Olympic basketball champion Kyrie Irving of the United States has issued an apology after he was suspended by Brooklyn Nets over sharing an anti-Semitic documentary on social media.

Fahda Al-Sulaiman put 24 points on the board to guide Jeddah United to the women's basketball title following a 50-41 victory against Al-Wehda at the Saudi Games in Riyadh.

Basketball star and Olympic gold medallist Kyrie Irving has been criticised for sharing an anti-Semitic documentary, which featured Holocaust denial and quotes attributed to Nazi Party dictator Adolf Hitler.

A host of Olympic medallists including Serena Williams, Sidney Crosby, Diana Taurasi and Kanoa Igarashi have been announced as investors in technology-focused sports company TMRW Sports.

The men from New Caledonia and Fiji's women won the International Basketball Association (FIBA) Melanesian Cup titles and qualified for the Pacific Games in the process.

Double Olympic champion Brittney Griner has had a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession upheld by a Russian court.

Russia and Belarus have been excluded from next year's Women's EuroBasket because of the war in Ukraine.

Olympic gold medallist and National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Lucious Jackson has died aged 80.

American President Joe Biden has said he is willing to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss the release of detained basketball star Brittney Griner.

French basketball player Thomas Heurtel has responded to criticism over his decision to join Russian outfit Zenit Saint Petersburg - a move which is set to cost him a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Poland and France won the respective men's and women's titles at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 U23 World Cup 2022 in Bucharest after two dramatic finals.

Vienna became the first-ever Austrian team to win an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour event as they triumphed at the inaugural Paris Masters.

Former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Tiffany Jackson has died at the age of 37, it has been announced.

Two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner is at her "absolute weakest moment in life right now", according to her wife, as she faces another hearing in Russia later this month following her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.

Brittney Griner's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence in Russia on charges of drug possession is to be heard on October 25.