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Sep
01
2021
By The African Mirror
SHOCK: Uganda dump Nigeria out of AfroBasket

SHOCK: Uganda dump Nigeria out of AfroBasket

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UGANDA ended Nigeria's attempt at claiming the 2021 African Basketball Championship (AfroBasket) crown with a surprising 80-62 win at the Kigali Arena, Rwanda. On the back of a disappointing run at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where D'Tigers - Nigeria's Senior Men's Basketball team - finished 10th, a different team was fielded in an attempt to claim the African basketball throne. Coach Mike Brown led the Nigerian warriors to wins against Mali and Kenya in the group stage where D'Tigers looked in fine form - replicating that of their undefeated string of qualifying games. Uganda picked the pace up in every…
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May
14
2021
By The African Mirror
A hoop dream come true

A hoop dream come true

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BOITUMELO RANTAO  THE dreams of African basketball players around the globe to play the sport at the highest level on African soil will be realized at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda in the inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL). The 26-game tournament tips-of on May 16 - with the final being played on May 30. The Basketball Africa League (BAL) is the first partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) outside of North America. The inaugural league, formed in collaboration with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), includes club teams from African countries such as Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco,…
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