Basketball: NZ battle back to beat Venezuela
The Tall Blacks got their Stankovic Cup campaign under way with a win in China overnight, edging a determined Venezuelan side 72-65.
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Basketball: NZ gearing up for Oceania series
Basketball: NZ gearing up for Oceania series
The Tall Blacks' preparation for the FIBA Oceania Championship Series in August is taking shape.
Basketball: Tall Blacks out of World Cup
Basketball: Tall Blacks out of World Cup
The Tall Blacks believe they have missed an opportunity to move through to the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup.
Basketball: NZ scrape through to last 16
Basketball: NZ scrape through to last 16
The Tall Blacks have again overcome the odds to make the last 16 at the Basketball World Cup.
Basketball: NZ win to keep hopes alive
Basketball: NZ win to keep hopes alive
The Tall Blacks are back in control of their destiny at the Basketball World Cup.
Basketball: Tall Blacks beaten again
Basketball: Tall Blacks beaten again
The Tall Blacks have left themselves relying on other results to progress to the knock-out rounds of the Basketball World Cup in Spain.
Basketball: NZ implode in World Cup opener
Basketball: NZ implode in World Cup opener
The Tall Blacks have blown an opportunity to record one of their biggest wins at an international tournament.
Basketball: Tall Blacks edged by Slovenia
Basketball: Tall Blacks edged by Slovenia
The Tall Blacks have been edged 80-74 by Slovenia overnight in the opening game of the European leg of their World Cup preparation tour.
Basketball: Tall Blacks prevail in decider
Basketball: Tall Blacks prevail in decider
The Tall Blacks will leave New Zealand to continue their preparation for next month's World Cup with a winning feeling.
Basketball: Anthony sets high standard
Basketball: Anthony sets high standard
Former Tall Black BJ Anthony has set an impressive benchmark in his debut for the Otago Nuggets.
Basketball: Dickel spurs new side to first success
Basketball: Dickel spurs new side to first success
Long-serving Tall Blacks point guard Mark Dickel made his return to Dunedin A-grade basketball on Saturday for the Bombers (1-8) and wasted no time by helping the club secure its first victory of the season, over the Saints (4-5).
Basketball: Tall Blacks go down to Greece
Basketball: Tall Blacks go down to Greece
The New Zealand men's basketball side suffered their second heavy defeat in as many days when they went down to Greece 99-69 in San Carlos, Brazil, today.
Basketball: Four new names in Tall Blacks
Basketball: Four new names in Tall Blacks
Four players will make their Tall Blacks debuts at next month's Fiba Olympic qualifying tournament in Venezuela with the roster determined by a war of attrition.
Basketball: Penney out of Tall Blacks' Olympics campaign
Basketball: Penney out of Tall Blacks' Olympics campaign
The Tall Blacks' chances of qualifying for the Olympics have suffered a major blow, with captain Kirk Penney today announcing his withdrawal from the campaign due to injury.
Basketball: Still hope of Anthony
Basketball: Still hope of Anthony
Tall Black BJ Anthony is still expected to play for the Otago Nuggets this season, despite being sidelined with an injury.
Basketball: Tall Black sent home for synthetic cannabis use
Basketball: Tall Black sent home for synthetic cannabis use
Corey Webster was sent home from the Tall Blacks tour of Australia after failing a drug test for taking a synthetic form of cannabis, his club team the New Zealand Breakers revealed today.
Basketball: Dickel available for must-win match
Basketball: Dickel available for must-win match
Mark Dickel will be available to play for the Tall Blacks in their must-win Olympic basketball qualifier against Australia on Friday night in Brisbane.
Basketball: Tall Blacks sign off with win
Basketball: Tall Blacks sign off with win
The New Zealand men's basketball team have completed their build up to the Oceania Olympic qualifying series against Australia next month on a high with an 85-78 win over Ukraine at the Istanbul Cup in Turkey.
Basketball: Tall Blacks tipped by Turkey
Basketball: Tall Blacks tipped by Turkey
New Zealand came close to causing a major upset when they battled last year's world championship runners-up Turkey down to the wire in an Adidas Cup basketball tournament match in Istanbul this morning.
Basketball: Tall Blacks pipped by Macedonia
Basketball: Tall Blacks pipped by Macedonia
The Tall Blacks have been beaten 68-67 68-67 by hosts Macedonia in the Macedonia Trophy basketball tournament in Skopje.