BAL’s 2025 season will showcase north, south Africa
The fifth season of the BAL kicks off in April 2025, marking a double milestone: Morocco will host the tipoff games for the first time, while South Africa will take centre stage for the playoffs and finals.
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African basketball talent takes center-stage at 2025 NBA Summer League
Six NBA Academy Africa alumni, 23 coaches, and top BAL referees headline the continent’s biggest-ever Summer League presence.
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The 2025 NBA 2K26 Summer League tipped off on July 10 in Las Vegas, showcasing a historic African presence with six...
Africa Basketball Update: BAL Combine ’25, Kenya preparations and Rwanda’s Super Cup kick off...
The BAL Combine ‘25 brought 30 prospective players from around the world to Rabat, Morocco, while Kenya's women’s national team The Lionesses prepared for their FIBA Afrobasket Qualifiers and APR continued their winning ways with another gold at the...
NBA commissioner pays tribute to Dikembe Mutombo with announcement of annual award
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver used an all-star event in San Francisco to announce the annual NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award. The award highlights the legacy and philanthropic work of the NBA's first-ever global ambassador.
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History made: Cabo Verde and South Sudan among African Five at Basketball World Cup
The 15-month-long search for five qualifying teams to represent Africa in the FIBA World Cup 2023 has ended with Cabo Verde, South Sudan, Angola, Egypt and Ivory Coast making the list.
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Africa now has its five teams confirmed...
Spotlight on African basketball talent and milestones as NBA’s 2024/25 season takes off
An NBA season packed with African talent and colourful courts is underway, with games available via livestream. The NBA’s 2024/25 season features a record-tying 17 African players and even more players who have at least one African parent.
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Hoops on the Nile – a journey to South Sudan
As much as it can interfere with regular life, one of the best things about a factual TV show is that you have to get out on the road. A sports show even more so, perhaps, as you...
“Magical Mali” experience winning spell at the FIBA U-19 Women’s World Cup; East Africa’s...
With all eyes on the football Women's World Cup, the young women of Mali have experienced a fairy tale run in another World Cup event - the semi-finals of the U-19 basketball World Cup - after ousting Australia. In...
The NBA’s development league and South Sudan’s incredible feat; the latest in African basketball.
The NBA's developmental G League features heavily in this week's African basketball roundup, with Central African Republic's Thierry Darlan choosing the G League and G League players starring in this season's Basketball Africa League (BAL). Also in the news:...
Top level scouts eye Africa’s U-18 basketball talent
Scouts from the NBA and other top-level leagues are keeping a careful eye on emerging talent at the tournament that yielded Serge Ibaka and Khalifa Diop. Another talent showcase, this time in Malawi, aims to raise regional interest in...