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16 May 2025
Nairobi City Thunder's BAL Debut Marks a New Era for Kenyan Basketball
After an undefeated season, the team steps onto Africa’s biggest basketball stage for the first time.
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30 July 2024
This ESPN Report Questions the Extensive Relationship Between the NBA and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame
ESPN’s inquiry into the NBA's partnership with the longtime leader, who's been described by the Human Rights Foundation as a "dictator" and "warmonger," has been met with pushback from Rwandans claiming it's another Western smear campaign.
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28 May 2024
Final Phase of Basketball Africa League 2024 Reaches Climax
Four teams have made it through to the semi-finals, and a new winner will take home the Basketball Africa League trophy for the fourth year in a row.
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11 March 2024
Photo Essay: The Basketball Africa League Kicks Off With First Games in South Africa
This is what went down at the debut of the Kalahari Conference in South Africa in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League.
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07 March 2024
Everything You Need to Know About Basketball Africa League 2024
This year’s Basketball Africa League tips off in SunBet Arena, marking the first BAL game to be played in South Africa, and the debut of a new conference.
Sports
21 June 2021
Ugandan Sports Maven Usher Komugisha Is Preparing To Spread Her Wings
After successfully commentating at the recent Basketball Africa League held in Kigali, award-winning sports journalist and analyst Usher Komughisha is dead set on pursuing a new challenge.
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27 May 2021
Where To For African Basketball?
Maieane Nkhahle, a South African basketball enthusiast and former Universities All-Star and MVP, weighs in on the Basketball Africa League, and why the game of hoops still hasn't reached its full potential in Africa.
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04 March 2020
The NBA Postpones Basketball Africa League Due to Health Concerns
The inaugural Basketball Africa League which was set to kick off this month has been postponed due to health concerns around the coronavirus outbreak.
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24 October 2019
In Conversation: What You Need to Know About Africa’s First Professional Basketball League, the BAL
We talked to John Manyo-Plange, Vice President of BAL, the NBA's new league in Africa.
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