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Senegal’s Women’s Basketball Team Faces Setback from Trump Visa Restrictions

The Impact of Visa Restrictions on Senegal’s National Basketball Team: A Closer Look The recent visa bans introduced by the Trump administration have ignited a wave of discussions regarding immigration policy and its consequences. Most notably, Senegal’s national women’s basketball team found itself at the epicenter of this controversy when several of its members were denied entry to the United States, preventing their participation in a crucial training camp. As international borders become more tightly…

Basketball Icon Fisher Visits Kenya for Coaching Clinic as NBA Turns Its Gaze to Africa

NBA Icon Fisher Lands in Kenya for Basketball Coaching Event Amid NBA Africa Focus Derek Fisher, a titan in the basketball world and former NBA standout, touched down in Kenya to share his expertise with budding hoops stars. The NBA's broader mission to unearth and cultivate emerging talent in Africa underpins Fisher's visit. Reporting from the scene, our intrepid correspondent Olivia Bizot gives us the scoop.

Cape Verde and Tunisia are spinning in quarters

In Group A and B, respectively, Cape Verde and Tunisia qualified directly for the quarter-finals. Rwanda, Angola, Guinea and Egypt have to go through a qualifying match. In Group A, the equation was simple: you had to win this third group match to hope to win the first qualifying spot for the quarterfinals. Hostland and first…

Senegal qualified for the quarter-finals, Cameroon eliminated

Thanks to their victory against South Sudan on the second day of the group stage in Afrobasket 2021, Senegal validated their ticket to the quarterfinals. Cameroon, defeated by Uganda, is eliminated. They are the first to qualify for the quarterfinals of Afrobasket 2021, in Kigali. After crushing Uganda during the first day…

In Mali, basketball is a hit

At a time when the players in the men's national team participate in Afrobasket, hundreds of young people dream of being there one day, or even surpassing them. In Bamako it is full of playing fields. as reported from Bamako, Kaourou MagassaOn a basketball court in central Bamako, dozens of teenagers compete in a dunk…

Tunisia and Rwanda see to it, Cape Verde shower

Tunisia, the reigning African champions, preferred to launch their tournament and start Afrobasket 2021 by outclassing Guinea in the opening match (82-46). Rwanda did not miss its meeting with the crowd against Congo while Cape Verde created a sensation by defeating Angola. The debut for the celebration of 60 years of FIBA ​​Africa began with a party in Rwanda, the hub of 2021 for African basketball after hosting the Basketball African League in May. The public in Kigali Arena, Rwanda's sporting jewel, must have…

a 30th edition more open than ever

The 30th African Men's Basketball Championship, Afrobasket, kicks off this Tuesday, August 24 in Rwanda. Sixteen teams compete. Four years ago, during the latest edition, the Tunisians won. They are again challengers for the title but they are not the only ones. The tournament seems more open than ever. Sixteen teams from…

Take Lou and the football players, hard day for the coast

This Saturday, July 31, it was difficult for Ivory Coast with Marie-Josée Ta Lou's fourth place in the 100 meters and elimination of football players in the quarterfinals. The only good news for the Ivorians: the qualification of Arthur Cissé for the semifinals of the 100 meters. The second clarification came from the Angolan handball players who are relaunching before the quarter-finals.…

Ivory Coast in quarter final in football, Egypt

No medal this Wednesday 28 July at the Olympic Games in Tokyo but some good performances with the qualifiers for the quarterfinals for the Ivorians at the football tournament. The Egyptians excelled in handball and fencing. FOOTBALLThe team of Ivory Coastqualified for the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic tournament thanks to their draw against Germany at Miyagi…

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