BEIRA (FIBA Africa Basketball League 2019) – Aiming to make an impact at the upcoming FIBA Africa Basketball League (FIBA ABL), Ferroviario da Beira have signed three new international players. Uganda international Robinson Opong – a prolific three-point shooter – is joined by Serbian duo Bozo Djumic and Vuk Jovanovic. Twenty-seven years-old Djumic is described as 6ft10in …
ABIDJAN – FIBA Africa has reformulated the Africa Champions Cup (ACC), and its new version is set to start in January 2019. With the aim of revitalizing Africa’s clubs competition, the continent basketball governing body made a number of significant changes that will impact the game across Africa. It will require clubs to team up with local …
JKL Lady Dolphins ended UCU Lady Canon’s stronghold on the National Basketball League after a 66-63 game four victory at the Lugogo MTN Arena on Wednesday evening. The result sealed a remarkable 4-0 series sweep against a team that had won the last three championships and is the joint most successful side alongside Lady Bucks …
Their success comes with a history re-write in the manner that they extended their unprecedented winning streak on the local scene with six titles in a row. City Oilers players celebrate with the FUBA league trophy after they won their best of seven finals series against Betway Power 4-1. PHOTOS: Michael Nsubuga Tuskerlite NBL Playoffs …
KAMPALA (FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup 2018) – Fresh from winning the National Basketball League title with City Oilers in Uganda on last week, Tonny Drileba has his eyes on the upcoming FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup set to be held in Lome, Togo from November 9-11. Uganda is an emerging force in the shorter version of …
KAMPALA (FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup 2018) – The FIBA 3×3 Africa Cup 2018 could not happen at a better time for Ugandan youngster Jamila Nansikombi than from November 9-11 in Lome, Togo. The 21-year old, who is fresh from featuring for Uganda as the only African team at the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup in China, has over the past …
XI’AN (FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup) – FIBA was announced on July 17 the Chinese city of Xi’an will host the brand new FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup on October 3-7, 2018. Uganda will be the only African Country in the Ladies Pool as it has been in the U23 Nations League. Africa’s top ranked …
The much awaited National Basketball League play offs are here, and teams will be in vying to dethrone City Oilers and UCU Lady Canons in the Men and Women categories, respectively – The pair will on the other hand, be fighting to defend their titles. This year, the play offs come bigger and better than …
Junior Silverbacks head coach Nicholas Natuhereza has given his assessment of the team performance at the FIBA U18 African Championship. Uganda started the tournament with a couple of huge defeats the Democratic Republic of Congo and event hosts Mali. “In the first 2 games we were completely over matched by Congo and Mali in terms …
ABIDJAN – FIBA Africa will unveil its new headquarters in the Ivoirian largest city of Abidjan in mid-December 2018, the governing body of African basketball confirmed on Tuesday. The announcement was made during a FIBA delegation visit to Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Sports and Recreation early this week. “We have confirmed to the Minister that …