Super League Basketball (SLB) have announced the official formats and schedules for the 2025/26 Men’s Cup and Trophy. Newcastle Eagles can now confirm its tip-offs in both competitions as they look to retain the Trophy as 2025 winners. Head coach Marc Steutel will be looking to bring the Cup back to Newcastle for his first…
Perhaps no surprise to anyone as head coach Marc Steutel completes his 2025/26 roster with the return of Eagles legend Darius Defoe. The man known as ‘Mr. 28′ will begin an astonishing 22nd season on Tyneside and in top-flight British basketball. Defoe has been a member of every single one of the Eagles’ 28 national…
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce head coach Chloe Gaynor’s latest recruit to her new-look 2025/26 Women’s Super League Basketball (SLB) roster. Exciting and explosive point guard Alyssa Marin flies into Newcastle from NCAA Big West Conference University of California Santa Barbara. The 5’9” player has had a stellar USA collegiate career spending 5 years…
Newcastle Eagles men will tip-off their 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) season on Sunday 21 September, over the boarder at Caledonia Gladiators in the Championship. The structure and key dates for the new SLB campaign promises another action-packed year of British basketball across four major competitions. SLB Championship fixtures start the calendar this season tipping-off…
Newcastle Eagles will tip-off in two exciting pre-season games as they warm-up to the 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) and European North Basketball League (ENBL) campaigns. The club’s popular welcome night, The Launch returns to tip things off in the build-up to the new season on Friday 5 September with your first chance to meet…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to announce that The Launch is back by popular demand following the hugely successful first-of-its-kind event last year. In September 2024, the club tipped-off its build-up like no other, where fans got the chance to meet the men’s and women’s teams first, enjoy a Q&A session with club coaches, management and…
With a scintillating second season just weeks away from tipping off, Super League Basketball (SLB) have announced that one of the British basketball calendar’s showpiece events – the SLB Cup Final – will be heading to Manchester for the first time ever. The iconic AO Arena in Manchester is no stranger to the game, being…
Super League Basketball (SLB) have received confirmation from Basketball England (BE) that they will continue to process Governing Body Endorsements (GBEs) for SLB clubs, ahead of the new season starting next month. A GBE is the official approval required for overseas athletes and coaches to obtain a work visa to play or work professionally in…
Super League Basketball (SLB), the professional men’s basketball league in the UK, has announce the appointment of Sanjay Bhandari MBE as its Interim Independent Chair. Bhandari will provide leadership to the SLB Board, focusing on strategic direction and ensuring the executive team delivers the ambitions and objectives of the League. The Interim Chair will also…
