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Rwanda’s APR dumps Rivers Hoopers out of BAL with 104-73 bashing
Six-time Nigerian Basketball League champions, Rivers Hoopers, have been beaten out of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). They suffered their biggest defeat in the history of the competition – a 31-point loss – to Rwanda’s APR on Monday. The quarter-final encounter ended at 104-73. After both teams struggled to score any points during the opening…
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Rivers Hoopers to face US Monastir in BAL Season 5 Seeding Game
The 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) bronze medalists, Rivers Hoopers, will face Union Sportive Monastirienne in the placement match on Saturday, June 7, ahead of the quarter-finals in Pretoria, South Africa. Going by the Playoffs Team Ranking, the six-time Nigerian League Champions who sealed consecutive Playoffs appearances by finishing second in the Kalahari Conference with…
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BAL: We plan to do better than last year – Rivers Hoopers coach
Rivers Hoopers Head Coach Ogoh Odaudu has said that his team has what it takes to improve on last year’s performance at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Season 5. Rivers Hoopers will play their first game at BAL this year when they take on Stade Malien in the Kalahari Conference opener in Rabat, Morocco on…
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Warriors retiring Iguodala’s No. 9 next month
The Golden State Warriors will retire Andre Iguodala’s No. 9 jersey on February 23 when they host the Dallas Mavericks in San Francisco. The team made the announcement Tuesday on Iguodala’s 41st birthday. Iguodala is the seventh player in Warriors history to have his number raised to the rafters, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Chris Mullin, Nate…
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Mutombo was a giant, says Raptors’ Masai Ujiri
Masai Ujiri delivered a heartfelt speech for Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, sharing what he meant to basketball, Africa, and those who loved him. For as loved as Dikembe Mutombo was in the NBA, and for as many souls as he’s touched around the game of basketball, there aren’t many…
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Webber gifts Anthony Village youths shoes, shares basketball dreams with them
Pius Ayinor Opeyemi Babalola, the Chief Executive Officer of Webber Hoops and Courts has reemphasized his dream of pushing the game of basketball to every neighbourhood of Nigeria. The structural engineer best known in the sports circle as Webber shared canvas shoes and his goals with the youths as the Anthony Village Ballers 3×3 Face-off…
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