FIBA & Olympics

DHJ Quick Take: Alanna Smith Headed To Berlin With The Opals Alanna Smith is one of 12 players named to Australia's roster for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, set for Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, making it her second World Cup appearance and her first since 2018. Who else...

Paige Bueckers spent years competing against many of her current USA Basketball teammates at the youth level. On Monday, she got her first taste of what it looks like when all that familiarity points in the same direction. Bueckers spoke with reporters after USA Basketball's first practice on site ahead...

Sue Bird had a simple message for Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers after December's national team training camp in Durham: be louder. Bueckers, who will make her senior Team USA competitive debut at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico next week, addressed the exchange Saturday...

Sue Bird had a simple message for Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers after December's national team training camp in Durham: be louder. Bueckers, who will make her senior Team USA competitive debut at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico next week, addressed the exchange Saturday...

Paige Bueckers has been around elite basketball long enough to know what it demands. The Dallas Wings guard stood inside the Miami Heat's practice facility Saturday, one day before the United States women's national team departs for San Juan, Puerto Rico, and made clear she knows exactly where she fits...

Watching Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers compete for USA Basketball just got a whole lot simpler. TNT Sports and the International Basketball Federation announced a multiyear agreement Wednesday, giving TNT Sports exclusive U.S. English language rights to FIBA's top men's and women's tournaments. The deal covers three marquee events: the...

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers will take another major step in her accelerated professional development next month. USA Basketball announced Monday that Bueckers is one of 18 players selected for the Women’s National Team training camp, scheduled for Dec. 12–14 at Duke University. The invitation places the 2025 No. 1...

France will be without Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr for the remainder of EuroBasket 2025 after he suffered a right calf injury during Saturday’s win over Slovenia, the French Basketball Federation announced Tuesday. The statement, translated from French, said Sarr’s “healing time is incompatible with (his) participation for the rest...

The spotlight shifts to Katowice on Thursday as Slovenia, led by Luka Dončić, begins its EuroBasket 2025 campaign with an opening clash against host nation Poland. For Dončić, the matchup carries emotional weight. Poland stunned Slovenia in the 2022 quarterfinals, handing the 2017 champions a crushing exit. Before the opener,...

Luka Dončić is ready to return to the floor — and he wants Slovenian fans to be there with him. On the eve of Slovenia’s exhibition against Great Britain at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, the Los Angeles Lakers star issued a short but heartfelt message to supporters: “Tomorrow we play...