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The fight over the NBL plays out between their clubs.

Billionaires take the court to decide future of the NBL

Jared Novelly’s team came out on top in the latest round of his fight against basketball league owner Larry Kestelman.

August 2024

Ezi Magbegor scored 30 points and had 15 rebounds.

Opals win bronze in emotional send-off for talisman Jackson

The women’s basketball team lifted Australia’s total medal tally to the highest since Sydney 2000, and made a fitting finale for the game’s five-time medallist.

Tess Madgen tries to find away past a US opponent.

Rampant USA runs roughshod over Opals

The USA has won the gold medal at every Olympics since Atlanta 1996. On Friday, it was easy to see why.

July 2024

Steph Talbot’s shooting wasn’t enough.

Off-colour Opals stunned by Nigeria in major upset

Australia now have to beat fifth-ranked Canada and seventh-ranked France to have a chance of getting a fifth medal for Lauren Jackson.

July 2021

Opals star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from the Olympics.

COVID-19 cuts $3 million hole in AOC’s pocket

The country’s national Olympic committee has had to cancel two key fundraising events even as it meets extra costs of the pandemic-hit games.

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