Angola’s Petro De Luanda crowned Wins BAL 2024 Champions
Photo: 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Champion Petro de Luanda (Angola) (Credit: BAL/Getty Images)
Angola’s Petro de Luanda today defeated Libya’s Al Ahly Ly 107-94 to win the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Championship, which took place at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda and...
Harden to return but NBA Rockets send only nine to Portland
Three-time reigning NBA scoring champion James Harden will play for the virus-hit Houston Rockets when they open the season Saturday at Portland with only one player over the league minimum.
The Rockets were forced to cancel their scheduled opener Wednesday...
NBA fine 76ers exec Morey $50,000 for Harden tweet
Philadelphia 76ers' president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, whose tweet last year about Hong Kong protesters led to an NBA-China rift, is in trouble again for another social media posting.
The NBA said Monday it has issued Morey a $50,000...
Durant, LeBron lead early NBA All-Star Game voting
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers playmaker LeBron James are the leading vote-getters in early balloting announced Thursday for the NBA All-Star Game.
No showdown of elite Eastern and Western conference squads is on the schedule due...
NBA – Antetokounmpo on song as Bucks roar home
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 17 of Milwaukee's last 22 points Sunday (February 28) as the Milwaukee Bucks roared home for a fifth straight NBA victory, 105-100 over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Down by seven early in the fourth quarter, the Bucks...
NBA working postponed games into schedule
The NBA is tweaking its schedule to begin working in games postponed because of coronavirus safety measures, the league said in a statement on Wednesday (January 27).
Twenty-two games have been postponed since the season began on December 22 as...
2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers: Nigeria choose 12
Nigerian basketball has extended an invitation to 12 players for the final camp ahead of the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers to be held between Wednesday, 17th of February and Sunday, 21st of February.
With Nigeria sitting comfortably atop group B...
D’Tigers’ invitation made me to cry – Moneke
D'Tigers invitee, Chima Moneke is over the moon after being named in the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket 20-man provisional list.
Moneke revealed that he got emotional and cried when he was contacted and invited by the federation.
The power forward who plays...
US Monastir defeat Petro de Luanda in second BAL Championship
Tunisia’s US Monastir on Saturday (May 28) defeated Angola’s Petro de Luanda 83-72 to win the 2022 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Finals, which took place at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda and was broadcast to fans in 215 countries...
NBBF ready to deploy war chest for Tokyo Olympics
As the men and women national teams prepare for a busy 2021, the Nigeria Basketball Federation has vowed not to spare any effort in getting the best out of the teams.
This was made known by the International Representative on...