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FIBA invests in Zambia

By on May 12, 2010 in FanZone with 0 Comments
FIBA invests in Zambia

If you’ve ever wondered whether there’s truth in the statement that “you do not get because you do not ask”, just ask the Zambia Basketball Association. In an article titled “FIBA helps bring hope to Zambia”, FIBA’s willingness to invest in Africa and contribute to the development of growth and basketball was highlighted.

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Basketball: South Africa to represent at first Youth Olympic Games

By on April 8, 2010 in News with 9 Comments
Basketball: South Africa to represent at first Youth Olympic Games

It’s a big year for basketball! Along with the FIBA Basketball World Championships to be held in August 2010, basketball will also be included as a sport in the first ever Youth Olympic Games taking place around the same time. And yes, South Africa will have a team there! So a few key things: First […]

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The Importance of Sport Governance

By on August 24, 2008 in News with 35 Comments

A lot has been said to the players, administrators, officials and coaches about the “governance” of basketball yet concrete evidence and information is hardly available to support what’s been said by various BSA stakeholders. The South African basketball mandate doesn’t know how the hierarchy of sport and governance in South Africa and the world in […]

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NBA stars return to Joburg for BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS AFRICA

By on August 10, 2008 in News with 0 Comments
NBA stars return to Joburg for BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS AFRICA

LONDON AND JOHANNESBURG, May 7, 2008 – Basketball without Borders returns to Johannesburg for the sixth consecutive year since 2003 when it hosts the basketball camp Sep. 3-7 at the American International School of Johannesburg , the National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Basketball South Africa (BSA) announced today. The […]

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Hop on the Basketball Roller coaster ride

By on July 30, 2008 in News with 8 Comments

A few weeks back, I asked a few basketball people in the know their opinion on what has been happening in the sport over the past few years and what we should look forward to. Tshepo Ditshego provided me with this article he had published in Tribute magazine in South Africa in April 2007 and […]

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