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NBA board approves new ‘star player‘ policy ahead of new season

The National Basketball Association (NBA) board of governors signed a new "Player Participation Policy" on Wednesday geared towards ensuring an improvement in player engagement during the regular season. The new approved plan will commence immediately when the 2023–24 regular season begins in October, with the aim of improving the initial player resting policy that was approved just before the 2017–18 season. Under the new policy, the...

US Open: Djokovic pays tribute to Kobe Bryant with 24th Grand Slam title

by Kunle Fayiga

14 September 2023

Novak Djokovic paid tribute to Kobe Bryant as he cliched a 24th Grand Slam title by defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the final of the US Open on Sunday. The game was a rematch of the 2021 final which Medvedev won in straight sets. Djokovic came into the tournament having been triumphant at the Australian Open and French Open before losing to Carlos...

Basketball: South Sudan qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics

by Afrosport

3 September 2023

South Sudan became the first African country to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after finishing as the best African team at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The world's youngest country ended their campaign at the FIBA World Cup with a 101-78 victory against Angola on Saturday. South Sudan sealed the Olympic berth after their closest rival, Egypt's 88-86 defeat to New Zealand. The...

LA Lakers to honour Kobe Bryant with statue in 2024

by Ibikunle Salako

25 August 2023

Seventeen-time NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, revealed on Thursday that they will be paying tribute to Hall of Famer and former NBA star Kobe Bryant with a statue in front of the franchise’s Crypto.com Arena, next year. The Lakers announced that Bryant, who spent the entirety of his 20-year NBA career with them, will have his statue erected on February 8, 2024, a date that...

NBA releases game schedules for 2023-24 season

by Ibikunle Salako

18 August 2023

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced on Thursday the complete game schedule for the upcoming 2023–24 season, which will kick off on Tuesday, October 24. The organisers of the league, which is heading into its 78th regular season, released the dates and opponents to be faced by each team during the regular season, along with the dates for the end of the season, the NBA Play-In...

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NBA board approves new ‘star player‘ policy ahead of new season

US Open: Djokovic pays tribute to Kobe Bryant with 24th Grand Slam title

Basketball: South Sudan qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics

LA Lakers to honour Kobe Bryant with statue in 2024

NBA releases game schedules for 2023-24 season

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