Fiji’s men’s and women’s teams will be leaving for China this afternoon to compete at the FIBA 3×3 Under-23 World Cup that starts this week.

A week after a report surfaced alleging Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer tried to circumvent NBA salary-cap rules, commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday stated if any wrongdoing is found, he will exercise his “very broad powers.”

LeBron James has become the first NBA player to author a piece in China’s state-run People’s Daily newspaper, an unusual move suggesting the top-flight North American basketball league’s years-long row with Beijing could be coming to an end.

In an effort to nurture emerging talent, Basketball Fiji will be selecting standout players from the recent Vodafone Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Championship to train with the senior national squads.

Basketball Fiji interim chief operating officer William Peters has commended the standard of play on display at this year’s Vodafone Fiji Basketball Championship.

Yat Sen Secondary School is the new champion of the under-19 men’s grade at the Vodafone Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Championship, after a hard-fought 28–19 win over the International School of Suva in the final last night.

Less than a week after leading Tilak High School’s under-17 boys team to the Fiji Secondary Schools football IDC finals, Petaia Lewanavanua now aims to make a similar impact in basketball.

Team Fiji Basketball head coach Earl Hughes says it’s an incredible feeling to win gold in both the men’s and women’s divisions at the Pacific Mini Games, which concluded in Palau last night.

Team Fiji has finished second at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau after the competition concluded last night.

The Fiji Women’s and Men’s 3×3 teams have both secured gold in the finals of the Basketball 3×3 Youth Nations League – Oceania at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau, with the women defeating Tonga 16-13 and the men edging out the Solomon Islands 19-18 in a nail-biter to wrap up the games.

National rep Eliki Wainiqolo says his journey in baseball has been rewarding so far and competing at the Pacific Mini Games is just the beginning of what he hopes will be a long and successful career, one that helps raise the profile of baseball in Fiji.

After five grueling matches in just two days at the Pacific Mini Games, Fiji women’s 3×3 basketball team is showing no signs of slowing down.