Basketball

South Sudan coach Royal Ivey has praised the bond within his squad as the Afrobasket 2021 debutants try to book a shock place in Saturday’s semi-finals. Today in Kigali, Rwanda, a team that only joined world body FIBA in 2013, two years after the country’s independence, could become one of...

The South Sudan national senior basketball team "Bright Stars" have on Tuesday 31st August 2021 broken a history for the first time since 2017 making it through into the 2021 Afro Basket last 8. The Bright Stars defeated Kenya 60-58 points in a narrow 2 points difference to book the...

Luol Deng is on a mission to keep his native South Sudan among Africa's top basketball nations. Elected president of the South Sudanese Basketball Federation in 2020 after an illustrious playing career which span fifteen years with five different clubs in the NBA, Deng returned home to help nurture kids...

 South Sudan, the newest country in Africa, registered their first-ever win at FIBA AfroBasket after beating neighbouring Uganda 88-86 in their last Group D game on Sunday at Kigali Arena. South Sudan registered a 20-0 off-court win against Cameroon early this week due to COVID_19 protocols that affected the Cameroonian...

South Sudan Basketball team the Bright Stars will go into the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 competiton as one of the favourites after a great performances since December 2020 in Nairobi Kenya. The team which is currently in Rwanda ahead of the Afro Basket 2021 is ranked at 94 in the World...

New to the AfroBasket fraternity, and displaying a talented squad and new head coach, South Sudan could be the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 dark horse. Since it became an independent country in 2011, South Sudan has been working hard to build successful basketball programmes. Now, basketball in the country that has...

Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced that the team has signed second-round draft pick JT Thor. Thor was originally acquired from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for the draft rights of Balsa Koprivica and center Mason Plumlee. South Sudan Basketball fans were excited after...

The South Sudan Basketball Federation Head Coach Royal Ivey has appointed his coaching staff ahead of the upcoming AfroBasket 2021 taking place from 24 Aug – 5 Sep in Kigali, Rwanda according to the national basketball governing body SSBF.  Ajou Deng is returning alongside new additions Joe Mantegna and Fortune...

South Sudan's Nyaduoth Gach Lok won the Best Point Guard as South Sudan finished 4th in the concluded Zone 5 FIBA Women Basketball Afrobasket qualifiers held in Kigali, Rwanda. while Tierra Henderson from Rwanda was the Best Shooting Guard and they were joined by Raneem El Gedawy who walked away...

The South Sudan National Women Basketball team had a rough outing at the ongoing FIBA Afrobasket Zone 5 pre qualification round in Kigali Rwanda. Although the team had a spirited display in their last group game against host Rwanda. The South Sudan National Women's Team pose for a group photo;...