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BAL 2023: Kwara Falcons lose second game to Stade Malien

Nigerian champions Kwara Falcons lost their second straight game at the 2023 Basketball Africa League by 78-74 to fellow debutants Stade Malien at the Dakar Arena on Tuesday. Kadri Baba Jibril's men showed a glimpse of improvement from their opening game loss against the Rwanda Energy Group, but they left it late and eventually fell to the Malians. Stade Malien edged the first quarter 18-15 and...

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...

Kwara Falcons fall to Stade Malien in four-team invitational

Kwara Falcons fall to Stade Malien in four-team invitational

Nigerian Premier League Basketball champions Kwara Falcons have stepped up preparations for the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) with participation in a four-club invitational tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Falcons played their first game on Tuesday and it ended in a 84-69 defeat to Mali’s Stade Malien.   Half time at the Tournoi championship. HT Kwara Falcons 27 - 49 Stade Malien pic.twitter.com/whIKnkl32Q — Kwara...

BAL announces teams, conferences and game schedule for 2023 season

BAL announces teams, conferences and game schedule for 2023 season

The Basketball Africa League has announced the teams, conferences, and game schedules for this year’s tournament ahead of the kickoff date of March 11. The BAL 2023 season, which is the third season of the competition, will see 12 club teams from 12 African countries battle it out for supremacy in the continent’s premier basketball league.   🚨💥 HERE WE GO! Be the first to know!...