RSSB overcome adversity to be crowned BAL champs
The 2026 Basketball Africa League season ended the only way it could, with a moment no one fully saw coming when the season tipped off at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa: The RSSB Tigers of Rwanda are BAL champions.
Meet our All BAL team
THE 2026 Basketball Africa League (BAL) season is now in its final stage, with the semifinals concluded and attention shifting to Sunday’s final and third-place game.
Our top defensive players for BAL Season Six
WHEN Aliou Diarra patrolled the paint last season, the question of defensive supremacy in the Basketball Africa League felt almost predetermined. His absence in 2026 has opened up the race for a new name to claim the Dikembe Mutombo Defensive Player of the Year trophy.
The BAL semifinals stage is set
THE upcoming BAL semifinals have familiar clubs and a new one debuting with a bang. Al Ahly of Egypt and Petro de Luanda are former champions, while Libya’s Al Ahly have been down this road, while Rwanda’s RSSB have had a memorable debut.
Club Africain’s structure vs Al Ahly’s new adjustments
A FOURTH versus fifth matchup in the combined standings sets up one of the most balanced quarterfinals of the competition, with Club Africain facing Al Ahly Benghazi in a series defined by contrasting styles and high individual talent on both sides.
Petro have the aces, but can Dar City spring a surprise?
THE BAL’s most established force meets its newest playoff presence as Petro de Luanda takes on Dar City in a quarterfinal series defined by experience, depth, and offensive firepower at opposite ends of the spectrum.
BAL Playoffs: Al Ahly Egypt vs ASC Ville de Dakar
THE Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 6 playoffs tip off on Friday with a former champion, Al Ahly of Egypt, looking to return to the throne. Ahly’s opponents, Senegal’s ASC Ville de Dakar, in their second BAL season, made it past the regular season for the first time and are looking to make strides in the playoffs.
From one hoop in Potchefstroom to the BAL stage
AS the Basketball Africa League (BAL) switches gears from conference play to the Playoffs in Kigali, it is no surprise that one of the eight teams that have punched their ticket to the heart of Africa is Al Ahly Egypt.
Chinyelu talks amazing college career and NBA dream
RUEBEN Chinyelu speaks proudly of being Nigerian and of flying his country’s flag on the NCAA stage. It’s a path several of his compatriots have walked, but Chinyelu is distinguished by winning an NCAA championship and earning individual accolades with his college team, the Florida Gators.
