The Latest Breaking News from Brittney Griner

Stars of the sporting world led celebrations of Brittney Griner’s release on social media

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was released on Thursday in a prisoner swap with Russia after the two-time Olympic champion and player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)spent more than nine months detained on a drug possession offense. Here are some of the key moments in her ordeal:

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known outside the country as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the world’s worst conflicts

She has been released as part of a prisoner swap with Russia.

After almost 300 days, the WNBA star is coming home and many on Twitter couldn’t be happier.

The United Arab Emirates president and Saudi crown prince led mediation efforts that secured the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap with Russia, a joint UAE-Saudi statement said on Thursday.

The former Marine remains imprisoned in Russia after Thursday’s deal to release the WNBA star.

The Kremlin says it’s up to Ukraine’s president to end the conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected

The former WNBA star was traded for the ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer