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Feb
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Africa’s prime basketball showcase starts

Africa’s prime basketball showcase starts

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BOITUMELO RANTAO THE best of Africa’s basketball talent will be on show tomorrow when the qualifications for the continent elite tournament - the African Basketball Championship (AfroBasket) - kicks off in Tunisia. A total of 12 teams will participate in the qualifying tournament, hosted in Monastir-  Tunisia. Qualifying teams will take part in AfroBasket finals scheduled for Kigali, Rwanda, later this year.  Monastir will play host to groups A, D,  and E. Rwanda, which is in group D, has already qualified by being the host of the final tournament which will take place later this year. Group A consists of…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
South Sudan soar to unchartered territory

South Sudan soar to unchartered territory

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BOITUMELO RANTAO  THE newest face on the African basketball court debuted at the Federation International Basketball (FIBA) Afrobasket preliminary tournament in Kigali, Rwanda and have become the biggest movers on the FIBA Top 100 World rankings.  South Sudan found themselves in group D, alongside Nigeria, the number one senior men’s team in Africa, and two formidable foes in Rwanda and Mali. These fixtures painted a steep hill to climb for the nation appearing in their first Federation International Basketball (FIBA) Afrobasket preliminary tournament.  After a tough opening game going down 56-76 to Nigeria, the South Sudanese regrouped to register back…
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Jul
24
2020
By The African Mirror
From bombs, bullets to hoops

From bombs, bullets to hoops

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BOITUMELO RANTAO THE odds of survival in a country devastated by civil war are slim. The odds of making it overseas, away from a civil war, are even slimmer. The odds of making it into the best basketball league in the world as a native of South Sudan? Near impossible.  But defying the odds is what turns good teams into great ones. That is the inspirational story of Manute Bol, who survived the bombs and bullets of a war in South Sudan and made it into the US National Basketball Association (NBA), the biggest and richest league in the sport.…
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