Tennis star Nick Kyrgios will headline a star-studded basketball line-up taking part in the Sydney Kings Starlight Celebrity game at Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday, 24 April.

Kyrgios, a huge basketball fan, will trade his tennis racket for a place on the court when he lines up alongside other celebrities for the basketball clash organised by the Kings basketball team to raise money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and 2GB breakfast show and television personality Ben Fordham will captain opposing sides in the Starlight Celebrity Game.

Perrottet and Fordham will lead a cast of some of the biggest names in Australian sport, entertainment and politics.

NRL and boxing legend Anthony “The Man” Mundine will take the court, opposing his son and up-and-coming NSW basketballer Anthony Mundine Jr.

Television will be well represented with Studio 10 host Tristan McManus, Channel Nine personality Belinda Russell, actor Dan Ewing, and former Miss Universe Australia 2020 and I’m a Celebrity contestant Maria Thattil.

Radio personalities Michael “Wippa” Wipfli and SEN’s Jimmy Smith will take the court as will renowned Australian hip hop artists and Kings fan L-Fresh.

Also, from the sporting world, Kings great Brad Rosen will take the court as will NRL legend Jamie Soward.

Representing the media will be News Corp’s basketball scribe Matt Logue and television personality Jo Healy, who also carries the burden of carrying the MVP title from the last celebrity game.

Two of the Kings’ all-time greats in Shane “The Hammer” Heal and Steve “Mr Magic” Carfino will have the challenge of coaching the two sides.

Several other big names are expected to be announced very soon.

The Starlight Celebrity Game will be a fitting opening to what will be a massive celebration of basketball for NSW with the Kings v Hawks clash also featuring the return of the Kings’ past players and the Ring of Honour award presentation.

The celebrity participants per team:

TEAM FORDHAM

Ben Fordham (Captain, 2GB host)

Jo Healy (television presenter)

Dan Ewing (actor)

Nick Kyrgios (tennis star)

Matt Logue (News Corp basketball journalist)

Anthony Mundine (NRL and boxing legend)

L-Fresh the Lion (hip hop artist)

Jamie Soward (NRL legend)

Shane Heal (coach, NBL legend)

TEAM PERROTTET

Dominic Perrottet (Captain, NSW Premier)

Michael “Wippa” Wipfli (Nova 96.9 host)

Belinda Russell (Channel 9 television presenter)

Jimmy Smith (NRL great and SEN host)

Brad Rosen (Kings great and media personality)

Tristan McManus (Studio 10 host)

Anthony Mundine Jr (Son of a Gun)

Maria Thattil (Miss World 2020)

Steve Carfino (coach, NBL legend)

Tickets: www.premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=KINGS1422