Africa
London 2012, Prelim Round: Aug 6
The Olympic Preliminary Round has come to an end and the best eight teams in the competition will fight for gold at the O2, home of the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. Lithuania became the last team to reacgh the Olympic quarterfinals by …
Read MoreLondon 2012, Prelim Round: Aug 4
GROUP A Tunisia 69-73 France France advanced to the Olympic Quarterfinals by downing Tunisia 69-73 in Group A on Saturday. France will finish second in Group A if it beats Nigeria on Monday. Meanwhile, Tunisia dropped to 0-4 and is out of chances to reach the Quarterfinals. Tony Parker led the winners with 22 points.…
Read MoreFootprint Girls clinch Kenya’s Excel Basketball Trophy
Kenyan Basketball (Women)
Footprint Girls clinch Excel Basketball Trophy – Aug 5, 2012Nairobi based Footprints Girls team clinched the annual Excel Daima Girls Basketball tournament after defeating Alliance Girls 18-13 in a thrilling final sta…
Read MoreBarclays Bank sits on top of the Nairobi league
Kenyan Basketball (Men)
Barclays tops NBA league, Equity unscathed – Aug 5, 2012
Barclays Banks basketball team The Eagles are at the helm of the Nairobi Basketball Association League Zone A with 27 points from 14 matches played. Barclays Ban…
Harare Wins Zimbabwe U-17 Inter-Provincial Tourney
Zimbabwean Basketball (Men)
Harare Win U-17 Inter-Provincial Tourney – Aug 5, 2012HARARE are this year’s winners of the Under-17 boys and girls inter-provincial tournament held in Mutare over the weekend. The tournament saw all the provinces fig…
Read MoreSouth Africa on top
The South African men’s U18 team has won an international tournament in Cape Town, in which the national U18 teams of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo also participated. South Africa won both games, 101-77 against Burundi and 88-67 against the Democratic Republic of Congo, while the latter also won against Burundi with 91-85.
Read MoreNiger wins tournament
Niger has won the “Channel 4” tournament in Freetown, Sierra Leone in which also the national teams of host Sierra Leone, Mauritania and Guinea Bissau participated. Home team favorite Sierra Leone lost 81-87 to Niger in the first game, while Guinea Bissau proved too strong for Mauritania (72-44). In the final Niger won with 75-70…
Read MoreEthiopia wins East African prestige tournament
This past weekend Ethiopia hosted an international tournament in Addis Abeba in which the national teams of Djibouti, Eritrea and Sudan also participated. Ethiopia won the first game against Djibouti with 56-44, while Sudan was too strong for Eritrea with 81-63. In the final game, more than 10.000 fans witnessed the home team win in…
Read MoreReunion Island to host international tournament
Reunion island is set to host an international women’s tournament called “peace and friendship” at the end of August. Along with the national team of Reunion Island, the teams of Swaziland, Seychelles and Mauritius are also expected to participate.
Read MoreFirst game ever in Diego Garcia (BIOT)
For the first time ever an official Basketball game was played last night on Diego Garcia, the biggest island of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The national team of the Comoros Islands played against the national team of Sao Tomé en Principe and won with 67-64 in front of 800 spectators, which is almost…
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