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          WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing outside Moscow last month. AP

          Brittney Griner's detention in Russia extended as team fights for release

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          LeBron James called on the White House to secure the release of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner. AFP

          LeBron James calls for Brittney Griner's release

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          LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers watches from the bench on April 5, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona. AFP

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          Volunteer coach Levent Edepli, a career support programme manager at NYU Abu Dhabi, with one of the basketball players he mentored for the first Jr NBA league in Abu Dhabi. Photo: sport360

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          Brittney Griner, a WNBA player who was detained in Moscow on drug charges, received a visit from a US consular officer on Thursday. Reuters

          US calls for 'regular access' to American detainees in Russia

          USMay 20, 2022
          WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia. AP

          WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia extended by one month

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          Ralph Rivera, Managing Director, NBA Europe and Middle East (center left) and Saleh Mohamed Al Geziry, Director General for Tourism at DCT Abu Dhabi (center right) during the press conference of NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2022 at the Abu Dhabi stand during the Arabian Travel Market held at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

          Bucks to face Hawks at inaugural NBA Abu Dhabi Games

          Other SportMay 10, 2022
          Brittney Griner is scheduled to appear in front of a Russian court on May 19 on drug smuggling charges. AFP

          Brittney Griner: US reclassifies WNBA star as 'wrongfully detained' in Russia

          USMay 03, 2022
          Phoenix Mercury centre Brittney Griner during the first half of Game 2 of the WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky. AP

          Brittney Griner -- in pictures

          May 03, 2022
          Phoenix Mercury centre Brittney Griner at basketball's WNBA Finals in October 2021. AP Photo

          Ex-Marine's release highlights plight of US basketball star in Russia

          WorldApril 28, 2022
          Brittney Griner, an Olympic gold medallist, has been detained in a Russian prison during a time of heightened tension between Washington and Moscow. AFP

          Brittney Griner: Detained basketball player in 'good condition' in Russia, US says

          USMarch 23, 2022
          WNBA player Brittney Griner flexes after making a basket during a quarterfinal round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics. AP

          US demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner

          USMarch 18, 2022
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          TelevisionMarch 13, 2022
          Hijab-wearing athlete Asma Elbadawi, who convinced the International Basketball Federation to remove the ban on religious head coverings on courts, stars on a billboard on Sheikh Zayed Road. Photo: adidas

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