FIBA celebrates World Basketball Day
MIES, Switzerland, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Basketball's world governing body FIBA celebrated the first-ever World Basketball Day here on Thursday.
On December 21, 1891, the first game of basketball took place in Springfield, the United States after Dr James Naismith invented the sport.
On August 25, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly passed the A/RES/77/324 resolution, establishing World Basketball Day