Articles of category "Basketball competitions"

Although the sport of basketball seems purely American, it was in reality invented by Canadian man James Naismith who introduced this game in 1891. Basketball at Olympics made its debut as a demonstration sport in 1904 and first appeared as entirely Olympic sport in 1936 in Berlin. Find out more about the basketball at the Olympics!

In 2006 the world's best players will be brought together in Japan to compete for honour, pride, and the title of "World Champion." The 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan will be the first Basketball World Championships to be held in Asia after the 28-year interruption after it was held in Philippines.