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Veteran NBA coach David Fizdale aims to get Nigeria a medal at 2028 Olympics in LA
New Nigeria head coach David Fizdale has set his sights on turning things around, with his sights set on not just qualifying for, but medalling at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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'Ready to give everything': Boomer Bryce Cotton is finally about to be born
Six-time NBL MVP Bryce Cotton will make his debut for the Australian Boomers - Australia's senior men's national team - in the next window of FIBA World Cup qualifiers in Perth.
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David Fizdale hired to coach Nigeria men's basketball team
Former NBA coach David Fizdale was hired as the Nigeria men's basketball coach, with aspirations of leading the country to the 2028 Olympics in his hometown of Los Angeles, he told ESPN Andscape on Friday.
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USA Basketball names 3 WNBA coaches as Women's World Cup assistants
Nate Tibbetts, Natalie Nakase and Stephanie White will assist Kara Lawson coaching the U.S. women's basketball team at the FIBA Women's World Cup in September.
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France to host 2031 hoops World Cup; Japan gets 2030 women's event
Victor Wembanyama will have a chance to play a home World Cup, as France was awarded the hosting rights to the 2031 men's tournament by basketball's governing body FIBA. Japan will host the 2030 Women's World Cup.
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Oscar Schmidt, Basketball Hall of Famer from Brazil, dies at 68
Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer whom his Brazil compatriots know as the "Holy Hand," died Friday. He was 68.






