have on offer by way of Michael Jordan memorabilia.
Players have boycotted games in major American sports leagues including the National Basketball Association (NBA) to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
Basketball Australia chief executive Jerril Rechter says he expected Brett Brown to remain in charge of the men’s team for Tokyo 2020, despite his sacking by his NBA side the Philadelphia 76ers.
Nick Nurse, head coach of the Toronto Raptors, has been named as the National Basketball Association (NBA) Coach of the Year for 2019-2020.
A photocopy of Michael Jordan's first-ever contract with the Chicago Bulls has sold for $57,068 (£43,599/€48,490) at auction.
The boom in Michael Jordan memorabilia is set to continue following the success of “The Last Dance” documentary broadcast on Netflix earlier this year.
Houston Rockets player Russell Westbrook is in quarantine after testing positive for coronavirus ahead of the conclusion of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to restart its 2019-2020 season on July 31 in Orlando, with just the 22 teams in playoff contention competing.
The proverb that necessity is the mother of invention springs to mind as several major competitions attempt to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic enabling them to finish their respective seasons.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is in talks with the Walt Disney Company about resuming its season at the company's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando in Florida.
Basketball icon Michael Jordan's "Dream Team" jersey from the Barcelona 1992 Olympics has been auctioned off for a second time, on the night of the premiere for documentary series The Last Dance.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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