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Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis

25 November 2025

Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has copped a one-month ban from basketball after testing positive for cannabis

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Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion
	25 Nov: Max Darling will miss the Tall Blacks' basketball World Cup Qualifiers against the Australian Boomers with concussion... more

American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests
	23 Nov: American import Izaiah Brockington doesn't think the Breakers are as bad as this season's Australian NBL record suggests... more

The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window
	23 Nov: The Breakers are welcoming a break in the Australian NBL to accommodate an international window... more

The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns
	23 Nov: The Breakers have jumped from 9th to 7th on the NBL basketball table after a 102-96 win over the Taipans in Cairns... more

Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns
	22 Nov: Breakers centre Rob Loe has revealed his ties to basketball ahead of tonight's NBL clash with the Taipans in Cairns... more

NBL basketball leaders Melbourne United have escaped with a narrow 105-102 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong
	22 Nov: NBL basketball leaders Melbourne United have escaped with a narrow 105-102 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong... more

Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi believes there's sufficient training in place for athletes when it comes to gay rights
	20 Nov: Breakers forward Reuben Te Rangi believes there's sufficient training in place for athletes when it comes to gay rights... more

The Breakers have been out-muscled 88-75 by the Wildcats in their ANBL basketball clash in Perth
	16 Nov: The Breakers have been out-muscled 88-75 by the Wildcats in their ANBL basketball clash in Perth... more

The Breakers are hunting back-to-back wins for the first time this Aussie basketball season as they take on the Wildcats in Perth tonight
	15 Nov: The Breakers are hunting back-to-back wins for the first time this Aussie basketball season as they take on the Wildcats in Perth tonight... more

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Most Popular Recent Basketball News

14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch +++++++++++++

29 Nov: A glass half full mindset for the Tall Blacks basketballers after letting a chance slip for a rare victory over their Australian counterparts +++++++++++

03 Dec: Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington +++++++++

03 Dec: Kiwi guard Tai Webster's returned for a third Australian Basketball League stint with the Breakers +++++++++

23 Dec: Time for some serious self-reflection for the New Zealand Breakers ++++++++

07 Dec: An increasing level of satisfaction for Breakers coach Petteri Koponen after they racked up a third straight win in basketball's NBL ++++++++

06 Dec: A deep breath for centre Rob Loe as the Breakers hunt a third win in a row in tonight's NBL basketball game against Tasmania ++++++++

Basketball NewsLinks

26 Dec: How perth lynx coach helped reignite an olympian’s career (Sydney Morning Herald)

25 Dec: British boy, 13, fatally stabbed in portugal (BBCWorld)

19 Dec: World's tallest teen sets new basketball record (BBCWorld)

18 Dec: World's tallest teen dunks ball for first field goal in college basketball (Stuff.co.nz)

1 Dec: Fans frustrated as tense tall blacks loss to australia cuts out on screen (RadioNZ)

26 Nov: Breakers development player banned for cannabis use (Stuff.co.nz)

17 Nov: ‘a passionate nelsonian’: tributes flow for guy williams’ father (Stuff.co.nz)

14 Nov: Basketball: nz breakers won't wear anbl 'pride' insignia (RadioNZ)

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In Upper Hutt near Kaitoke, the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road has reopened after a collision 21:47

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