NBA champion Lakers rout Mavs while Nets, Bucks, Heat roll
Anthony Davis scored 28 points while LeBron James added 22 as the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers routed Dallas 138-115 in Friday's feature game of a record-setting Christmas slate.
James had a game-high 10 assists and seven rebounds in...
Summer break sees NBA stars in Africa; young players Rise, down south
Summertime sees globetrotting basketball stars heading 'back' to Africa while youth take centre stage with the ‘Rise Global Winners’ Residential Summit 2022 in Cape Town.
by Silalei Shani
It's the northern summertime break, which means that some of the world's biggest...
Petro de Luanda, debutants Al Ahli Tripoli set for epic BAL season 5 final
Debutants Al Ahli Tripoli are set to take on Angola’s Petro de Luanda in the BAL season 5 final on Saturday.
Oliver Ochieng
Angolan basketball heavyweights Petro de Luanda will meet Libya’s Al Ahli Tripoli in the Basketball Africa League (BAL)...
Rising talent fuelling continental basketball
A global camp for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders features rising stars from the continent.
Bonface Orucho, bird story agency
Seven African basketball prospects are among the 40 high-school-age prospects who will participate in the eighth annual Basketball Without Borders (BWB)...
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...
A taste of Victor Muzadi
From BAQE host, Silalei:
"Victor Muzadi is one of those people who will talk up his home team constantly. No surprise when that's one of Africa's best-ever basketball teams - Angola. However, peel back the trash-talking, the blunt honesty and...
Nigeria baskeball’s Kida bemoans continued absence of national Premier League
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) president, Musa Kida has bemoaned the continued absence of a robust Premier League for men over the past three years due to a legal challenge.
Kida said that a country with such a huge potential in...
2024 BAL Quarter-finals pairings decided
The 2024 BAL Playoffs quarterfinal matchups have been set as Tunisia’s US Monastir defeated Angola’s Petro de Luanda 70-67, thanks to Firas Lahyani’s spectacular buzzer-beater from behind-the-arc, and Senegal’s AS Douanes beat Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers 63-57.
Lahyani added nine rebounds,...
Kida bags ECOWAS recognition
The President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Engr Musa Kida has been appointed as the Honorary Patron of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth Parliament.
In a letter signed by EYP Speaker, Dr. Fadinad Dambabe the appointment is...
NBA Africa and Safaricom to ignite Kenya’s basketball scene with a youth program
The expansive youth development program promises to reach more than 10,000 youth this year through regional and national junior NBA tournaments, coaching clinics, and an elite camp for top Kenyan prospects.
Oliver Ochieng
The National Basketball Association’s business franchise in Africa,...