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BasketballAugust 3

Basketball: NZ battle back to beat Venezuela

The Tall Blacks got their Stankovic Cup campaign under way with a win in China overnight, edging a determined Venezuelan side 72-65.

BasketballApril 23

Basketball: NZ gearing up for Oceania series

The Tall Blacks' preparation for the FIBA Oceania Championship Series in August is taking shape.

BasketballSeptember 7

Basketball: Tall Blacks out of World Cup

The Tall Blacks believe they have missed an opportunity to move through to the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup.

BasketballSeptember 4

Basketball: NZ scrape through to last 16

The Tall Blacks have again overcome the odds to make the last 16 at the Basketball World Cup.

BasketballSeptember 3

Basketball: NZ win to keep hopes alive

The Tall Blacks are back in control of their destiny at the Basketball World Cup.

BasketballAugust 31

Basketball: Tall Blacks beaten again

The Tall Blacks have left themselves relying on other results to progress to the knock-out rounds of the Basketball World Cup in Spain.

BasketballAugust 30

Basketball: NZ implode in World Cup opener

The Tall Blacks have blown an opportunity to record one of their biggest wins at an international tournament.

BasketballAugust 17

Basketball: Tall Blacks edged by Slovenia

The Tall Blacks have been edged 80-74 by Slovenia overnight in the opening game of the European leg of their World Cup preparation tour.

BasketballJuly 19

Basketball: Tall Blacks prevail in decider

The Tall Blacks will leave New Zealand to continue their preparation for next month's World Cup with a winning feeling.

BasketballApril 14

Basketball: Anthony sets high standard

Former Tall Black BJ Anthony has set an impressive benchmark in his debut for the Otago Nuggets.

BasketballJuly 8

Basketball: Dickel spurs new side to first success

Long-serving Tall Blacks point guard Mark Dickel made his return to Dunedin A-grade basketball on Saturday for the Bombers (1-8) and wasted no time by helping the club secure its first victory of the season, over the Saints (4-5).

BasketballJune 28

Basketball: Tall Blacks go down to Greece

The New Zealand men's basketball side suffered their second heavy defeat in as many days when they went down to Greece 99-69 in San Carlos, Brazil, today.

BasketballJune 18

Basketball: Four new names in Tall Blacks

Four players will make their Tall Blacks debuts at next month's Fiba Olympic qualifying tournament in Venezuela with the roster determined by a war of attrition.

BasketballMay 20

Basketball: Penney out of Tall Blacks' Olympics campaign

The Tall Blacks' chances of qualifying for the Olympics have suffered a major blow, with captain Kirk Penney today announcing his withdrawal from the campaign due to injury.

BasketballMarch 23

Basketball: Still hope of Anthony

Tall Black BJ Anthony is still expected to play for the Otago Nuggets this season, despite being sidelined with an injury.

BasketballSeptember 9

Basketball: Tall Black sent home for synthetic cannabis use

Corey Webster was sent home from the Tall Blacks tour of Australia after failing a drug test for taking a synthetic form of cannabis, his club team the New Zealand Breakers revealed today.

BasketballSeptember 8

Basketball: Dickel available for must-win match

Mark Dickel will be available to play for the Tall Blacks in their must-win Olympic basketball qualifier against Australia on Friday night in Brisbane.

BasketballAugust 25

Basketball: Tall Blacks sign off with win

The New Zealand men's basketball team have completed their build up to the Oceania Olympic qualifying series against Australia next month on a high with an 85-78 win over Ukraine at the Istanbul Cup in Turkey.

BasketballAugust 24

Basketball: Tall Blacks tipped by Turkey

New Zealand came close to causing a major upset when they battled last year's world championship runners-up Turkey down to the wire in an Adidas Cup basketball tournament match in Istanbul this morning.

BasketballAugust 21

Basketball: Tall Blacks pipped by Macedonia

The Tall Blacks have been beaten 68-67 68-67 by hosts Macedonia in the Macedonia Trophy basketball tournament in Skopje.

BasketballAugust 9

Basketball: Tournament win for Tall Blacks in China

The New Zealand men's basketball team have pulled off a rare international tournament win by beating Russia in the Stankovic Cup final in China.

BasketballAugust 8

Basketball: NZ into final after beating Angola

New Zealand have scored their second upset win in as many days, downing Angola 73-70 to advance to the final of the Stankovic Cup international men's basketball tournament in Guangzhou, China.

BasketballAugust 7

Basketball: Tall Blacks topple China

The New Zealand men's basketball team have pulled of a top win over China in the Stankovic Cup tournament at Beijing with a 89-69 upset over the tournament hosts.

BasketballMarch 11

Basketball: Kench turns down Nuggets offer, goes with Manawatu

Tall Blacks guard Jeremy Kench will be in a green and white singlet, not a blue and gold one, this season.

BasketballFebruary 21

Basketball: Bradshaw upbeat about Nuggets

Tall Black Craig Bradshaw saw an opportunity where others saw only risk.

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