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Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.
The 2024 Women's Basketball League Americas was the 2nd edition of the competition for women's basketball club teams from the Americas region organised by FIBA Americas. Indeportes Antioquia are the defending champions. Indeportes Antioquia successfully defended their title with a win over Bay Area Phoenix in the final. [2]
FIBA: One free throw and possession of the ball at center court NBA: One free throw per technical foul, play resumes at the point of interruption; technical is assessed to individual player ...
The 2024 South American Women's Basketball Championship, branded as FIBA South American Women's Championship Chile 2024 was the 38th edition of the tournament. Nine teams featured in the competition, held at the Centro de Deportes Colectivos in Santiago , Chile, from 31 August to 7 September 2024. [ 1 ]
There were 1.4 seconds left in the first half of USA Basketball’s first exhibition game of its pre-World Cup tour this summer, with the Americans taking the ball out on the far end of the floor.
The AfroBasket 2025 qualification is a basketball competition that is being played from February 2024 to February 2025, to determine the fifteen FIBA Africa nations who will join the automatically qualified host Angola at the FIBA AfroBasket 2025 finals tournament.
Streetball – variation typically played on outdoor courts, with rules that vary widely from court to court. In most versions there are no free throws, and carrying, traveling, and double dribbling are allowed. Water basketball – played in a swimming pool with a floating boardless hoop, combining rules from basketball and water polo.
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