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Nick Westby
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Sports Editor of The Yorkshire Post. Reporter on and promoter of Yorkshire sport. Press box food critic. Banter enthusiast. Father. Own views.
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Love writing about golf and John Parry of Harrogate is one of the good guys. Three years after playing one-round shootouts, and after four wins, he's heading to the @pgatourus.bsky.social at the ripe old age of 39.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🏀 Breaking tonight - British Basketball Federation ceased trading in a grave day for the sport

🏀 Controversial GBB League refusing to go quietly and considering legal options

Full story with reaction from UK Sport, BBF, GBBL and SLB

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GBB League refusing to go quietly as British basketball body goes bust
The British Basketball Federation has announced it has ceased trading but the controversial start-up league that sparked a furious civil war within the game is refusing to go quietly.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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🏀 Hearing from multiple sources that British Basketball Federation is on verge of going into administration

🏀 Unconfirmed as yet and BBF staying silent but after FIBA rulings recognising SLB, it's another body blow for beleaguered governing body

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British Basketball Federation on brink of administration after SLB wins FIBA approval
The British Basketball Federation (BBF) is fighting for its future after Super League Basketball (SLB) was handed a major victory in the long-running dispute that has driven a wedge through the game.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🏀 EXCLUSIVE 🏀

"Playing for the national team is a unique experience that brings a lot of pride...so this socks."

View from inside GB Basketball men's camp as rising star speaks up on FIBA ban on GB men and impact it is having

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'It sucks': Rising star of GB men's basketball team urges FIBA and BBF to restore marquee World Cup qualifiers
One of the rising stars of Great Britain’s men’s basketball team has spoken of his disappointment at the cancellation of forthcoming fixtures and implored the sport’s decision-makers to do all they ca...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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British basketball has endured another damaging few days - here is where the sport stands

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British basketball crisis: Where the sport stands after FIBA sanctions, with SLB and GBBL reaction
British basketball has endured another damaging few days with the governing body’s chair resigning and the game’s global powerbrokers hitting the national game with heavy sanctions.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Latest on British basketball civil war in wake of Chris Grant resignation

🏀 GBBL remain committed to launching new league

🏀 BBF say nothing has changed for them in relationship with controversial league

🏀 DCMS and SLB remain silent but watchful

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GBB League and British Basketball Federation remain in lock-step despite Chris Grant's resignation
The external league awarded the licence to run British professional basketball’s men’s competition from 2027 insists it remains unmoved in its commitment to the project despite losing its biggest ally...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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For Hull KR captain Elliot Minchella, the road to a potential treble began 12 months ago

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From house of horrors to dynasty dreams - Elliot Minchella charts Hull KR’s road back to Old Trafford
For anybody outside Super League's traditional big four, the Theatre of Dreams has felt more like a house of horrors.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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For those in the know, Lee Blackett’s ascension to the England coaching ranks was always just a matter of time

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'No surprise to us': Lee Blackett's rise from Rotherham Titans to England rugby coach
More than a few knowing glances will have been exchanged among the clubhouse patrons and boardroom bigwigs at Clifton Lane this week when the news broke that Lee Blackett has been appointed as England...
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September 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Long read on the current crisis in British basketball

🏀 GBBL teams can play in NBA Europe and their domestic league
🏀 BBF said to have blocked SLB offer to give new BCB league admin support
🏀 Referee issue still in flux
🏀 Liverpool franchise has US director

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British basketball in crisis state of play: League v governing body stand-off, NBA Europe plans, Liverpool franchise latest
Players, coaches and fans will be glad for the return of actual basketball action on the court on Friday night following a draining week off the hardwood at the end of another long summer of upheaval.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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“Having him join us for TBT showed his strengths and he further impressed, so I’m happy to have signed him."

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Mervin James given longer stint to impress as Sheffield Sharks snag Surrey 89ers breakout star
When his name appeared on the Sheffield Sharks’ roster for the TBT tournament in America earlier this summer, it was a big indicator that Mervin James was headed for a longer stint in the blue and yel...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🏀 EXCLUSIVE

SLB planning on launching new franchise in Liverpool

American investor in place, could be on court next month

Meanwhile, BBF chair has written to Home Office asking them to pause issuing of visas for import players

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Exclusive: Super League Basketball to launch new team in city GBBL targeted as BBF make last ditch attempt to stall visas
Super League Basketball is on the verge of landing a significant blow in its civil war with the sport’s governing body by launching a team in Liverpool that could be on court as early as next month.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The latest on the 2025/26 Super League Basketball season against the backdrop of a civil war

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Update on Super League Basketball season start time as sport's civil war rumbles on
The 2025/26 Super League Basketball season is set to go ahead on time with clubs planning for a late September tip-off, despite their ongoing war with the sport’s governing body heading for the courts...
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August 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Becoming an Olympic champion again at 33 is a real motivator for Jack Laugher
Jack Laugher: 'I still love diving' - How Yorkshire great has stayed hungry heading into fifth Olympic cycle
Fourteen years ago I was invited down to our nation’s capital by Welcome to Yorkshire for a tour of the Olympic Stadium to mark 12 months to go to London 2012, when that very same setting would be hea...
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July 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and Ian Poulter are the headline-grabbing names hoping to negotiate 36 holes of final qualifying

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European golfing favourites vying with Oli Sullivan and emerging pros in Open final qualifying
A former world No 1, a major winner and a European Ryder Cup star tee off on a level footing with satellite tour players and emerging amateurs on Tuesday in the race for one of just a handful of place...
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June 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🏈 Dropped into @leedsbeckett.bsky.social this week for the @nfluk.bsky.social flag football champs. 28 schools, 100s of kids and a sport growing an ecosystem for LA28 and beyond. Plus the thoughts of Sky's Phoebe Schecter

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NFL flag football touches down in Leeds as journey to LA Olympics begins
American football touched down in Yorkshire this week but there wasn’t a helmet, shoulder pad or 300lb defensive lineman in sight.
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June 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Take a look at our tips to win the US Open at Oakmont ⛳

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US Open tips: Avoid Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau and look at these outsiders
When he was running around Augusta’s back nine with his hair on fire, drinking enough water to force a hosepipe ban, it was pertinent to think Rory McIlroy was not only conquering his own demons but w...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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It was hard not to feel like a torch was being passed along the Esplanade by the seafront in Redcar on Thursday

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From Lizzie Deignan to Cat Ferguson: Yorkshire and British cycling is in safe hands
It was hard not to feel like a torch was being passed along the Esplanade by the seafront in Redcar on Thursday.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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No Norrie, no worry - here’ll still be a tennis party at Ilkley this week

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Marin Cilic the main draw as 'Wimbledon of the North' Ilkley Open grows in stature
No Norrie, no worry. There’ll still be a tennis party at Ilkley this week.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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British basketball exclusive

🏀 GBBL plans to disrupt traditional formats

🏀 New league wants Christmas All-Star game and only one TV game a week

🏀 Marshall Glickman gives first public answers to questions

🏀 SLB still resisting GBBL overtures

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Exclusive: Marshall Glickman's GBB League plans to 'disrupt' British basketball's traditional structures as SLB stays silent
Bosses behind a controversial new league set to run professional basketball in Britain have plans to move more than a quarter of games away from clubs’ traditional home courts to larger arenas where t...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Redemption is on the mind of Sheffield Hatters' Georgia Gayle

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Georgia Gayle out to redeem herself and send Sheffield Hatters to SLB play-off final
Redemption is on the mind of Georgia Gayle when her Sheffield Hatters team take to the court for their Super League Basketball play-off semi-final with Newcastle Eagles on Sunday.
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May 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Sheffield Sharks are plotting the conquering of two different continents in the coming months

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Sheffield Sharks going Stateside in emerging TBT and plotting European adventure
The future of the league may be up in the air and their title hopes now extinguished but Sheffield Sharks are plotting the conquering of two different continents in the coming months.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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British basketball’s civil war is being closely watched by central government
New twist to British basketball's civil war as DCMS committee keeps watch
British basketball’s civil war is being closely watched by central government.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Fear and loathing in British basketball: How a sport and a governing body is ripping the sport apart and to hell with the people that should matter, the fans and the existing clubs 🏀

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Fear and loathing in British basketball: how civil war is damaging existing clubs and fans - Nick Westby
At a time when British basketball should be celebrating Newcastle Eagles’ run to a European final, when it could be using its national teams’ qualification for EuroBasket this summer as a vehicle for ...
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April 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Understand Sharks and Hatters told their games will go ahead this week after talks between league and officials. SLB not confirmed yet, and not divulging any more information on investigation into Atiba Lyons' claims. BBF not launching own investigation.

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Sheffield Sharks and Hatters games given go-ahead in thawing of basketball's civil war
Sheffield Sharks and Sheffield Hatters are expected to return to the court this weekend following a ceasefire in the stand-off between the two clubs and Super League Basketball’s referees association.
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March 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Update on crisis in British basketball

🏀 Referees on strike

🏀 Sharks and Hatters preparing as if games going ahead

🏀 Governing body staying silent

🏀 Atiba Lyons gives update on response to his emotive statement

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British basketball at war: Atiba Lyons preparing Sheffield Sharks for game despite referees' strike amid racial profiling row
Sheffield Sharks will travel down to Bristol as normal on Friday in anticipation of their Super League Basketball game with the Flyers going ahead – even if, as it stands, the match officials have gon...
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March 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM