Basketball
Basketball is a huge sport, widely followed by the Americans and growing in Africa.
On this page, the focus is on The National Basketball Association and the latest news, transfer, results of all the 30 franchises.
The franchises includes; Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Texas, Sixers, Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, OKC Thunder etc.
Also, covered are stories on the NBA biggest stars like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Russel Westbrook, Klay Thompson, Anthony Davis, and Joel Embiid.
We also talk about Basketball Legends such as Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Magic Johnson, Jerry West are not left out.
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Rohr calls up Mikel, Moses, Ighalo, 20 others for must win clash against Zambia
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has called up 23 players for next week’s all –important 2018 FIFA World Cup…
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James sides with Curry, shades President Trump for uninviting Warriors to White House
LeBron James labelled United States President Donald Trump “a bum” after he uninvited Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors…
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Trump-Warriors to break 37-year White House Championships ceremony
President Donald Trump on Saturday rescinded the Golden State Warriors’ invitation to visit the White House after Stephen Curry stated…
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Kevin Durant apologizes for ‘childish’ tweets, denies using fake accounts
It was either perfect or terrible timing, depending on your perspective. A day after Kevin Durant lit up the internet…
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Enes Kanter defends Thunder after Kevin Durant criticizes OKC on Twitter
Recently, strange third-person tweets criticizing the Oklahoma City Thunder and coach Billy Donovan appeared on Kevin Durant’s account. No one was…
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Kevin Durant appears to blast ex-coach, teammates in since-deleted tweets
It appears Kevin Durant could use a training course in how to use Twitter. The Warriors All-Star responded to trolls…
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Bogut link up with Walton as Lakers confirm signing
Free-agent big man Andrew Bogut has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, it was confirmed on Tuesday. Bogut, 32, joins…
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WATCH as Warriors’ Stephen Curry scores penalty at Stamford Bridge
Whether it is on a basketball court or football pitch, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry can do it all. He…
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Bogdanovic steers Serbia into EuroBasket final
Russia’s Aleksei Shved won the individual shoot-out up against Bogdan Bogdanovic on Friday, but it was the Sacramento Kings’ point…
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Senegal, Nigeria, Morocco and hosts Tunisia through to the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 Semi-Finals
Senegal on Thursday made a tremendous statement of their FIBA AfroBasket 2017 intentions by beating Angola 66-57 to join Nigeria,…
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Unhappy Melo to ESPN after low NBA ranking: ‘Don’t be so blatant with the disrespect’
ESPN came out with its top rankings of NBA players, and Knicks (for now) forward Carmelo Anthony came in at No.…
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EuroBasket: Marc Gasol inspires Spain, Porzingis effort not enough in Latvia loss to Slovenia
Spain and Slovenia will meet in the semi-finals of EuroBasket after seeing off Germany and Latvia respectively on Tuesday. Marc…
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Lakers to retire both of Kobe Bryant´s jersey numbers
Kobe Bryant’s legacy with the Los Angeles Lakers will live on in the Staples Center. The Lakers will retire Bryant’s…
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Wizards’ big man Ochefu tops list of D’Tigers picked for FIBA Men’s AfroBasket title defence
Wahsington Wizards center Ochefu Daniel headlines the list of the D’Tigers heading to Tunisia to represent Nigeria at FIBA Men’s AfroBasket.…
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Van Gundy: No chance for Lebron and Cavs, 2018 is a wrap, Warriors will win forever
Unless the Cleveland Cavaliers trade the first-round pick they acquired for Kyrie Irving for Paul George, they have no chance…
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Houston businessman Fertitta buying Rockets for reported $2.2billion
Houston businessman Tilman Fertitta has reached an agreement to buy the Rockets from Leslie Alexander, the team announced on Tuesday.…
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Rockets´ James Harden donates $1million to Hurricane Harvey relief
James Harden is the latest athlete to give back to the city of Houston. The Rockets star has made a $1million donation…
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Ginobili returning to Spurs on two-year deal
Veteran Manu Ginobili is prolonging his career in the NBA after signing a new contract with the San Antonio Spurs.…
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Danny Ainge explains Celtic’s decision to trade Isaiah Thomas to Cavs
The Boston Celtics had their reasons for trading star Isaiah Thomas to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge told…
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Cavs trades Kyrie to Celtic for IT, Crowder, Zizic and 1st round pick
Kyrie Irving got his wish and the Celtics got the star fans have been craving for years as Boston and…
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D’Tigress cruise to an easy 106-33 win over Guinea at #AfrobasketWomen2017
The Nigeria women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, were more than a ruler taller than their opponents from Guinea as they practically…
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Akhator, Nyingifa double-double take D’Tigress past Egypt into quarterfinals
The WNBA third round overall draft pick Evelyn Akhator’s double-double and Israel-based Atonye Nyingifa double-double helped the D’Tigress to a…
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D’Tigress shoot down DR Congo in an improved 2nd game and half display
A dominant first and fourth quarters display from the D’Tigress ensured a comfortable 84-47 win over Democratic Republic of Congo…
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D’Tigres start 2017 AfroBasket Women campaign with a tough 80-69 win over Mozambique
D’Tigress started their 2017 Afro Basket Women campaign with a 80-69 win over Mozambique on Friday night in Mali. The…
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D’Tigres rivals Les Lioness start #AfroBasketWomen title defence with an easy win
The 11-time FIBA women’s AfroBasket champions, Les Lioness of Senegal, who are in the same group as Nigeria’s D’Tigres and…
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LeBron James shows off new Goodyear Cavs jersey
LeBron James gave Cleveland Cavaliers fans their first look of the team’s new NBA jerseys. Global sports manufacturer Nike has…
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2017-18 NBA schedule: 10 must-see games
We already knew who will play on Christmas Day, but now we know the rest of the 2017-18 NBA schedule.…
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Warriors to start title defence against Rockets, Cavs host Celtic as NBA returns on October 17
The Houston Rockets and newly acquired star Chris Paul will travel to Golden State to play the Warriors on opening…
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Porzingis: I hope to spend my whole career with Knicks
Kristaps Porzingis further opened up about his love for the New York Knicks and wanting to see out his career…
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Michael Jordan explains why he still ranks Kobe Bryant above LeBron James in his all time list
Four-and-a-half years and two more LeBron James championships haven’t changed Michael Jordan’s opinion that Kobe Bryant was better than James. In February 2013, Jordan told NBA…
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