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UK SPORT’S ELITIST BIAS MUST END
By Mark Woods on January 29, 2013
UK Sport has been accused of elitism and helping to sustain those sports who are targeted at the rich rather than the many.Â It comes as...
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Luol Deng Writes Open Letter To PM to Prevent “Demolishing” of Basketball Legacy
By Sam Neter on January 28, 2013
Team GB and Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng has written an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron calling on him to reverse the UK...
REGIME CHANGE COULD SEE HOOPS GET FAIR DEAL
By Mark Woods on January 28, 2013
Hopes have been raised of a change of approach at UK Sport that could see team sports including basketball get a fairer hearing after it...
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BBU Chair Kevin Routledge Talks Funding Cut on Sky Sports
By Sam Neter on January 26, 2013
Listen to British Basketball Union Chairman Kevin Routledge say his piece on the recent funding cut for British Basketball in an interview with Sky Sports...
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Coach Vear: Funding Cut, Schedule & Advice
By Sam Neter on January 23, 2013
Former Medway Park Crusaders Head Coach, James Vear, continues with his blog from overseas (University of Dalhousie, Canada). Vear left the UK about four months...
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Campaign Launched to Dispute Basketball Funding Cut
By Sam Neter on January 19, 2013
On December 18th 2012, British Basketball was turned on its head with the news that it would receive no funding for the next four year...
PLAYERS, MPs, JOIN FUNDING FIGHT
By Mark Woods on January 19, 2013
An influential group of MPs – as well as leading players – have given their backing to British Basketballâ€™s fight to win back investment from...
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David Stern Berates British Basketball Funding Cut
By Sam Neter on January 18, 2013
UK Sport has come under further criticism for its funding cut to British Basketball, this time from NBA Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam...
NBA’S STERN SUPPORT UK HOOPS FIGHT
By Mark Woods on January 17, 2013
NBA Commissioner David Stern is willing to join British basketballâ€™s battle to win back financial support in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympics.
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FIBA’s Patrick Baumann Calls British Basketball Funding Cut “Incomprehensible”
By Sam Neter on January 17, 2013
FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann has called UK Sport’s decision to cut British Basketball’s funding to zero “incomprehensible”. Despite the record funding for Olympic and...