A billion-dollar company could become the WNBL’s saviour, with the league’s losses exceeding $5 million last season. But will Basketball Australia give up a 51% stake in the ownership? Billion-dollar Melbourne property developer Pelligra Group, which holds the Adelaide Lightning license among a growing portfolio of local and international sporting teams, would consider exploring ownership … [Read more…]
Facing losses of more than $600,000 a season, there are fears more WNBL owners will try to sell off their teams after one club was put on the market in a league already facing a tumultuous future. The only state basketball governing body with ownership of a WNBL club, no longer able to bear losses … [Read more…]
The Hockeyroos Generation Next dominated their experienced opponents on Thursday night, and emerging stars Maddison Brooks and Hannah Callum-Sanders say the best is yet to come. They’re the relative infants in Katrina Powell’s Babyroos squad but teen tyros Maddison Brooks and Hannah Cullum-Sanders are already leaving their imprint on the Australian team. Just 18 and … [Read more…]
The new chief executive of the NBL has his sights set on discussing a host of changes including a Gather Round, all stars game, expansion and more. The architect of the AFL’s Gather Round has been tasked with adapting the concept to provide the NBL with a unique festival of basketball. Over seven years with … [Read more…]