Live Coverage of the World Championship Basketball Final from Turkey on bbcworldservice.com
London, Friday 10th September, 2010. BBC World Service's flagship sports programme Sportsworldwill offer live coverage of the World Basketball Final from Istanbul, Turkey on Sunday 12 September 2010 at 1930 BST at bbcworldservice.com.
The programme will be streamed live online and presented by BBC World Service'sAlex Capstick. Commentary will come from the BBC World Service basketball commentator Chris Mitchell alongside Nick Gibson, a US-based basketball writer.
BBC World Service has recently introduced a new weekly basketball feature - World Basketball - within Sportsworld.
BBC World Service was granted online commentary rights of the 2010 FIBA World Championships in Turkey by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
Patrick Baumann, Secretary General of FIBA comments:
“We're very pleased to see basketball receiving such important global exposure as the world's second most popular sport. The BBC World Service's coverage has been outstanding and will surely serve the millions of basketball fans around the world in the lead up to the Olympic Games."