TOKYO, Feb 14, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today announced that on February 8, Rui Machida, member of the Fujitsu RedWave Women’s Basketball Team signed a contract with the Washington Mystics (based in Washington D.C.) which is a member of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Rui Machida Since joining the Fujitsu... » read more
BILBAO (REUTERS) – The captain of the Afghan women’s wheelchair basketball team made her debut for her new Spanish side on Saturday (Oct 2) to cheers and applause just over a month after fleeing Kabul when the Taliban came to power. Nilofar Bayat, 28, and her husband Ramesh Naik Zai, 27, were offered the chance... » read more
SINGAPORE – A 17-year-old died after a basketball backboard structure in Bedok fell on him on Monday (July 26) night. The police said they were called at about 8.45pm and found the injured teen next to the fallen structure near Block 18 Bedok South Road. “A 17-year-old male teenager was unconscious when conveyed to the hospital,... » read more
LOS ANGELES • Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird believes women’s football players in the United States are more widely supported and favoured than their counterparts in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) because of the public perception of them as “cute little white girls”. Point guard Bird, who won her fourth WNBA title this month, said... » read more