A deafening roar at Twickenham capped a 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup that smashed attendance records, while India's first Women's Cricket World Cup triumph sparked nationwide celebrations.
Last week, Venus and her inner circle set sail on a luxurious bachelorette getaway in the Adriatic Sea. Hosted on a private yacht near Italy, the pre-wedding bash was classy, elegant, and full of joy.
WNBA concerned over Brittney Griner situation
Two-time soccer World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and 11-time WNBA All-Star Sue Bird are getting hitched.
Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract on Wednesday to play with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock in a bid to revive her athletic career.
Star Indian woman basketball player Geethu Anne Jose, the first from the country to be invited to the WNBA for a tryout, managed to impress the coaches of all three teams she trialled for with her "fundamentals".
On the highest step of the Olympic podium, US basketball player Brittney Griner wept, tears trickling down her face as her country's national anthem serenaded her for a gold medal she could not have imagined winning while in a Russian prison.
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Brittney Griner's life is bubbling. This 23-year-old basketball star player is used to the spotlight but these days it has increasingly exceeded.
Disgraced former American Olympian Marion Jones made her professional basketball debut for the Tulsa Shock on Saturday.
The four-time NBA champion gave fans a fright by posting a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed.
Staley watched Griner grow from a first-overall WNBA draft pick in 2013 to one of the dominant forces in the league and an American superstar who collected two World Cup golds on top of her Olympic titles.
US basketball player Brittney Griner teared up during her first news conference after being detained in Russia for nearly 10-months.
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US WNBA All-Star Griner's detention in Russia extended
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has pushed back on suggestions that the pandemic would set the sport back.
A Russian court sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia, a ruling that President Joe Biden called "unacceptable."
NBA aims to launch 'NBA Together' - a global community and social engagement campaign that aims to support, engage, educate and inspire youth, families and fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Griner's lawyer Alexander Boykov told reporters they were hoping for the most lenient sentencing possible.
A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed US WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, paving the way for her to be sent to a penal colony, in a court case that Washington has called "sham".
The reigning National Basketball Association champion San Antonio Spurs named long-time WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first full-time female assistant coach in league history on Tuesday.
Here are other key moments and athletes to look out for at Tokyo 2020 when the sport gets underway in earnest on Saturday
The NBA, which opened its first office in Mumbai in October last year, has hosted more than 450 basketball development events in India since 2008 as part of the league's effort to grow basketball.
The athletes on the US magazine's list have enjoyed sporting success as well as promoting other causes.
'We never forget. We continue our work ... We work to build an equal world for George, for his children, and for all the other victims of racism.'
With an increasing number of foreign players making to the top in the professional basketball league, National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner David Stern said an Indian hoopster could be seen playing in the league in the next five years.
The Indian teenager will train at Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence from November 7-24.
Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings will play two preseason games in Mumbai next year, the first National Basketball Association games to take place in India, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday.
Kobe Bryant, fourth all-time in NBA scoring, played for the Los Angeles Lakers during an illustrious 20-year career that was highlighted by five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs and one league MVP.
Danish Qureshi of Hume High School, Mumbai, and Nishanti of St. Joseph's Anglo Indian Secondary School, Chennai, were crowned champions in the Jr. NBA and Jr WNBA National Skills Challenge and earned an all-expense paid trip to the NBA headquarters in the US.
Geethu Anna Jose is the first Indian to attend try-outs for the American professional basketball league. Shobha Warrier traces the rise of the25-year-old captain of the Indian women's team.
NBA legend AC Green launched the Mahindra-NBA Challenge in Mumbai on Saturday.
Kobe Bryant called his daughter Gianna "Mambacita" after his own court nickname, "Black Mamba," confident she would follow in his footsteps and become a professional basketball player. On Sunday, the 41-year-old five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist died with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash northwest of Los Angeles as they pursued that dream.
'This has been an emotional week and I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of support.'
Serena Williams did not need the help of a fan-filled Arthur Ashe Stadium to provide a lift during her 7-5, 6-4 win over the 96th ranked Kristie Ahn.
Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
'I'm tempted to say that he's in a better place now, but I'm quite sure he's not.' 'There was no better place for him than the basketball court, and now he'll never set foot on one again. Because he's gone,' says Dhruv Munjal.
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