CAMP ZAMA, Japan – It was just a three-minute scrimmage, but when 9-year-old Quentin Sykes sank a buzzer beater to seal his team's 4-0 win, the entire Youth Center here erupted like he’d just clenched ...

The Chicago Bulls have signed Japanese men's national basketball team guard Yuki Kawamura to a two-way contract for the 2025-26 season, the NBA franchise announced Saturday. The 24-year-old, who ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will host the Women's Basketball World Cup in 2030, the sport's world governing body said Wednesday.

In recent years, Japan has started to solidify its place on the global basketball map. The steady ascent began with Rui Hachimura making waves as a lottery pick and has since been sustained by the ...

Penn State has developed a strong basketball presence in Japan, where the country's best professional player and its men's national team coach are former Nittany Lions. D.J. Newbill, one of the top ...

NEW DELHI: Being away from home never gets easier. Every day, you stand in front of the mirror, wondering what your family is doing. The pain doesn’t fade, it quietly settles in. Your mother’s warmth ...

Young Japanese and American basketball players faced off at a Defense Department high school in southern Japan in a tournament designed to build ties between base and local communities. Nearly 500 ...

Former University of North Carolina basketball player Nassir Little is continuing his quest to play professional basketball. Little announced on Friday he has signed with the Chiba Jets of Japan's B ...

Bosnia, Canada, Hong Kong, Russia, Qatar, Poland, Italy, Australia, Turkey, China. Now, Japan. “Yeah,” Trey Kell says, “I’ve got a lot of stamps in my passport.” The former Saint Augustine High School ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Las Vegas Aces are going international before the season even starts. The Las Vegas Aces announced they will host the Japan Women’s National Team in a preseason exhibition game ...

Former University of Kansas men’s basketball forward Perry Ellis suffered a season-ending ankle injury on April 11 that ...