Fans of the Accra Basketball League (ABL) were primed to endure almost a month long break in games due to this year's edition of Ghana's National Sports Festival which was due to commence on August 12.
The multi sport competition was scheduled to be held at the Robert Mensah Stadium in Cape-Coast but was indefinitely postponed earlier this week to allow Ghana's athletes prepare adequately for the upcoming All Africa Games in Morocco next year.
This has thrown the plans of the ABL Board into disarray given the body made plans to ensure players were released early to join regional teams of their choice to participate in the games. However, the new development suggests the league will be back sooner than expected.
Games were set to recommence on August 23 with six teams in the Women's Division and nine teams in the Men's Division I ready to round up the 2018 regular season. Games could return as soon as August 11.
This means Female Division leaders Ghana Police Service will have the chance to continue its winning momentum towards ending Braves of Customs stranglehold on the division. Police has a three point lead over second placed Braves.
In the Male Division, defending champions Braves of Customs are coasting to another top finish as the unbeaten side sits atop the standings with 22 points; Police is in second place with 21 points. On the lower end of the division, DC Dynamics is still without a win after 12 games.
Ghana gets representatives for Young Lions Cup African Championship - 2 days ago
Qualifiers to select teams to represent Ghana in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the FIBA Under 18 3X3 Basketball Young Lions Cup were organized successfully at the Accra Technical University Court on Saturday. Oxford Heat and Vikings emerged winners in the Girls Division and Boys Division and will represent Ghana in Abidjan in March when the African tournament takes place. Winners of that competition move to the world stage. Heat topped the Girls Division with a low scoring 3-0 win over Lakers... [read more]
Qualifiers to select teams to represent Ghana in Abidjan, Ivory Coast at the FIBA Under 18 3X3 Basketball Young Lions Cup were organized successfully at the Accra Technical University Court on Saturday.
Oxford Heat and Vikings emerged winners in the Girls Division and Boys Division and will represent Ghana in Abidjan in March when the African tournament takes place. Winners of that competition move to the world stage.
Heat topped the Girls Division with a low scoring 3-0 win over Lakers in the final game while Vikings beat Team LAL 10-7 in a more competitive final. The qualifiers were due to start on January 26 and end on January 29 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
However, consistent postponement and delays put the organizing team led by Coach James Ocloo under pressure to get the qualifiers done. 18 teams played in the Boys Division and four teams played in the Girls Division.
Several players from Accra Basketball League (ABL) Men's Division II and schools that participated in this year's Sprite Ball Championship competed in the qualifiers. Organizers hope the qualifiers are the first of several projects to get Ghana steady progression in the popular basketball format.
Ghana Center made his debut at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in the early hours on Saturday, February 16 at the Carioca 1 Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but ended on the losing side with his Austin Spurs teammates. Spurs lost 58-90 to host Flamengo in one of two semifinals at the world competition and miss out on competing for the gold medal in the process. The 2017-2018 NBA Gatorade League Champions played out a poor game. Brimah produced eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and... [read more]
Ghana Center made his debut at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup in the early hours on Saturday, February 16 at the Carioca 1 Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but ended on the losing side with his Austin Spurs teammates.
Spurs lost 58-90 to host Flamengo in one of two semifinals at the world competition and miss out on competing for the gold medal in the process. The 2017-2018 NBA Gatorade League Champions played out a poor game.
Brimah produced eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and four blocks in 25 minutes of action on the court. The 6 foot 10 inch defender converted four of six field goal attempts but missed both free throw attempts. He didn't attempt a three point shot.
Former Oklahoma City Thunder Forward Josh Huestis led Spurs in scoring with ten points and was the only player on the team to score in double figures in the game. Spurs converted just four of 20 shots from three point range.
Flamengo was led by Argentine Franco Baldi who scored 19 points in the winning effort and NBA Champion Anderson Varejao featured for the host team.
Spurs play South American Champions San Lorenzo for the bronze medal after the latter lost 64-86 to Basketball League Champions AEK Athens. Two time NBA Champion and Canada International Joel Anthony plays for San Lorenzo.
This year's GHATUSA-Ghana Technical Universities / Polytechnics Sports Association (GHATUSA) Games Basketball Finals ended earlier today at the Accra Technical University (ATU) Court in Tudu with mixed results.
ATU and Takoradi Technical University (TTU) faced off in the Men's and Women's Final with either institution winning a gold medal apiece. In the Men's Division, ATU beat TTU 38-25 and in the Women's Division, TTU beat ATU 21-19.
Both institutions have dominated both basketbal... [read more]
This year's GHATUSA-Ghana Technical Universities / Polytechnics Sports Association (GHATUSA) Games Basketball Finals ended earlier today at the Accra Technical University (ATU) Court in Tudu with mixed results.
ATU and Takoradi Technical University (TTU) faced off in the Men's and Women's Final with either institution winning a gold medal apiece. In the Men's Division, ATU beat TTU 38-25 and in the Women's Division, TTU beat ATU 21-19.
Both institutions have dominated both basketball divisions for several years and shared the spoils in this year's competition. ATU's Female team was unfortunate to force overtime or clinch the win in regulation time to lose by a two point margin.
ATU's Male team raced off to a 20-8 win against Takoradi at the end of the first half but its lead was trimmed to six (26-20) heading to the fourth quarter after a strong TTU performance in the third quarter with Dennis Antwi and Benjamin Sagoe leading the charge.
Sunyani Technical University (STU) and Koforidua Technical university (KTU) rounded up the podium by finishing in third place in the Men's and Women's Divisions respectively. Both teams beat Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) to clinch bronze in the multisport competition.
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