Sheffield Sabres (basketball) the Sabres. This policy paid dividends in 2006, with a third-placed finish, and an appearance in the Division 3 Championship Final, and they remained competitive, finishing third again in 2010. Sheffield Sabres (basketball) The Sheffield Sabres is an English basketball team from Sheffield, South Yorkshire competing in the English Basketball League, Division 3 (North). They play their home games at the English Institute of Sport - Sheffield along with the Sheffield Arrows and British Basketball League team Sheffield Sharks. The Sabres entered NBL Division 2 North in 2001, effectively as a "spin off" second team for Sheffield Sharks. The team
British Basketball League breaking crowd of 14,700 in attendance. The British Basketball League and Basketball England announced in June 2014 the launch of the Women's British Basketball League, the top-level women's basketball league in Great Britain as a counterpart to the BBL. The league signed a 32-game broadcast deal with BBC which saw both British Basketball League and Women's British Basketball League games broadcast via the BBC Sport website. The three main finals (Cup, Trophy, and Play-Off) would also be broadcast on the BBC Red Button. In September 2016, the league agreed a six-year deal with Perform, the leading digital sports content and