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Basketball: Kenya Lionesses jet out for FIBA AfroBasket tourney in Cameroon

September 16, 2021  

Kenya national women’s basketball team are expected to jet out of the country for Cameroon where they will take part in the 2021 women’s AfroBasket that begins on Saturday. The Lionesses will be witho... Read More

FIBA AfroBasket 2021: Mejri and Roll spark Tunisia to successful title defense

September 6, 2021  

Tunisia won the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 after beating Cote d’Ivoire 78-75 on Sunday at Kigali Arena, Rwanda. It’s the Tunisians’ third AfroBasket title, having claimed the trophy in 201... Read More

FIBA AfroBasket 2021: Kenya Morans in bid to make history when they play ‘minnows’ South Sudan

August 31, 2021  

With group winners – Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Tunisia – taking the automatic quarter final slots of the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 championships in Kigali, Rwanda, the quest for th... Read More

IBA AfroBasket: Kenya Morans a game away from historical quarter finals

August 31, 2021  

South Sudan stands in the way of Kenya Morans’ historic qualification for the quarter finals of the FIBA AfroBasket currently going on in Kigali, Rwanda. The match will take place on Tuesday. Kenya, u... Read More

Desperation as Kenya Morans lose second FIBA AfroBasket match to Nigeria

August 28, 2021  

Kenya Morans lost their second consecutive match at the ongoing FIBA AfroBasket championships after going down 71-55 to Nigeria at the Kigali Arena, Rwanda. Albert Odero stepped up to the plate to sco... Read More

FIBA AfroBasket: Rwanda down Angola for second straight Group A win

August 27, 2021  

The dwindling fortune of the most decorated nation in the past 29 editions of Africa flagship tournament, Angola, was further compounded Thursday night by a resilient Rwanda side in a Group A encounte... Read More

Victoria Reynolds: Basketballer wins LG Sports Personality of July Award

August 26, 2021  

FIBA Africa Zone Five Most Valuable Player Victoria Reynolds is the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month for the month of July as a result of her exploits at the Zone Five Afrobasket qualifiers hel... Read More

FIBA AfroBasket: Title contenders Nigeria and Senegal off to winning start

August 26, 2021  

Title contenders Nigeria and Senegal on Wednesday opened their FIBA AfroBasket 2021 campaigns with authority. In Group D’s only game of the day – following Cameroon’s forfeit –... Read More

Combative Kenya Morans lose FIBA AfroBasket opening match to higher-ranked Cote d’Ivoire

August 26, 2021  

Kenya Morans got off to a losing start in the 30th edition of the FIBA AfroBasket championships going on in Kigali, Rwanda. The brave Kenyans, coached by Australian Liz Mills, were combative throughou... Read More

Cape Verde shock Angola in the opener of AfroBasket 2021, host Rwanda edge DR Congo

August 25, 2021  

Cape Verde caused the biggest upset in the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 so far after beating eleven-time African champions Angola 77-71 in overtime. Angola led by twelve points at some point in the game, but ... Read More