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Hong Kong basketball star Yang to play as local for Eastern in 2 regional events

The Vancouver-born player will be playing in Hong Kong for the first time since leaving local A1 Division side South China in 2019.

24 Sep 2024 - 5:30PM

Hong Kong side sign up Olympic gold medallist to boost city’s 3x3 basketball

9 Sep 2024 - 6:42PM

NBA G League star eyes Hong Kong passport ahead of Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers

5 Sep 2024 - 10:30AM

Hong Kong Eastern to join region-wide professional basketball league

Hong Kong team and Macau Black Bears will join teams from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Philippines for East Asian Super League’s second season.

14 Aug 2024 - 9:00AM

Hong Kong Eastern under Zeljko Pavlicevic won the Asean Basketball League in their final season in that competition. Photo: Hong Kong Eastern

Opinion | Lord have Bercy: Canada, foreign journalists crowded out at Olympic basketball

The Canadians had little chance against a good French team backed by partisan fans – moving to the next venue proved just as tough for some.

8 Aug 2024 - 3:55AM

Paris was ‘last dance’ for 3x3 basketball referee Ho as he takes on new lead role

The 44-year-old Hongkonger officiated final match of his career in the women’s final before taking on a new job as the Referee Lead in Fiba 3x3.

7 Aug 2024 - 1:28PM

Opinion | Postcard from Paris: 3x3 basketball a lesson Hong Kong organisers could learn

Getting to venue is a bit of a trek, but temporary facility has all the things that could make Victoria Park tournament great.

2 Aug 2024 - 3:15PM

The view from the press box for 3x3 basketball at the Paris Olympics is magnificent. Photo: Mike Chan

Can Wembanyama foil US quest for fifth straight basketball gold in Paris?

LeBron James is back to add more gold to an already glittering career, and does anyone really think the US won’t win again.

21 Jul 2024 - 2:00PM

Weibo sympathy for Chinese teen basketball sensation over final loss to Australia

China’s decision to withdraw Zhang Ziyu, the tournament MVP, is queried on social media after Fiba Under-18 Women’s Asian Cup final.

1 Jul 2024 - 5:55PMvideocam

Chinese basketball aims for Los Angeles Olympics after sacking coach Djordjevic

National team have endured wretched run in which they flopped at World Cup and home Asian Games.

14 Jun 2024 - 6:20PM

Aleksandar Djordjevic is downcast as his China team struggle at last year’s World Cup. Photo: Xinhua

Hongkonger Ho to lead 11-strong 3x3 basketball refereeing team at Paris Olympics

Ho. who will lead a team of 6 women and 5 men, says his ‘ultimate target’ would be to referee the men’s gold medal match, but that would be up to FIBA, he says.

4 Jul 2024 - 5:27PM

Hong Kong referee Edmond Ho is the only Asian man among 11 officials at Paris’ Place de la Concorde, where a total of 68 games will be played. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong chosen as host of 3x3 basketball World Tour Finals in November

City has held regular-season events in the past two seasons, but will stage the 12-team finals for the first time and its team will have a chance to qualify to play.

16 May 2024 - 2:08PM

East Asia basketball league wooing China but will succeed regardless, boss says

Demand from other leagues in the region shows appetite for EASL ahead of 2024-25 season, co-founder and CEO Henry Kerins says.

14 May 2024 - 9:29PM

Hong Kong crash out of 3x3 basketball Olympic qualifiers but hail the experience

Home men’s and women’s teams exit competition as top four in each chase a first ticket to Paris on Sunday.

14 Apr 2024 - 8:38PM

Ricky Yang in action for Hong Kong. Photo: Fiba

Hong Kong women savour facing top sides in Olympic 3x3 basketball qualifiers

City’s team start with two losses, but their star player Li Tsz-kwan says it provides valuable experience and asks: ‘How do we develop specific tactics and training plans?’

12 Apr 2024 - 10:35PM

Hungary’s Klaudia Pappu (left) takes on Hong Kong during the 3x3 Olympic qualifying event. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

US teams handed tough draws for basketball groups at Paris Olympics

US expected to field team full of NBA stars, with LeBron James, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid all saying they want to play.

20 Mar 2024 - 9:40AM

Hong Kong side to play in Basketball Champions League for first time in 22 years

Eastern will play in the first round next month, grouped with NS Matrix Deers of Malaysia, Prawira Harum Bandung of Indonesia and the league runners-up from Mongolia.

18 Mar 2024 - 7:30PM

China’s basketball team to play Russia in June, despite international ban

Russia was banned by sport’s world governing body in 2022 over invasion of Ukraine, but plans to host World Friendship Games in September, and wants China matches to prepare for competition.

5 Mar 2024 - 6:37PM

(231006) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Players of China celebrate during the Men’s Bronze Medal Game of Basketball between China and Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

While Hong Kong drags its feet, Taiwan fast-tracks foreign sporting talent

Taiwan are on course to have newly naturalised and localised players by the self-ruled island’s next basketball international in November, while Hong Kong’s rules are less lenient.

1 Mar 2024 - 8:00PM

Philippines basketball fans make match in Hong Kong feel like Manila

Gilas Pilipinas fans are ‘such an advantage’, coach Tim Cone says after Filipinos buy most of the tickets and provide vocal support to help their side turn a close contest into a comfortable victory.

23 Feb 2024 - 8:43PM

Philippines too good for hosts Hong Kong in Fiba Asia Cup qualifier

City’s men’s team trail from the start at Tsuen Wan Sports Centre but stage a mid-game rally before the Philippines finish comfortable winners

22 Feb 2024 - 11:54PM

Duncan Reid takes on CJ Perez as Hong Kong (in white) face the Philippines in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Philippines match daunting for underprepared Hong Kong in Fiba Asia Cup

Hong Kong short of personnel and training sessions after injuries, retirements, players opting out and lack of adequate medical insurance.

22 Feb 2024 - 7:30AM

Leung Shiu-wah (L) will feature for Hong Kong against the Philippines. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Hong Kong basketball boss says he will pay players’ medical bills

Basketball Association chairman Norman Chan says his organisation will find money to cover shortfall in players’ insurance coverage, but adds they did ‘nothing wrong’ in policy row.

10 Feb 2024 - 9:13AM

Hong Kong basketball players risk hefty medical bills, insurance still low

Hong Kong Basketball Association chairman Norman Chan says he is trying to find better coverage for the city’s players, but claims insurance firms can’t provide it.

1 Feb 2024 - 6:30PM

Basketball chiefs praise Hong Kong as place to hold ‘world-class events’

World governing body Fiba confirms city has been chosen to stage 3x3 basketball tournament in April as part of qualifying process for Paris Olympics.

5 Jan 2024 - 9:15PM

Hong Kong Referee Edmond Ho at the Fiba 3X3 World Tour Hong Kong Masters 2023, at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong to stage Paris Olympics 3x3 basketball qualifier after U-turn

Organiser’s M1 Group reportedly change mind on staging tournament in April after previously saying estimated HK$20 million cost was too high

28 Dec 2023 - 5:35PM

Amsterdam HiPRO’s Jan Driessen (left) scores during his side’s 21-17 win over Raudondvaris Hoptrans in the final of the Hong Kong Masters. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Hong Kong government powerless over basketball players’ inadequate insurance

Government department insists Hong Kong Basketball Association is responsible for players being left with hefty medical bills after the association bought insurance that capped payouts.

29 Nov 2023 - 7:00AM

Hong Kong basketball wasting resources, being left behind in Asia, official says

City told it is missing opportunities and failing to register events with governing body – ‘There were local tournaments with huge participation but none of them were endorsed by Fiba.’

27 Nov 2023 - 7:01PM

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FIBA (International Basketball Federation)

The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA, from its French name Federation internationale de basketball, is an association of national organisations which governs international competition in basketball. FIBA defines the international rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 213 national federations are now members, organised since 1989 into five zones or "commissions": Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

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14 August, 2024