Birmingham

New Zealand has been on the podium each time basketball has featured at the Commonwealth Games and a group of young men and women are chasing more medals in ...

"In the future it might have to be a choice between three-on-three and five-on-five, you won't be able to play both. It's a little bit more audience friendly as much as it hurts me to say that, I think that's the truth," Goulding says. The Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks will be showing off their skills from the jump when the 3x3 basketball starts on the opening day of competiton in Birmingham. The Tall Blacks 3x3 will also play England, Trinidad and Tobago in group play at the Games. The men finished second at the Asia Cup in Singapore this month, behind Australia, which is the team they will meet in their second game in Birmingham. New Zealand did not have a side at the Olympics last year where 3x3 was also included on the schedule for the first time but those behind the shortened format in New Zealand are targeting a top three finish at the Commonwealth Games.