Britain bow out of EuroBasket after Serbia defeat
September 9 - Britain's 77-59 loss to Serbia, on the third and final night of preliminary group games in Warsaw, saw them eliminated from the European Basketball Championships.
September 9 - Britain's 77-59 loss to Serbia, on the third and final night of preliminary group games in Warsaw, saw them eliminated from the European Basketball Championships.
September 9 - Ben Gordon (pictured) has ended fears that he has changed his mind about playing for Britain's basketball team at the London 2012 Olympics by reaffirming his commitment to the team.
September 8 - Britain tonight came close to pulling off one of the biggest shocks in the history of basketball when they narrowly failed to beat world champions Spain in Warsaw and knock them out of the European Championships.
September 7 - Britain's basketball team pushed Slovenia all the way in their opening group game of the European Championships in Warsaw tonight, but they were unable to make the most of a dominant middle period and eventually lost 72-59.
September 6 - With less than 24 hours until they open their European Basketball Championships campaign Pops Mensah-Bonsu insists Britain are ready and raring to go, although the bookmakers are offering short-odds that they will lose all of their three matches in Poland.
September 5 - Pops Mensah-Bonsu (pictured) will be available to Britain basketball's team for the European Championships, which start in Poland tomorrow, after they were able to name the NBA star in the final squad having agreed to pay a £40,000 insurance policy for him.
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BRITISH BASKETBALL has ended its power struggle with an international ban on English players looming that threaten the team's participation in the 2012 Olympics.
LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.
FAST TRACK has been appointed by British Performance Basketball Ltd as their commercial and event partner, with a view to transforming the sport’s fortunes ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
LUOL DENG (pictured), currently the world's hottest star in the NBA, has today been named for the first time in Britain's squad that is building up towards the 2012 Olympics.
MAY 9 - FAST TRACK has been appointed by British Performance Basketball Ltd as their commercial and event partner, with a view to transforming the sport’s fortunes ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
British Performance Basketball Ltd is a recently formed ‘Special Purpose Vehicle’ set up by UK Sport and Fast Track will assist the company in building a strong future for the sport.
The agency, founded by London 2012 vice-chairman Alan Pascoe, will conduct research into developing the attractiveness of British Basketball to commercial partners and the wider public, starting at the highest level of the GB team.
Fast Track and British Basketball will look to make the sport commercially attractive, stage world class international fixture and generate grass roots excitement for and participation in basketball.
Simon Tuckey, a director of British Performance Basketball Ltd, said: “The creation of British Performance Basketball Ltd was the first step in promoting our sport in the coming years and we are delighted to partner with Fast Track to assist in this crucial role.
"The sport of basketball has a huge opportunity to galvanise participants at all levels ahead of 2012 and improve standards across the board and we fully hope that working with Fast Track, we can achieve this.”
Jon Ridgeon, the managing director at Fast Track, said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with British Performance Basketball on this project and look forward to delivering results.
"There is a huge potential for Basketball to take advantage of the positive impact of the 2012 Olympics and I hope we can demonstrate the possibilities throughout the sport.”
BRITAIN'S men’s wheelchair basketball team beat Holland by 37 points to win bronze at the Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.
THE row over alleged Government interference in English basketball that threatens Britain's participation in the 2012 Olympics continues to rumble on today.
BRITISH BASKETBALL'S hopes of being successful in the 2012 London Olympics could receive a boost after a new cooperation deal with the United States' oldest professional league was signed today.
August 28 - Britain's basketball coach Chris Finch (pictured) admitted he was embarrassed after his side lost 78-67 to Macedonia in Ankara in their final match before next month's European Championships.