Over 8,000 people, including sports and health champions, join 5th WHO Walk the Talk

28 may 2024 - 07:29:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fifth edition of Walk the Talk: The Health Challenge for All, organised by the World [...] Full text...

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Afrobasket 2021: Three Uganda's national team players test positive for Covid-19

18 february 2021 - 16:29:50
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the Tunisian Basketball Federation (FTBB), Ali Benzarti, has indicated that three members of [...] Full text...

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Last qualifying phase for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off in Monastir, Tunisia

17 february 2021 - 15:17:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The final round of qualifying matches for FIBA Afro-basketball 2021 kicks off on Wednesday in the [...] Full text...

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Mali in Pool D of preliminary round of Afrobasket Men 2021

18 october 2020 - 14:08:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is in Pool D for the first leg of the 2021 Men's AfroBasket  playoffs, which [...] Full text...

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Tunisian basketball championship starts November 1

17 october 2020 - 19:25:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Basketball Federation president Ali Benzarti has announced November 1 for the resumption of the national [...] Full text...

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Four best women's teams directly qualify for 2021 Women's Afrobasket

15 october 2020 - 23:38:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the health situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian Henry Mwinuka appointed deputy coach for Rwanda national basketball team

02 september 2020 - 12:39:42
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwanda Basketball Federation (Ferwaba) has appointed Tanzanian Henry Mwinuka as its deputy national team coach [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leonan/American Victor Williams replaces Amadou Gallo Fall at the head of NBA Africa

12 august 2020 - 18:00:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sierra Leonean-American, Victor Williams, will be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Basketball Association [...] Full text...

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Former world basketball body chairman Abdoulaye Seye Moreau dies

28 june 2020 - 18:33:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Abdoulaye Seye Moreau, former chairman of the Senegalese basketball federation, the Senegalese national Olympics and sports [...] Full text...

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Mali Basketball Federation, FIBA-Africa organize May 27-28 training course for photographers

27 may 2020 - 14:22:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Basketball Federation (FMBB) and FIBA Africa are organizing a training course for Malian photographers [...] Full text...

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Basketball Africa League Dakar edition put off due to coronavirus

04 march 2020 - 18:28:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The start of the all-new Basketball Africa League, scheduled for March 13 at the Dakar Arena [...] Full text...

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South Africa's rugby champions win global award

18 february 2020 - 11:01:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Springboks have won the prestigious World Team of the Year award at the [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese appointed int'l ambassador for Basketball Africa League

11 february 2020 - 17:20:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - South Sudanese-born British basketball player, Luol Deng, has been appointed International Ambassador for Basketball Africa League [...] Full text...

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Senegal: FIBA forms 2021 Men's Afrobasket Playoff Groups

21 january 2020 - 19:09:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - FIBA ​​Africa conducted the draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda.   Pre-qualifications are contested [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde takes on Algeria in the qualifiers for Afrobasket 2021

08 january 2020 - 22:10:11
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean men's basketball team has already begun preparations in Praia for the first [...] Full text...

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Men's Afrobasket Rwanda 2021: Draw for playoffs held in Kigali

21 december 2019 - 15:55:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for the 2021 men's Afrobasket playoffs to be hosted by Rwanda in Kigali Arena [...] Full text...

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Basketball Africa League qualifiers: AS Police of Bamako to play in Yaoundé

26 november 2019 - 14:33:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Bamako AS Police will play from November 26 to December 1 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the Elite [...] Full text...

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Senegalese ‘Lionesses’ at basketball OQT in Maputo

25 october 2019 - 21:01:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cheikh Sarr, the coach of the Senegalese women basketball team, Friday named 12 players to play [...] Full text...

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Mali to host the 2nd round of play-offs for the African Cup of champions clubs

16 october 2019 - 14:01:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will host, from October 22-27 in Bamako, the second round of qualifiers for the African [...] Full text...

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Fiba Africa unveils Basket Africa League 2019

16 october 2019 - 13:47:43
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Afro-League, the competition bringing together the champion teams from each African country, has been [...] Full text...

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NBA Africa Vice President Amadou Gallo Fall fosters Young African Talent

10 october 2019 - 21:06:38
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ahead of the official launching next year of the first NBA-affiliated regional league, NBA Africa Vice [...] Full text...

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First edition of African Mini Basketball Festival ends in Bamako

01 october 2019 - 14:21:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the African Mini Basketball Festival, which brought together some 400 players aged [...] Full text...

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Bamako welcomes new president of FIBA ​​

19 september 2019 - 19:55:10
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Elected on August 29 in China at the head of FIBA-World, the governing body of world [...] Full text...

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Malian President congratulates compatriot Niang on election to head FIBA

30 august 2019 - 13:38:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday sent a congratulatory message to his compatriot Hamane Niang [...] Full text...

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Malian elected new president of FIBA

29 august 2019 - 13:56:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian national was on Thursday elected as the new president of of the International Federation [...] Full text...

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Senegal is ready for the women's Afrobasket 2019

08 august 2019 - 17:16:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Everything is ready for the women's Afrobasket, which will be held from August 10 to 18, [...] Full text...

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NBA, FIBA to launch Basketball African League in 2020

31 july 2019 - 20:42:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The American National Basketball Association (NBA) and the world basketball governing body FIBA will next year launch [...] Full text...

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Kigali is one of 7 African cities to host first-ever Basketball Africa League

31 july 2019 - 16:36:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The Rwandan capital city, Kigali, was chosen to host the first-ever Basketball Africa League (BAL) with [...] Full text...

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Mali place 7th at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup

30 july 2019 - 14:39:48
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Women's National Basketball Team placed 7th at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Thailand on [...] Full text...

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DR Congo wins first edition of FIBA-Afrocan Basketball in Bamako

28 july 2019 - 10:24:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   DR Congo won the first edition of Fiba-Afrocan basketball in Bamako on Saturday, beating Kenya 82-61 [...] Full text...

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Kenya, DR Congo qualified for final of 1st edition of FIBA-Afrocan basketball

26 july 2019 - 13:54:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Kenya and DR Congo on Thursday qualified for the finals of the inaugural edition of FIBA-Afrocan [...] Full text...

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Mali qualifies for quarterfinals of 2019 FIBA-Afrocan Basketball in Bamako

22 july 2019 - 14:19:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national basketball squad have qualified for the 2019 FIBA-Afrocan basketball quarter-finals after winning two straight [...] Full text...

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Basketball: U-17 BWB takes place 28-31 July

19 july 2019 - 14:54:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - From July 28 to 31, sixty basketball players, boys and girls aged 17 and under, from [...] Full text...

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Egypt wins Afrobasket U-16 in Cape Verde

16 july 2019 - 15:12:43
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Egyptian national team won the Afrobasket U-16, beating their Malian counterpart on Sunday 66-57 [...] Full text...

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Mali lose 93-79 to US in U-19 Basketball World Cup final

08 july 2019 - 12:26:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's U-19 basketball team lost 93-79 to the United States in Sunday's Basketball World Cup final [...] Full text...

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Manave elected new president of FIBA-Africa

25 june 2019 - 12:56:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mozambican Anibal Aurelio Manave was elected president of FIBA-Africa for a four-year term after the general [...] Full text...

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Malian Hamane Niang candidate for presidency of FIBA-World

20 june 2019 - 21:18:38
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   FIBA-Africa president Malian Hamane Niang announced here Thursday his candidacy for the position of president of [...] Full text...

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Senegal to host women’s Afrobasket in August

07 june 2019 - 23:55:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The next women’s Afrobasket will be hosted in Senegal from 8 - 18 August, the FIBA-Africa [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Fall named NBA Basketball Africa League president

29 may 2019 - 13:36:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegalese  national Amadou Gallo Fall was on Tuesday named the National Basketball Association  (NBA) Basketball Africa [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde's women's basketball team qualifies for 2019 Afrobasket final

20 may 2019 - 17:03:19
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean women's basketball team on Sunday qualified for the 2019 Afrobasket finals, beating [...] Full text...

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Rwanda set to host FIBA Africa U-16 African Women's Basketball Championship

17 april 2019 - 13:43:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)- Rwanda will host the FIBA 2019 Under-16 Women's African Basketball Championship which will attract 15 national teams [...] Full text...

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Senegal coach may miss men's basketball world cup in Chin

13 march 2019 - 21:06:50
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As the draw for the Men's Basketball World Cup matches take place in China next Saturday, [...] Full text...

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NBA to launch Africa Basketball League

18 february 2019 - 12:35:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and Nigeria are among the 12 countries that will feature in the NBA African professional [...] Full text...

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FIBA Zone 1 AfroBasket: 7 clubs to participate in qualifying tournament

03 december 2018 - 11:10:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian basketball club, Étoile Sportive of Rades, will host the Zone 1 qualifying tournament of the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Two Rwandan clubs for Zone 5 basketball club championship in Uganda

29 september 2017 - 19:19:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two Rwandan clubs will leave Kigali on Saturday for Kampala, Uganda, to participate in the 2017 [...] Full text...

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2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket: Winners' list since inaugural competition in 1966

28 august 2017 - 06:16:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Below are all the winners of the FIBA Women's AfroBasket titles since the inaugural contest in [...] Full text...

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2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket: Nigeria win 3rd title after downing Senegal

28 august 2017 - 05:52:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nigeria won the 2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket title in Mali after downing Senegal 65-48 in the [...] Full text...

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2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket: Senegal seek 12th title in Sunday's final against Nigeria

27 august 2017 - 07:25:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Senegal, the most successful nation with 11 titles, take on Nigeria, two-time winners, on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket: Nigeria, Mali, Senegal and Mozambique through to sem-finals

26 august 2017 - 07:02:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nigeria, Mali, defending champions Senegal and Mozambique are through to the semi-finals of the 2017 FIBA [...] Full text...

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2017 FIBA Women's AfroBasket: 8 teams through to the quarter-finals

24 august 2017 - 14:51:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Eight teams are through to the quarter-finals of the 2017 FIBA Women's African Basketball championship, [...] Full text...

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FIBA Africa U-18 Championship: Angola wins title after dramatic win over Egypt

01 august 2016 - 11:47:35
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Angola secured a dramatic victory in the 2016 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship late on Sunday in [...] Full text...

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FIBA Africa U-18 Championship: Rwanda beat Cote d'Ivoire in FIBA tourney

30 july 2016 - 19:37:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda on Saturday trounced Cote d'Ivoire with 76 -74 scores in a basketball "consolation match' intended [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Tunisia defeats Rwanda in FIBA U-18 basketball tourney

29 july 2016 - 22:08:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Tunisia on Friday qualified for the semi-finals of the U-18 Africa regional basketball tournament organised by [...] Full text...

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FIBA Africa U-18 championship: Some results from Day 3 matches

25 july 2016 - 05:40:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are results from Day 3, play-off stage of the U-18 Africa regional basketball tournament [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: FIBA Africa U-18 championship kicks off in Kigali

22 july 2016 - 07:27:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The U-18 Africa regional basketball tournament organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is expected to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda men's U-18 basketball team departs for USA boot camp

16 may 2016 - 09:29:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda men's under-18 basketball boot camp towards the FIBA Men’s Africa U-18 Championships will open this [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Buhari rewards laurel-winning Nigerian athletes

21 january 2016 - 15:39:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday fulfilled his promise to financially reward sportsmen and women who [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari hails national basketball team over continental victory

31 august 2015 - 12:27:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the country's national men's basketball team, D'Tigers, on its victory [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: 2015 Afrobasket draws made in Tunis

06 april 2015 - 13:47:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nigeria, Uganda, host nation Tunisia and a yet-to-be-named country will feature in Group A at the [...] Full text...

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FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup: Rades Tunisia and Libolo to play final

19 december 2014 - 22:45:21
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Star Rades of Tunisia and Libolo of Angola on Friday qualified for the final of the [...] Full text...

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Mali: FIBA boss expected on 15 November in Bamako

29 october 2014 - 19:59:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The president of basketball's world governing body, FIBA, Argentine Horacio Muratore, is expected on 15 November [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian elected First Vice President of FIBA

16 september 2014 - 19:58:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Board of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, has appointed Hamane Niang from [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Cape Verdian basketball team cancels trip to Guinea due to Ebola

02 august 2014 - 15:49:19
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The Cape Verdian Basketball Federation (FCB) has cancelled the trip of the national basketball team [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Tunisia, Cameroon to host AfroBasket 2015

07 march 2014 - 21:20:28
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia and Cameroon have been awarded the hosting rights for AfroBasket 2015 and AfroBasket Women 2015 [...] Full text...

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FIBA Africa men's Clubs Champions Cup: Alexandria Sporting, Primeiro Agosto in quarter finals

19 december 2013 - 22:18:17
Sousse, Tunisia (PANA) - Alexandria Sporting Club of Egypt on Thursday defeated Al-Ahly of Benghazi 90-86 to qualify for the [...] Full text...

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2013 FIBA-Africa championship: Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon in quarter-finals

26 august 2013 - 21:14:40
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon are through to the quarter- finals of 2013 Afrobasket championship [...] Full text...

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2013 FIBA-Africa championship: Angola, Cote d'Ivoire finish group matches undefeated

25 august 2013 - 12:51:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Angola and host Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday finished the round-robin stage of the 2013 FIBA-Africa [...] Full text...

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Nigeria re-appoints Bakare as basketball coach

27 may 2013 - 11:33:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has re-appointed Ayo Bakare as head coach of the country's national basketball team, D'Tigers, according [...] Full text...

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FIBA overhauls key basketball events to increase global visibility

13 november 2012 - 17:02:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has made sweeping changes to the format of its premier events [...] Full text...

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2 African teams battle for places in London Olympics Basketball Tournament

02 february 2012 - 10:09:35
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola and Nigeria, the two African teams due to play in a pre-Olympic men's basketball tournament [...] Full text...

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FIBA ranking: Malian women’s basketball is first in Africa

18 november 2011 - 19:53:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian women's basketball team has been named the top-ranked nation in Africa and 19th worldwide, [...] Full text...

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'Angola, one of 4 country applicants to host pre-Olympic basketball tournament'

17 november 2011 - 15:38:17
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola is part of a list of four countries that have presented bids to host the [...] Full text...

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FIBA to honour Angolan female basketball players

28 september 2011 - 11:49:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Angolan female basketball players will be honoured on Saturday in Bamako, Mali by the African [...] Full text...

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FIBA-Africa accredits 100 journalists for 2011 Afrobasket in Mali

20 september 2011 - 11:11:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 100 journalists have been accredited by the Secretariat of the FIBA-Africa to cover the 22nd [...] Full text...

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Bamako women's Afro-basketball competition referees named

17 september 2011 - 15:29:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), basketball governing body, has named 16 referees for the 22nd African [...] Full text...

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2 Angolan basketballers to take dope test at Afrobasket 2011

18 august 2011 - 15:52:06
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Two Angolan players with the national senior men's basketball team, Carlos Morais and Eduardo Mingas, have [...] Full text...

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FIBA releases All-African Games groupings

27 june 2011 - 13:56:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Below are the men's and women's groupings for the basketball championships at the All-Africa games, slated [...] Full text...

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President of Malian Basketball Federation buried in Bamako

31 may 2011 - 17:00:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Malian Basketball Federation (FMBB) and technical commissioner of FIBA-Monde, Abdallah Mahamane Haïdara, [...] Full text...

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FIBA-Africa inspects Bamako facilities for African championship

13 may 2011 - 14:52:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An inspection team from the International Basketball Federation-Africa (FIBA-Africa) arrived in Bamako Thursday to inspect facilities [...] Full text...

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4 Malawi basketball coaches pass FIBA coaching clinic exams

30 december 2010 - 19:08:00
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Only four of the 11 Malawi basketball coaches who participated in a week-long International Basketball Association [...] Full text...

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Angola on standby to host Afrobasket2011

22 september 2010 - 09:44:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan Basketball Federation (FAB) is standing by t o host the 2011 Africa Cup of [...] Full text...

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Angola drops in FIBA ranking

18 september 2010 - 15:20:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national senior male basketball team dropped one place to 13th in the raking of [...] Full text...

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Angolan coach ponders future after loss to US at FIBA championship

07 september 2010 - 09:24:00
Istanbul- Turkey (PANA) -- Coach of Angola's basketball male team, Portuguese Lui s Mgalhaes, is pondering on whether or not [...] Full text...

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Angola beats Germany 92-88 in World Basketball Championship

01 september 2010 - 22:16:00
Kayseri- Turkey (PANA) â" Angola moved a step clos-er to qualifying to the next round of the International Basketball Federation [...] Full text...

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African teams in poor start at world basketball tourney

29 august 2010 - 11:15:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The three teams flying the African flag at the 2010 Inte rnational Basketball Federation (FIBA) championship [...] Full text...

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No vuvuzela at world basketball championships

03 august 2010 - 13:41:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Players of the three teams representing Africa at the wo rld basketball championship in Turkey 28 [...] Full text...

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Congolese to head African Basketball Federation

23 july 2010 - 16:42:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Congolese Dieudonne Essaka Mobusa was appointed for a four-year term as head of the International Federation [...] Full text...

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FIBA-Africa's Chairman inspects sports facilities in Mali

16 march 2010 - 15:23:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Chairman of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA-Africa), Alain Ekra, and the Secretary General of [...] Full text...

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Angola wins African Basketball championship

16 august 2009 - 11:56:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Angola on Sunday won the men's African Baskeball champio nship which ended in the Libyan capital, [...] Full text...

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Draw for 25th African Basketball Championship on 26 June

01 june 2009 - 22:20:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The draw for 25th African Basketball Championship schedu led from 5 to 15 August in Libya [...] Full text...

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Angola is 12th in world basketball ranking

13 april 2009 - 19:21:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola edged up this year by two slots in the ranking of the International Basketball Federation [...] Full text...

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CAN female basketball qualifying matches relocated at Cameroon

18 february 2009 - 09:33:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The qualifying matches of the female basketball African Cup of Nations (CAN) will be organised [...] Full text...

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