MIES/NEW YORK, March 28, 2025 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on 27 March announced their joint exploration of a new professional men’s basketball league in Europe that would bring the sport to more European fans and accelerate the game’s growth across the continent. The NBA and FIBA will continue discussions that began more than a year ago with prospective investors, teams, arena developers and commercial partners. Under the plan being...

HELSINKI, March 25, 2025 - Jari Porttila, one of Finland’s most experienced sports journalists, was unanimously elected chairman of the Finnish Sports Journalists Association at a meeting held in Helsinki.Jari Porttila has worked as a sports journalist since 1980, beginning with the newspapers Uusi Suomi and Iltalehti until the end of 1991. Since 1992, he has worked for Finland’s largest commercial TV company, MTV. Among other accomplishments, Porttila founded MTV’s sports news program...

LAUSANNE, March 24, 2025 - Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who received the Investigative Reporting prize at the maiden AIPS Sport Media Awards ceremony in January 2019, has been awarded USD$18 million (£14 million) in damages after a US court ruled that he was defamed by former Ghanaian MP Kennedy Agyapong.AIPS President Gianni Merlo said: “We would like to congratulate Anas for this victory. When we chose him as the first Investigative Reporting winner of our awards, it was a very...

LAUSANNE, March 25, 2025 - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first woman to be elected as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a boost for gender equality and will be a source of inspiration globally. We in canoeing are extremely proud of the fact that for many years now we have also been striving to increase the number of female athletes, coaches and officials. Our policy is proving successful, right up to the highest level of our sport. Reflecting our dedication to providing equal...