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Pieter Prinsloo in REG colours
April 1, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Prinsloo beginning to light up in the colours of REG

SOUTH African-born baller Pieter Prinsloo needed to be near his country of birth, even if it meant being airborne for a couple of hours. So...

Derrick Ogechi of Nairobi City Thunder
March 27, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Ogechi, Thunder ready to put on a show for Kenya at the BAL

DERRICK Ogechi has experienced the upsides and downsides of basketball on the continent. Late last year, he and his Nairobi City Thunder teammates were celebrated...

Sam Vincent MBB head coach
March 25, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Vincent wants to add brush and polish to MBB’s game

FEELINGS of excitement and anticipation engulfed new MBB coach Sam Vincent since he arrived in South Africa last week, a country he last set foot...

Youssef Shousha in action at Al Ittihad
March 21, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Shousha dreams of BAL glory and the Intercontinental Cup

AL ITTIHAD Alexandria, one of Egypt’s most prestigious basketball clubs, is set to make its long-awaited debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) this season....

Omar Abada in action for Club Africain
March 18, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Abada chasing domestic glory with Club Africain

TUNISIAN virtuoso floor general Omar Abada returned home a year ago after spending two years in the Middle East, after being on what you could...

Thierry Serge Darlan in action for the Delaware Bluecoats
March 14, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Darlan finds his groove in Delaware with the Blue Coats

THIERRY Serge Darlan cracked a smile when asked about a picture of his much younger self holding up a certificate on his IG account. The...

Nisre Zouzou in action for FUS
March 11, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Zouzoua says the excitement for the BAL is bubbling in Rabat

THE days are ticking towards one of Africa’s premier sporting spectacles, Season 5 of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). It is also a time when...

Radhouane Slimane and US Monastir at the BAL
March 7, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Slimane defying father time as passion for playing keeps burning

NOT many ballers in Africa embody what success looks like in basketball than Tunisia’s Sekka, officially known as Radhouane Slimane. Be it in the red...

Neo Mothiba and MBB
March 4, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Mothiba ready step into bright lights and action of the BAL

FRIDAY, 28 February, was a day of contrasting emotions for South African certified baller and legend Neo Mothiba. On that day, while looking forward to...

Kriol Star's Joel Almeida
February 27, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Almeida shaping Kriol Star and CBL to be shining lights in Africa

JOEL Almeida has entered a phase of his life and career where legacy has become paramount, and making a meaningful contribution to Cape Verde’s basketball...

Cartier Diarra Mali
February 22, 2025 — By Sindiswa Mabunda

Mali and Diarra face uphill battle to qualify for AfroBasket

THE final window of the 2025 Men’s AfroBasket qualifiers will have begun on Friday, and Mali enters this phase with significant pressure to win every...

Chongo Chona Matero Magic
February 20, 2025 — By Manyehlisa Lehohla

Chona holds off retirement talk for shot at BAL qualification

CHONGO Chona pictured Season 5 of the Basketball Africa League (the BAL) as the stage where he would bid goodbye to his playing career, but it...

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