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Nigeria's D'Tigress
August 4, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Nigeria’s D’Tigress dyansty on the rise and breaking records

NIGERIA’S dominant D’Tigress are the Queens of African basketball, the epitome of what success is. After winning a record fifth successive Women’s AfroBasket title, it...

Thienou Mali Women's AfroBasket
August 3, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Can Thienou’s transformative journey bring glory to Mali?

MALI has a rich history in African basketball, especially at the youth level. The exceptionally gifted players produced by Mali’s talent conveyor belt have gone...

Mali and South Sudan
August 2, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Mali, South Sudan renew ties with spot in final at stake

ONE is a continental powerhouse with a history of going deep into tournaments. The other is the breakout story of the 2025 Women’s AfroBasket, a...

Nigeria vs Senegal
August 2, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

African giants Nigeria and Senegal set for epic battle

THE Women’s AfroBasket semi-final battle on Saturday at the Palais de Sports de Treichville pits together two of the greatest to have bounced a basketball...

Team SA GOA
July 31, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Team South Africa ready to show out at Giants Of Africa

SOUTH Africa is among the giants in Rwanda. A team of 16 youngsters (boys and girls) is in the Land of a Thousand Hills for...

Akello AfroBasket
July 31, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Akello and Uganda to leave it all on the floor at the AfroBasket

TWO years ago in Rwanda, Uganda’s rising Gazelles stunned the basketball world with a historic, unforgettable, and hard-fought victory over the fierce and highly regarded...

Senegal Women's AfroBasket
July 26, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

The old guard, a rising force and a darkhorse at play in Group C

SENEGAL last sat on the throne as queens of African basketball in 2015. Fast forward to 2025, can they reclaim the crown? In Group C...

Sika Kone AfroBasket
July 25, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Group B has a mix of the strong, the tested and fresh to the scene

GROUP B of the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket features an outright strong Mali team, a competitive Cameroon and new kids on the block South Sudan. In...

Djefrima Diawara Cote d'Ivoire
July 25, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt and Angola have a lot to answer

AFRICA’S premier Women’s national team tournament, the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket, tips off on Saturday in Cote d’Ivoire (26 July – 3 August). Ahead of the...

David Craig TSV Nuestadt
July 18, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Craig putting in the work ahead of the big jump to Germany

DAVID Craig has enjoyed his time in South Africa, and being temporarily out of the bright lights of competitive basketball, but he has not rested...

AS Ville de Dakar and Thierno Ibrahima Niang
July 15, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Niang thankful for education and the doors it opened for him

THIERNO Ibrahima Niang divulged that in his youth, he did not take basketball seriously until a life-changing situation altered his attitude. It led to an...

Brave Hearts Griffin Kalua
July 9, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Bravehearts breathe life into the soul of Malawi basketball

BRAVEHEARTS Basketball Club has become the epitome of success in basketball in Malawi. With every domestic title hoisted, the ten-year-old club’s status has been elevated...

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