Sydney Flames - Athena

The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball team based in Sydney, New
South Wales. The Flames compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Quay centre at Sydney Olympic Park.

The club began as the Bankstown Bruins in the 1981 WIBC season. The Bruins were WNBL runners-up in 1982 with a grand final defeat to St Kilda.

They competed as the Bankstown Bruins until 1988, when for the 1989 season they were renamed the Sydney Bruins. In 1991, they were renamed the Sydney Flames. In 2000, they were renamed the Sydney Panthers.

Formerly known as the Sydney Uni Flames, the team rebranded in August 2022 to have a new look, new colours (changing from navy and gold to silver and black) and a new home venue.