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SAPPHIRES SQUAD NARROWED FOR FINAL SELECTION CAMP AHEAD OF U17 WORLD CUP Qualifying for the World Cup by winning the gold medal at the Under-16 Asian Championships where they finished with an average winning margin of 36 points, 11 members of that side are still in contention for the final team. The remaining five players…

AUSSIES IN THE WNBA- 2018 SEASON CONNECTICUT SUN Cayla George-  Having made the move from Townsville to Melbourne for the upcoming WNBL season, George is also in new territory for the WNBA as she will play for Connecticut in 2018 after spending two seasons with Phoenix. She had a season-best 14 points, 14 rebounds, three…

MARK BRADTKE APPOINTED BOOMERS’ TEAM LEADER The Boomers will complete the first round of the qualifiers with two games in the third window against Japan and the Philippines on June 29 and July 2 respectively. With an unbeaten record through the first two windows, Australia have already qualified for the second round where they will…

CROCS TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR 2018 FIBA UNDER-17 WORLD CUP A selection camp over the weekend narrowed a squad of 19 to a dozen with six states represented in the team. Nine players from the Under-16 Asian Championships, where the Crocs qualified for the Under-17 World Cup by winning the gold medal, will return with Joshua…

Victorians picked for U17 Australian squads The Crocs will head into camp at the Centre of Excellence this weekend and will train alongside the Under-19 Emus who are getting ready for the Under-18 Asian Championships in August. The three-day camp will see 19 players from six states vying to make the Crocs team ahead of…

NBA GLOBAL ACADEMY APPOINT MARTY CLARKE AS NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR Clarke has been lured to the position by the NBA Global Academy after becoming an integral part of Saint Mary’s College in California over the past five years. He previously spent 12 years with the AIS and a number of Aussies that progressed through the program…

Work starts on Wonthaggi’s new basketball home Minister for Education James Merlino turned the sod on the $32.5 million project this week to completely rebuild the school’s ageing senior campus and deliver a new local sports stadium. It has been designed by ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects, with builders SJ Higgins appointed to construct it. The new campus…

CROCS AND SAPPHIRES NAME SQUADS AHEAD OF FIBA UNDER-17 WORLD CUP The Crocs will head into camp at the Centre of Excellence this weekend and will train alongside the Under-19 Emus who are getting ready for the Under-18 Asian Championships in August. The three-day camp will see 19 players from six states vying to make…

BOOMERANGS AND PEARLS HEAD COACHES NAMED FOR 2019 INAS GLOBAL GAMES Dr. Julia Walsh, a senior lecturer in sport coaching at Deakin University, will take over the head coaching role for the Australian Boomerangs. Walsh has extensive coaching experience from community level through to leading high-performance programs of both genders and her desire and commitment…