Super League Basketball say official recognition from the sport’s governing body

Super League Basketball say official recognition from the sport’s governing body FIBA will allow clubs to “nurture talent, develop venues and broaden their reach at home and abroad”.

The move follows recognition on Thursday in a move that brings SLB into the FIBA ecosystem after an earlier suspension of the British Basketball Federation for failing to avoid and then mend a split between the two warring factions.

A letter was sent to the BBF on Monday, penned by SLB interim chair Sanjay Bhandari, rejecting a compromise offer proposed by the British Basketball Federation to end their feud.

But the recognition and licensing of Super League Basketball means a ban on Great Britain’s men’s team competing has be

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