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Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Former NBA player picked as new Senegal coach, state-of-the-art stadium for Kinshasa

Former NBA player picked as new Senegal coach, state-of-the-art stadium for Kinshasa

SPORT
SILALEI SHANI, BIRD STORY AGENCY SENEGAL’S technical bench will get some new faces as they continue their journey after the recent firing of Boniface Ndong by Senegal’s basketball federation. As per ESPN writer, Marc J. Spears, G League Westchester Knicks Head Coach and former NBA Center Desagana Diopwill be appointed as the incoming head coach. Senegal, who are ranked 33 in FIBA World rankings, lost to Egypt and Congo during the recently concluded 3rd window of qualifiers after a strenuous journey to Alexandria for the tournament. Former head coach, Ndong accepted his dismissal but sought to provideclarification on what happened…
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Jul
24
2020
By The African Mirror
From bombs, bullets to hoops

From bombs, bullets to hoops

SPORT
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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