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    Australia have completed a clean sweep of the Tall Blacks in their two basketball World Cup qualification games
     2 December 2025
    Australia have completed a clean sweep of the Tall Blacks in their two basketball World Cup qualification games
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    A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts
    29 Nov 2025: A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts... more
    Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis
    25 Nov 2025: Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis... more
    Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion
    25 Nov 2025: Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion... more
    American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests
    23 Nov 2025: American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests... more
    The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window
    23 Nov 2025: The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window... more
    The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns
    23 Nov 2025: The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns... more
    Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns
    22 Nov 2025: Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns... more
    NBL basketball leaders Melbourne United have escaped with a narrow 105-102 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong
    22 Nov 2025: NBL basketball leaders Melbourne United have escaped with a narrow 105-102 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong... more
    Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi believes there's sufficient training in place for athletes when it comes to gay rights
    20 Nov 2025: Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi believes there's sufficient training in place for athletes when it comes to gay rights... more

     Most Popular Recent Basketball News
     14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch ++++++++++++++
     23 Dec: Time for some serious self-reflection for the New Zealand Breakers ++++++++++
     23 Dec: A lack-lustre Breakers display on both sides of the ball has helped Brisbane snap their seven-game losing streak in basketball's NBL +++++++++
     13 Dec: The Breakers are focussed on minimising mistakes against South East Melbourne in tonight's Aussie NBL match ++++++++
     19 Dec: Breakers forward Rob Baker the Second believes avoiding a losing slide is paramount when they face the bottom-placed Cairns Taipans tonight ++++++++
     14 Dec: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen believes the referees granted the South East Melbourne Phoenix to play with an uber-physical style in their clash in basketball's NBL ++++++++
     19 Dec: New Zealand Breakers behemoth Rob Baker the Second is enjoying his basketball in Auckland +++++++

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      6 Jan: Peacock embraces dolby vision hdr and atmos for live sports (PC World)
      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: How perth lynx coach helped reignite an olympian’s career (Sydney Morning Herald)
      25 Dec: Thu, 25 Dec 2025: British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in portugal (BBCWorld)
      19 Dec: Fri, 19 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen sets new basketball record (BBCWorld)
      18 Dec: Thu, 18 Dec 2025: World's tallest teen dunks ball for first field goal in college basketball (Stuff.co.nz)
      1 Dec: Mon, 1 Dec 2025: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)
      26 Nov: Wed, 26 Nov 2025: Breakers development player banned for cannabis use (Stuff.co.nz)
      17 Nov: Mon, 17 Nov 2025: ‘a passionate nelsonian’: tributes flow for guy williams’ father (Stuff.co.nz)
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