South Sudan, Japan grab Olympic spots at Basketball World Cup
MANILA: South Sudan and Japan both qualified for the Paris Olympics at the Basketball World Cup on Saturday (Sep 2) as the tournament's highest-placed finishers from Africa and Asia.
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South Sudan to represent Africa, Japan to represent Asia in Paris Olympic basketball field
MANILA, Philippines: It was a chant that Luol Deng waited years to lead. He stood along the side of the South Sudan locker room after their run in the World Cup was over, cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled the same thing, over and over.
South Sudan earns Olympic berth as top African team at FIBA World Cup - ESPN
MANILA, Philippines — In an indelible moment of this FIBA World Cup, South Sudan earned the nation's first Olympic berth in any sport Saturday and did so with a team filled with refugees and the children of refugees from the war-torn nation.
South Sudan savour first-ever Basketball World Cup win
MANILA: South Sudan head coach Royal Ivey said his team "played with fire" after stunning China to claim their first-ever win at the Basketball World Cup on Monday (Aug 28).
At 16, 7-foot-1 Khaman Maluach 1 of youngest to play in basketball World Cup
South Sudan's 16-year-old Khaman Maluach scored one point and played 16 minutes in his team's 89-69 victory over China on Monday to become one of the youngest to ever play in the basketball World Cup.
South Sudan's Khaman Maluach, 16, makes FIBA World Cup debut - ESPN
Khaman Maluach became one of the youngest to ever play in the basketball World Cup, playing 16 minutes Monday in South Sudan's 89-86 victory over China.
NBA draft prospect Khaman Maluach, 16, to play FIBA World Cup - ESPN
Khaman Maluach, an elite 2025 NBA draft prospect who is just 16 years old, was named to South Sudan's FIBA World Cup roster, their basketball federation told ESPN.
Why Marial Shayok's basketball story is coming full circle with South Sudan
Former NBA player Marial Shayok says he first fell in love with basketball when he was just a kid, watching his family play in Ottawa's southeast end.