FIBA World Basketball

Japan stuns Australia on its way to winning its third straight FIBA AsiaWomen's title, 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose joins LeBron Jamesin Cleveland and defending champion Spain loses a key piece on the road toEuroBasket 2017.

Guo Ailun and China set their sights on back-to-back FIBA Asia Cup titles, injury grounds Italian star Danilo Gallinari on the eve of EuroBasket, and Maria Vadeeva drives Russia to the FIBA Under 19 Women's Basketball World Cup title.

A rematch of the 2015 final between China and the Philippines leads off theFIBA Asia Cup, injury rules star point guard Sergio Llull out of Spain'sEuroBasket campaign, and action from the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Argentina.

Australia rises to the challenge in Lebanon to win the FIBA Asia Cup crown,two heavyweight teams lose star players on the eve of EuroBasket, anddefending champion Senegal makes a perfect start to its AfroBasket Women titledefence.

Fast-starting Mexico rolls through group play to advance to the FIBA AmeriCupsemi-finals, Pau Gasol and Spain prepare to defend their EuroBasket crown and Nigeria risesto the top at AfroBasket Women 2017.

Latvian star Kristaps Porzingis makes a stunning impact at his first EuroBasket, Brittney Griner leads the Phoenix Mercury into the WNBA semi- finals, and Senegal takes aim at its first AfroBasket title in 20 years.