Basketball

The South Sudan senior national basketball team, (Bright Stars) will be playing their second round of the FIBA Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers in the Tunisian city of Monastir according to reports from the World governing body for basketball.  The Bright Stars of South Sudan goes into the second round with their...

South Sudan’s national team basketball center forward Deng Acouth was among the 10 standout players in the first phase of the Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers according to the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA).  Acuoth who is 24 years old was on October 2. 199 is 211 cm (6ft 11in) height...

FIBA Regional Office Africa on Friday confirmed the venues for the upcoming February window of the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers., with Yaounde, Cameroon and Monastir, Tunisia to host the upcoming 2nd phrase group games. After successfully holding the games of the Qualifiers in bubbles in November, the third and last...

Senior Men’s player Emmanuel Malou has signed a one-year contract for professional club Sanaat Mes Rafsanjan in Iran. The 27 year old, 6ft 9″ Small Forward Malou has been a key figure in the road to AfroBasket 2021 posting 11.0 PPG & 7.2 RPG across all tournaments. Last year Malou...

Things are starting to come together for South Sudan who now sit in second place in Group D of the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers at the just-concluded first window at the Kigali Arena. The Bright Stars, who came into this tournament as a replacement for Algeria that pulled out because...

South Sudan Basketball Federation (SSBF) President Mr Luol Deng has urged the government to start supporting sports in the country in order to improve the performances of teams within and outside the country. Luol Deng speaking on arrival at Juba International Airport on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 said South Sudan...

The South Sudan National Basketball Team (The Bright Stars) continued with their winning trend as they mercilessly beat host Rwanda in the presence of their head of state H.E Paul Kagame by a 67-55 point margin on Sunday 29th November 2020 on the first phase of the AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers...

The South Sudan national basketball team (The Bright Stars) on Saturday registered a convincing result after walloping Mali by 77-64 points at the ongoing AfroBasket 2021 Qualifiers in Kigali Rwanda.  The Bright Stars who started controlling the game since in the quarter one registered 27-16 points in the first quarter,...

ALEXANDRIA (Egypt) - John Deng Geu's life has been a rollercoaster, and he couldn't be any happier to be representing Uganda at international level.  Born in a refugee camp in Uganda to a South Sudanese family, who relocated to North Dakota when Geu was six, the 23-year-old deservedly appears among...

The South Sudan National Basketball team started the AFRO Basketball qualification group D games in low stakes after losing to reigning African giants Nigeria. The action took place Thursday afternoon in a game that showed the Tigers of Nigeria beat the Bright Stars of South Sudan by 76-56 points after...