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Photo:Luol deng at a recent basketball campheld in juba south sudan.
positive change social agents. To be winning all their matches against envisaged. In the medium term, the
sure, he was elected as the president of Burundi, Tanzania, Eritrea, and Soma- federation is focusing on building a
South Sudan Basket Ball Federation in lia. Luol Deng took the financial burden strong term that can qualify and
December 2020 pledging to do more of the team including accommodation compete favourably at the world Basket
towards development of basket ball in and sustenance. After selecting and Ball Federation to be jointly hosted by
South Sudan, especially in developing assembling the team, the results were Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines in
and nurturing female basket ball players there at the end of the tournament. This 2023. In the meantime, it is clear similar
and coaches. In the just concluded FIBA has marked the initial stages and efforts developments are not far fetched in
African Basketball prequalifies held in towards building a team and environ- Africa as far as basketball development
Kasarani National stadium gymnasium ment suitable for Basket Ball in South is concerned.
in Nairobi, Kenya, South Sudan gave a Sudan. The tournament was part of
very good account of themselves after basket ball development in Africa as

Photot:Luol deng and other basketball officials paid H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit the president of South Sudan a Courtesy call
at the presidential office.Photo\Courtesy

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