Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese national men's basketball team, hit by four cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the midst of its preparation in Germany, will not go to Belgrade (Serbia) where it was to take part in the Olympic Qualification Tournament (OQT) scheduled for 29 June to 4 July Full text...
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali national basketball team has qualified for the final phase of the men's Afrobasket after beating Rwanda 76-51 on Wednesday evening, in Monastir, a Tunisian city hosting three of the five groups in the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers, PANA learned from sports sources Full text...
Afrobasket 2021: Three Uganda's national team players test positive for Covid-19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the Tunisian Basketball Federation (FTBB), Ali Benzarti, has indicated that three members of the Ugandan national team have tested positive for Covid-19, and has been transferred to the national centre for "Covid" Full text...
Last qualifying phase for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off in Monastir, Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The final round of qualifying matches for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off on Wednesday in the Tunisian city of Monastir, with the participation of 12 national basketball teams representing groups A, D, and E Full text...
Mali's national basketball team in Tunisia for Afrobasket qualifiers
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national basketball team, after a week of training at Ousmane Traoré of Kabala training centre, near Bamako, is now in Monastir, Tunisia, which hosts from 17 to 21 February, the third window of the qualifying rounds of the men's Afrobasket, Rwanda 2022 Full text...
Basketball: The junior U-19 "Lion Cubs" in the final and qualify for the U-19 World Cup, the Lioncelles eliminated
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The men's national U-18 basketball team of Senegal qualified Tuesday for the U-19 World Cup scheduled for Finland from 3 -11 July, 2021 Full text...
AfroBasket 2021: Tunisia beats DR Congo (60-51)
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national basketball team beat the DR Congo on Saturday by a score of 60-51 in a match on the second day of the Afrobasket 2021 qualifying tournament played at the Kigali Arena in the Rwandan capital,Kigali Full text...
Senegal wins first leg of Group B of Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal Friday topped Group B of the 2021 Men's Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers in Kigali after Rwanda beat Angola (66-51) in the final group match Full text...
Senegal's new coach convenes 25 players for Afrobasket 2021 qualification
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Senegalese international pivot turned national coach of the 'Lions' of basketball, Boniface Ndong, on Wednesday released the first list for his new coaching career Full text...
Mali in Pool D of preliminary round of Afrobasket Men 2021
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is in Pool D for the first leg of the 2021 Men's AfroBasket playoffs, which will be played for three days starting November 27, PANA learned from sports sources in Bamako Full text...
Tunisian basketball championship starts November 1
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Basketball Federation president Ali Benzarti has announced November 1 for the resumption of the national championship, saying the start of competitions represents the best framework to prepare, technically and physically, international players for games at the African and international levels Full text...
Four best women's teams directly qualify for 2021 Women's Afrobasket
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the health situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has decided not to organize, next November, its windows for the 2021 Women's Afrobasket playoffs, official sources said here Thursday Full text...
Rwanda’s National Basketball League set to resume on 18 October
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s National Basketball League is poised to resume on Wednesday, 18 October after almost a six-month shutdown, Sports sources confirmed Saturday to PANA here Full text...
Basketball competitions resume June 30 in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - After three months of forced rest due to the Covid-19 pandemic, basketball competitions will resume on 30 June in Mali, Malian Basketball Federation (FMB) president Harouna B Full text...
Senegal cancels national basketball season, no champion this year
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's national D1 basketball championship has been definitively stopped "for force majeure related to the Covid-19 pandemic" Full text...
Senegalese basketball club president suspended for 10 years
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Baba Tandian, former president of Senegalese Basketball Federation (FSBB) and president of the Saint-Louis Basketball Club (SLBC) for a few months, has been suspended from all activities related to basketball for a period of 10 years Full text...
U-17 Women's Basketball World Cup: Mali placed in Group B
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The draw for the Women's Under-17 Basketball World Cup, scheduled for August 15-23 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, has placed Mali in Group B along with the United States, reigning champion, Australia and Spain Full text...
Basketball Africa League Dakar edition put off due to coronavirus
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The start of the all-new Basketball Africa League, scheduled for March 13 at the Dakar Arena in Diamniadio suburb of the Senegalese capital, has been postponed to an unspecified date due to fear of spreading the coronavirus Full text...
Cape Verde invited to participate in tournament for last ticket of Afrobasket 2021
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's national basketball team will participate in a tournament featuring the best runners-up from four of the five zones in the preliminary phase for the final ticket to Afrobasket 2021, an official source told PANA here at the weekend Full text...
Senegal: FIBA forms 2021 Men's Afrobasket Playoff Groups
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - FIBA Africa conducted the draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda Full text...
Men's Afrobasket Rwanda 2021: Draw for playoffs held in Kigali
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket playoffs to be hosted by Rwanda in Kigali Arena was held Friday in the same city Full text...
Moustapha Gaye is new Senegalese basketball technical director
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former coach of the "Lionesses" of Senegal, and more recently of the "Lions" team he led at the Men's Basketball World Cup in China, Moustapha Gaye is now the new National Technical Director (NTD) of Senegalese basketball with effect from Tuesday Full text...
Senegalese Basketball Cup Championship for ASC Ville de Dakar and AS Douanes
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's basketball season ended on Sunday with the victory of AS Douanes in the final of the Men's Basketball Cup against the Dakar University Club with a score of 100-67 Full text...
AS Police of Bamako qualifies for African Champions Basketball League
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - AS Police of Bamako qualified for the African Champions Basketball League after finishing first in the qualifying tournament held from 25-27 October in the Malian capital Full text...
First edition of African Mini Basketball Festival ends in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the African Mini Basketball Festival, which brought together some 400 players aged 8 to 12 years from 11 countries, closed on Sunday in Bamako Full text...
Tunisia's Monastir recruits Kenyan basketball player Tom Wamukota
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian basketball club Monastir Sports Union on Thursday signed up Kenyan basketball player Tom Wamukota to strengthen its squad, PANA learned from a source close to the Tunisian club Full text...
Malian President congratulates compatriot Niang on election to head FIBA
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday sent a congratulatory message to his compatriot Hamane Niang who has been elected as President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Full text...
Malian elected new president of FIBA
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian national was on Thursday elected as the new president of of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) for the period 2019-2023, PANA learnt from a sports source in Bamako Full text...
Angola beat Croatia 93-73 at basketball tournament in China
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola defeated Croatia 93-73 in the senior men's basketball competition on Monday in its third and final match of the Kunshan international tournament in China, as part of its preparation for the World Cup, from August 31 to September 15 Full text...
Senegalese "Lionesses" poised to regain African women's basketball title
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Having lost its African title two years ago in Mali to Nigeria, Senegal hosts the women's Afrobasket from August 10 to 18 at the Dakar Arena in Diamniadio in the suburbs of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, determined to regain the title Full text...
16 Malians preselected for Women's Afrobasket tourney in Senegal
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Women's Basketball coach, Frenchman Sylvain Lautié, has shortlisted 16 players for the 26th edition of the Women's Afrobasket, to be held from August 10-18 in Senegal Full text...
"Adidas" out, Moustapha Gaye will lead the Senegalese "Lions" to the World Basketball Championship in China
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s men's national basketball team will be coached at the next world championship to be held from August 31 to September 15 in China by Moustapha Gaye and not Abdourahmane Ndiaye "Adidas", who qualified it for this tournament, official sources told PANA here Wednesday Full text...
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - FIBA-Africa president Malian Hamane Niang announced here Thursday his candidacy for the position of president of FIBA-World Full text...
Etoile de Rades wins Tunisian basketball cup
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Etoile de Rades Saturday beat Ethihad Monastir 76-68 in the finals to win the Tunisian Basketball Cup Full text...
Senegal coach may miss men's basketball world cup in Chin
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As the draw for the Men's Basketball World Cup matches take place in China next Saturday, March 16, Senegal's national team coach Abdourahmane Ndiaye ‘Adidas’ is not sure to be with the team Full text...