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A qualification tournament scheduled this year plans off the 12 teams from 9 countries to make up the league a platform where young african bowlers have a chance to shine. and i do goggle fall is managing director of n.b.a. africa he s also president of the boscobel african leakey joins me now from johannesburg where he s based welcome to the african mystify all africa league is about developing the game on the continental matchy can you suggest scouting talent to ship or to north america. well the launch of the basketball african leaders another important milestone in our effort to grow the sport and the n.b.a. brand across africa so it is really about when we launch the office developing the entire system of basketball your focus the grassroots yes there s a lot of talent that has been you know have an opportunity to grow outside of the continent is just because there was a vacuum you know there was no such thing as a professional league at this point of the gun and really ....
This is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the ones who won t be silenced a beauty queen who s accused former gambian president of raping to 5 years ago is back in the country where she s encouraging victims of sexual violence to speak out . so i am inspired by war meant more to faded by the horrendous other stories of the new year and i think it s not fair for me to be in the queue to really get it was my silence protects what he has done to me. and the n.b.a. his 1st professional basketball league outside of north america set to kick off in africa in january we ll be talking to the managing director of n.b.a. africa. i m kristie want to welcome to news africa i m glad your chin did in gambia overlord investigating allegations against the former president. he s accuses say ....
Indiana, i m not going to talk about social issues there or poverty or anything else. i m just going to talk about this duke basketball team. so okay? but others in the sporting world are taking a stand against the law. the university of kentucky, the defending college basketball champs are not sending coaches. southern cal athletic director pat hayden tweeted he won t be going to a playoff meeting in support of his son who happens to be gay. the ncaa the nba and nascar among the organizations who have condemned the legislation. former nfl player chris kluwe is here an outspoken person against same-sex marriage. good morning. what do you make of this? well, it s really kind of disappointing that these bills are first of all being passed ....
Billion-dollar bombshell in a t donald sterling. filing suit against the nba a short time ago just a day, one day after we learned the sterling s wife made a two billion-dollar deal to sale the team. a sports analyst and fox news contributor. the wife sold the team for $2 billion, which is this incredible number and we learned that donald sterling has alzheimer s and he s suing. can you explain? i don t think anybody can explain this story, megyn. i mean, it s been a wild story. but the good news for nba fans and for clipper fans, it s over. as of tonight. donald sterling is out. shelley sterling the estranged wife indem fied the nba so steve balmer will be able to buy the team for the $2 billion. they will not pursue throwing donald sterling out. he s banned for life. the sale goes forward. if donald sterling decides to go ....
With the latest here s mary bruce who s in l.a. reporter: it s a record-setting bid for an nba team. former microsoft executive steve ballmer offering $2 billion to buy the los angeles clippers from embattled owner donald sterling. i don t think there is anything that donald sterling can say to the nba owners to convince them to let him keep the team. reporter: the nba is trying to force sterling to sell, punishment for his infamous racist rant. sterling has already been kicked out of the game for life, slammed in the court of public opinion, benched for his comments about african-americans by the nba, but he isn t budging. his lawyer says sterling will fight until the bloody end. meanwhile, his wife shelly sterling is moving ahead with the sale, taking bids just days before the nba hearing to oust her family from ownership. don is sensitive of her efforts and appreciative of her efforts. skeptical her efforts will produce a resolution of the problem. ....