Aiming High
Aug 02, 2021
3 minutes
BY ARNOLD KWIZERA
THE HOSTING OF A global or continental sports tournament in the midst of a pandemic is no mean feat, and making it successful an even greater achievement.
The inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL), Africa’s premier men’s basketball league, at the newly-built Kigali Arena in Rwanda in the second half of May saw Egyptian giants Zamalek crowned champions of the first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA)- backed league outside of North America.
But it was not only the triumph of the North African side that was a highlight at the tournament. The event
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