The schedule for the Quarter Finals of the 2007 Philips Championship has been determined with the full fixture listed below. Quarter Finals (single-game elimination) Wednesday 14 February (5th vs. 8th) – Finals Match 1 Townsville (5th) vs. Singapore (8th) Townsville…
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is preparing to host its third Our Sporting Future Forum at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from the 21-23 March 2007. Held every second year, the forum attracts delegates from sport and sport related…
World champion defencejobs Opal Emma Randall has signed with Italian club side Mercede Alghero and will depart Australia later this week to suit up in the premiere Italian women’s basketball league, Serie A1. Randall will stay with the Division 1…
Basketball Australia is pleased to announce that Rebecca Dick has been appointed as Scholarship Coach for the Australian Institute of Sport’s women’s basketball program. Dick replaces Nicole Ireland, who is now the AIS women’s assistant coach. As Scholarship Coach, Dick…
Basketball Australia would like to extend its sincere condolences to the family of Stu Inman upon his passing last week. Inman, 80, an American executive and interim coach in the National Basketball Association, died after he collapsed in his Lake…
NZ franchise to join WNBL Basketball Australia is delighted to announce that Basketball New Zealand has been granted a licence to enter the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2007/08 season and beyond. The team will most probably be…
By Ben Hawes for BA Media
By Gauthier Gerard of Australiabasket.com with Ben Hawes
Gliders set for Osaka Cup The Australian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team (the Gliders) held a camp in Sydney last weekend to mark the beginning of preparations for their Beijing Paralympics campaign. Sixteen enthusiastic athletes, including two development athletes, converged on…
Emu Probert to captain Vic Bendigo teenager Kevin Probert will mark another career high when he captains Victoria at this month's national under-20 basketball championships on Ballarat's courts. A talented point or off guard who is in the Australian Emus squad…
Summerton's sense of snow When you answer the phone at Basketball Australia’s office you just never know who might be on the other end, so you can imagine my surprise when I picked up the phone on Monday to find…
Gender equality on agenda Following the recent Senate Report titled About Time! Women in Sport and Recreation in Australia, the Australian Womensport and Recreation Association (AWRA) is seeking further information and solutions to key issues raised in the report. With…
Tributes flow for Goorjian Tributes for Australia Post Boomers and Sydney Kings head coach Brian Goorjian flooded in last week as the NBL legend broke the all-time record for Philips Championship games coached. Goorjian equalled former Melbourne Tigers legend Lindsay…
