Power forward Axel Mpoyo has confirmed that he will not feature for the national basketball team in the upcoming FIBA World Cup qualifiers, scheduled for November 27-30 in Tunisia. The 28-year-old, ...

Angola has won its record-setting 12th AfroBasket championship, defeating Mali on Sunday by a score of 70-43 in the tournament’s championship game. Angola, the host of AfroBasket 2025, was led by ...

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, Memphis Grizzlies center Gorgui Dieng (14) during an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio. Dricus du Plessis breaks his ...

Nigeria's push for a second men's AfroBasket title will be led but Houston Rockets' Josh Okogie, the only NBA player in the D'Tigers squad for the tournament in Angola from Aug. 12-24. Okogie returns ...

Weeks ago, Houston signed Josh Okogie to a one-year, $3.1 million contract, making him the newest Rocket. However, he'll be headed overseas for now, as he's set to lead his home country of Nigeria in ...

Recently, NBA insider Marc Stein reported on how one of Kuminga’s summer plans took a detour due to the ongoing free agency situation. “Jonathan Kuminga was on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ...

KIGALI, Rwanda -- Nairobi City Thunder's appearance in Kigali at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) has been a full circle moment for co-founder and part-owner Stephen Domingo, who captained Nigeria ...

Eva Saira Ariko came to the US in 1997 pregnant with her first son. She settled in Boston, where a vibrant remnant from her homeland of Uganda had taken root in the 1960s. The so-called “Kennedy ...

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Bam Adebayo led the U.S. with 18 points and added seven rebounds; he has the perfect combination of size and speed to wreak havoc on an undersized South Sudan frontcourt.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Royal Ivey, a standout guard for the Texas Longhorns from 2000-04, will lead South Sudan into its first-ever Olympic men’s basketball tournament. Ivey has been the Bright Stars’ head ...