The Associated Press: Jewish school may forfeit basketball playoffs over Sabbath game
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Title: Sports on Shabbath Name: Otto Rand City: Ajijic State: Mexico
To the best of my knowledge there is no halachah that forbids basketball play on Shabbath. It all depends whether the team can arrive at the place of game before Shabbath, and that there is no grass on the field that could be mutilated.