More than 300,000 TV viewers tuned in at some point to TG4’s live weekend coverage of Basketball’s Men’s and Women’s National Cup finals, figures indicate.

Finally, a bidding ‘war’ Ireland has emerged victorious from, with Cork profiting from the additional bounce of the ball.

UCC Demons have major injury problems, following last week’s heroic Men’s Super League win over Garvey’s Tralee Warriors, for tomorrow’s game away to UCD Marian.

Ireland’s Women’s captain Orla O’Reilly has been ruled out of this week’s FIBA European Championships for Small Countries with a broken wrist.

Compared to Euro 2016, or the World U20 rugby final, or the decisive third test in South Africa, Ireland’s return to the international basketball arena seems like small potatoes. Perhaps it is. But it’s an important small step for the sport in this country, and for the women’s team preparing for the FIBA tournament in Gibraltar. Coach Mark Scannell put it in context.

Basketball Ireland will enter a men’s team in a new FIBA European club competition.

Irish basketball could be about to restore its senior teams to full international competition after a five-year hiatus, according to Basketball Ireland chief executive Bernard O’Byrne.

It’s almost 13 years since a basketball club was founded in the Carlow village of Ballon to cater for recreational female players aged 30 or over.

The head of cycling’s governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

Pat McQuaid, the embattled president of the International Cycling Union, has stood down from the panel assessing host cities for the 2020 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed.

Great Britain have avoided the United States but face a tough group in the first round of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament following today’s draw in Rio De Janeiro.

There will be no senior men's or women's basketball teams to represent Ireland in the immediate future, it was announced today.

HEAD coach of the Irish basketball team, Gerry Fitzpatrick, has announced his squad for next week’s friendly against England and the European Championship semi-final round games against Germany, Croatia and former Macedonia (FYROM).