The 2026 NBA Draft underlined Africa’s growing influence on world basketball, with more than 10 players of African heritage ...

SYDNEY (AP) — There are potentially good things ahead for women’s basketball in Africa despite the lack of success in international competition. But to turn the corner, there needs to be more ...

March 11 marked the start of the Basketball Africa League, the continent’s premier basketball competition. Ahead of its third season, president Amadou Gallo Fall reflected on the rise of the sport on ...

African basketball organizations are actively seeking financial backers in preparation for a franchise bidding process in the Basketball Africa League, Semafor has learned. The NBA-owned league aims ...

It was at the 2012 NBA All-Star game at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida where Luol Deng went outside the NBA All-Star dress code to wear a black t-shirt adorned with a stylized outline of the ...

Masai Ujiri discusses the Giants of Africa festival, along with his contributions to the evolution of African basketball over the last 22 years. There are few executives who have defined the NBA in ...

(L-R) Senegalese Presidential Advisor for Sports Ndongo Ndiaye, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation Andreas Zagklis and the President of the ...

League to play record 48 games across four countries, including first BAL games in South Africa as part of New Kalahari Conference. Official release DAKAR, SENEGAL – The Basketball Africa League (BAL) ...

The NBA’s entry into Africa will hit another milestone this weekend when the Basketball Africa League kicks off for its third season. Launched in the middle of a pandemic, the league is slowly ...

The Basketball Africa League (BAL) offers the Johannesburg Giants an opportunity to make a statement regarding the potential of South African basketball at what could be a tipping point in its ...

The hardwood of BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, is sprayed a bright green and yellow. The sound of horns permeates the arena. Angolan and Tunisian flags drape over the first row of seats. This is the ...