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BAL 2024: Burundi’s Dynamo BBC withdraws after forfeiting two straight games

BAL 2024: Burundi’s Dynamo BBC withdraws after forfeiting two straight games

The history-making participation of Dynamo BBC, the first team from Burundi to participate in the Basketball Africa League, unfortunately comes to an early end after the team chose to forfeit their second consecutive game in the Kalahari Conference, triggering a withdrawal clause from the tournament under FIBA rules. Dynamo won their debut game in the BAL’s fourth season when they beat conference hosts, the Cape Town...

BAL 2023: Fall urges African basketball teams to build value around talent

BAL 2023: Fall urges African basketball teams to build value around talent

President of Basketball Africa League (BAL), Amadou Gallo Fall, has called on basketball teams in Africa to build value around the emerging talents in their ranks rather than for the sole purpose of trading them off to more developed leagues abroad with the aim of profit-making. Such has been common practice across different sports in Africa which has left the continent lacking local talent that it...