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March 5, 2020 BAL postponed over coronavirus fears

BAL postponed over coronavirus fears

The Basketball Africa League on Wednesday postponed the league’s inaugural season, which had been scheduled to tip off March 13 in Dakar, Senegal, due to the spread of the coronavirus.

A disappointed BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall in a statement expressed regret at the development, but is hopeful the league will commence soon.

The BAL, a partnership between the International Basketball Federation and the NBA, is a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa.

The BAL builds on the foundation of club competitions FIBA has organised in Africa and marks the NBA’s first collaboration to operate a league outside North America.

March 5, 2020 Injured Quadri out for three weeks

Injured Quadri out for three weeks

Africa’s top-ranked player, Aruna Quadri, has been ruled out of action for three weeks, Sports Extra reports.

Quadri suffered a thigh injury during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament in Tunisia, which saw him withdraw from his last qualification match against Hman Adam due to the injury.

Consequently, he finished third in Group A and is yet to qualify for the Olympics, but he stands a chance to qualify for the Olympics through the rankings.

The injury will also see him miss the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour tagged Qatar Open holding in Doha.

However, the Oyo State-born 2014 ITTF World Player of the Year expressed appreciation to fans across the world for their concern when he withdrew from the Olympic Qualifiers in Tunis.

March 4, 2020 The Chinese National Quarantined on Tuesday in Lagos State Tests Negative to Corona Virus.

The Chinese National Quarantined on Tuesday in Lagos State Tests Negative to Corona Virus.

The Chinese national quarantined on Tuesday in Lagos State has tested negative to corona virus.

 

The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi at a news briefing said the Chinese citizen was quarantined after he arrived in the country via an Ethiopian Airlines plane on Monday.

 

Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed that the Chinese national was, thereafter, moved to the Lagos State Isolation Centre where he was tested for the virus.

 

March 4, 2020 The Peoples Democratic Party Rejects The Verdict of The Supreme Court.

The Peoples Democratic Party Rejects The Verdict of The Supreme Court.

The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the verdict of the Supreme Court on the review of its judgment on the Imo state governorship election.

 

It faulted the judgment of the apex court in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.

 

The party described the judgment as “a disconcerting endorsement of electoral fraud,” saying it has placed a huge burden on the court and the justices.

 

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