Basketball

Kueth Duany: Escaping Sudan Was Just the Start

November 10, 2020 Basketball, Breaking News, Diaspora, News, Newsbeat, Op-Eds, South Sudan, Sports

Kueth Duany scored 18 points to help the Orange to an 89-51 victory against West Virginia (Photo credit: Courtesy image/NBA)

Nov 10, 2020(SSNN) — The story of the struggle of the South Sudanese has been told in many different versions, some tragic and some hopeful. The story of my family’s escaping 1984 from The Republic of Sudan to the United States when I was three years old is worthy of a Hollywood script. My father is a career politician; he […]

MTN-South Sudan celebrates the life of NBA Legend Bryant

January 27, 2020 Basketball, Sports

January 27, 2020 (SSNN)—MTN-South Sudan has joined millions around the globe in celebrating the life of NBA Legend, Koby Bean Bryant, a revered Basketball Legend who passed away on Sunday, at the age of 41. “We Join the Global Basketball Family to celebrate the life of NBA Legend, Koby Bean Bryant. A True soldier of the Sport. Rest […]

BREAKING NEWS: KOBE BRYANT DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH, Everyone On Board Dead

January 26, 2020 Basketball, News, Newsbeat, Sports

Former sensational NBA player, Kobe Bryant(Photo credit: WXYZ)

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabash, outside Los Angeles, California, this Sunday morning … TMZ, ESPN, CBR, Variety and other major media outlets have confirmed. Kobe was traveling with at least 3 other people in his private helicopter when it went down. A fire broke out. Emergency personnel responded, but nobody on board survived. 5 people are […]

Kenyan Basketball sets to face ‘tough’ SSBT in the next couple of minutes

January 18, 2020 Basketball, Kenya, Local Leagues, Newsbeat, Sports

January 18th, 2020 (SSNN)—The South Sudan Basket Team is expected this evening, to face Kenya’s Basketball team at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. Yesterday, South Sudan basketball team beat Tanzania with a score of 115: 60, an encouraging victory that has attracted countrywide celebrations including those outside the country. The team has been tremendously winning the games from the […]

His parents fled civil war in South Sudan. Now Utah’s Both Gach wants to be a role model for a growing wave of South Sudanese hoopers.

January 11, 2019 Basketball, Diaspora, Op-Eds, Sports, USA, World

Utah Utes forward Both Tut Gach in basketball action, between the Utah Utes and Kentucky Wildcats, Gach scorred 22 but Utah loss to Kentucky....

January 11, 2019(SSNN) — Utah freshman has already drawn comparisons to Ute great Delon Wright and is making an impression. On the bottom floor of Utah’s basketball facility, where players spill into a massive lounge room at the conclusion of the first practice of 2019, the true freshman sits behind one of the many tables. His teammates mingle about, zipping […]

South Sudan remains in his heart but Maker proud to be a Boomer

December 28, 2018 Australia, Basketball, Diaspora, Op-Eds, Sports, World

South Sudanese-Australian, Thon Maker, will represent Australia in Olympic and World Cup(Photo credit: PAUL JEFFERS)

Dec 6, 2018(SSNN) —- Thon Maker says his heart will always be in South Sudan but he is proud to play for Australia at the Olympics and World Cup. Maker, an athletic 216-centimetre-tall forward/centre for the Milwaukee Bucks, has described how there were attempts to coax him to play international basketball for Team USA and Canada. The 21-year-old rebuffed the […]