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The EuroLeague has unanimously approved a ten-year business plan aiming for a nine billion dollar valuation, officially rejecting a competing proposal from the NBA and FIBA.

A BNXT League game between Antwerp and Kortrijk ended in controversy when a half-court buzzer-beating winner was disallowed after referees calculated frame-by-frame TV timecodes.

ASVEL Villeurbanne faces a FIBA player registration ban over unpaid debts to former player Joffrey Lauvergne, compounding the French club's financial woes during the EuroLeague season.

The isolation of Israeli sports on the international stage is deepening. In an official letter that arrived today (Thursday) at the desk of Israel Basketball Association chairman Amos Frishman, FIBA Europe President Jorge Garbajosa and CEO Kamil Novak announced the decision to keep the ban on international games in Israel in place. The move was decided at the end of the organization's executive...

FIBA World Cup Qualifiers: Ariel Beit-Halahmy's team opens the second stage, where any result other than a win could significantly distance them from a ticket to the World Cup.

Amos Frishman sent a letter to Jorge Garbajosa requesting to allow the national team to host its games in the country again. The latter promised that the issue would be raised at the next board meeting.

On the FIBA website, they noted the pair of promising diamonds of the Israeli national team, David Mossis ("one of the tournament's breakthroughs, a candidate for MVP") and Aviv Aronov: "A wide range of offensive skills."