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Africa’s basketball renaissance on full display at Sahara Conference

Bonface Orucho - May 6, 2025

bird’s Basketball Roundup: The world’s top basketball body looks to grow the game in Africa, the BAL launches Season 5 and Nigeria’s, Reuben Chinyelu...

Basketball Roundup: Angolan Bruno Fernando joins Real Madrid from the Toronto Raptors, Uganda takes down Egypt to qualify for Afrobasket 2025 and Chiney Ogwumike...

NBA commissioner pays tribute to Dikembe Mutombo with announcement of annual award

Africa Basketball Update: BAL Combine ’25, Kenya preparations and Rwanda’s Super Cup kick off the new year

BAQE “Throwback” INTERVIEW

Tom Kirkwood - May 11, 2020

BEATING CORONA – An SPNAfrica series

Tom Kirkwood - May 6, 2020

ONCE UPON A TIME, IN NAIROBI I first met Victor Muzadi in Nairobi, in 2015. He had come to our studios together with Liz Mills, a basketball coach then living in Zambia, for an interview on BAQE, the show behind...

NBA uncertain over players salaries due to coronavirus pandemic

Tom Kirkwood - March 22, 2020

NBA players may have their salaries withheld as a result of the coronavirus. A league memo — which was sent on Friday — indicated that the NBA is unsure whether it would start withholding salaries from players starting April...