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  2. History of basketball - Wikipedia

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    The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded on June 6, 1946, in New York City. [36] The league adopted the name National Basketball Association ( NBA ) in 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball League (NBL).

  3. Basketball in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Basketball was first introduced to the Philippine public school system by the Americans as a women's sport in 1910 and was played in Interscholastic meets in 1911 until 1913. Women's basketball met opposition from conservative groups, particularly the Catholic Church who view bloomers worn by women basketball players as inappropriate. By the ...

  4. Timeline of women's sports - Wikipedia

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    1894 – The most well-documented early European association football women's team was founded by activist Nettie Honeyball in England and named the British Ladies' Football Club. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] 1894 – The first golf tournament for women in the United States was won by Hollard A. Ford. Held on a 7-hole course in Morristown, New Jersey, Ford ...

  5. Community Basketball Association - Wikipedia

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    The Community Basketball Association (CBA – Pilipinas / CBA – Philippines) was a regional-based grassroots basketball tournament based in the Philippines. Founded in June 2018, the league aimed to become an avenue to scout and expose young basketball players from various places across the country. [ 1 ]

  6. History of sport - Wikipedia

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    Women's competition in sports has been frowned upon by many societies in the past. The English public-school background of organized sport in the 19th and early 20th century led to a paternalism that tended to discourage women's involvement in sports, with, for example, no women officially competing in the 1896 Olympic Games.

  7. Basketball - Wikipedia

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    Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...

  8. Women's basketball - Wikipedia

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    Professional women's basketball exists in Australia in the form of the Women's National Basketball League. The league was founded in 1981 as a way for the best women's basketball teams in the various Australian States to compete against each other on a regular basis. Today the WNBL is the premier women's basketball league in Australia.

  9. Basketball in England - Wikipedia

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    English Basketball was progressing very well indeed and by including "Catford Saints" as the English team (1939 Championship Winners) in the Liège Festival that year, the ABBA once more made England's position in European Basketball felt. It is unfortunate for the progress of Basketball that World War II started in the latter part of 1939.