NBA to host games in London and Manchester

The NBA is to return to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2019, with a match in London in 2026 and Manchester in 2027. London’s O2 Arena has been selected to host a regular-season game between the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, 18 January 2026. It will be the first […]

NBA to host games in London and Manchester

The NBA is to return to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2019, with a match in London in 2026 and Manchester in 2027.

London’s O2 Arena has been selected to host a regular-season game between the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, 18 January 2026.

It will be the first NBA game in the UK since the Washington Wizards’ win over the New York Knicks in January 2019, with London previously having hosted yearly matches between 2011 and 2019.

Manchester will host a regular-season game for the first time in 2027 at the Co-op Live, with the teams involved to be revealed before the start of that season.

The 2025-26 season gets under way on Tuesday, 21 October.