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Unbeaten: Al Ahli Tripoli from Libya, pictured versus Kriol Stars, became the second Libyan team to make it to the BAL final. They face Angola’s Petro de Luanda on Saturday. Photo: Julien Bacot: BAL/Getty Images
AL ITTIHAD ALEXANDRIA

BAL taking flight in fifth season

It’s cold outside, but in the arena the Basketball Africa League playoffs are heating up

  • Refiloe Seiboko
4 min read
Somusa Mthembu of the Cape Town Tigers in action against Morocco’s FUS Rabat Basketball. The Tigers took on Rabat twice in the Kalahari Conference, losing in both games. Photo: Barry Aldworth/xPect Life & Kevin Couliau/NBAE/Getty Images
BASKETBALL

Cape Town Tigers need to get their claws out

The basketball team from Cape Town made the playoffs but have their work cut out for them

  • Refiloe Seiboko
4 min read
The qualifying tournament for the Basketball Africa League (BAL), called the Road to BAL, wrapped up in Johannesburg last weekend, teeing up the third edition of the continental men’s league which will take place in 2023.
BASKETBALL

Third edition of the Basketball Africa League is taking shape

After hard-fought qualifiers, featuring teams from all over the continent, the 2023 teams have been confirmed

  • Refiloe Seiboko
1 min read
The teams that will play in the semifinals of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) inaugural season have been decided and both games will be played on Saturday 29 May. (BAL)
AFRICA

BAL gears up to crown champions as semifinals begin

The semifinals tip off on Saturday, with a champion to be crowned on Sunday

  • Refiloe Seiboko
3 min read
ADAM SILVER

NBA and Fiba launch Basketball Africa League

Teams from 12 countries will play in the league in Kigali, Rwanda, from 16 to 30 May — but South Africa didn’t make the grade

  • Refiloe Seiboko
4 min read
Austin With people working from home seeking more convenient spaces or some simply tired of seeing the same space and needing a makeover, Akpejiori’s basketball career may have been brought to an abrupt halt, but his craft was in high demand. (Supplied)
AUSTIN AKPEJIORI

Meet the creative Nigerian athletes earning alternative livings during lockdown

Nigerian basketball players Austin Akpejiori and Ukamaka Okoh are keeping busy during their Covid-mandated time off court — with interior design and shoemaking, respectively

  • Tolu Olasoji, The Continent
7 min read
(Photo: NBA)
ADAM SILVER

The Basketball League Africa gears up for its inaugural season

Twelve teams. Seven cities. One champion. The first BAL season is about to tip off, and we’re here for it (as soon as coronavirus fears abate)

  • Refiloe Seiboko
4 min read
The NBA became the first professional sports league to partner with YouTube and launch its own channel in 2005, a channel that has generated more than 5.4-billion views. (Getty Images)
AGENCY

NBA, YouTube unite for Africa channel

NBA Africa YouTube’s first live game broadcasts will take place Sunday with Boston at Charlotte followed by the Los Angeles Clippers at New York

  • Agency
1 min read