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Deliver world-class tourney

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By  Editorial

Kenya must endeavour to stage a world-class East Division (Conference) finals for the Road to 2025 Basketball Africa League (BAL) tournament despite the late notice.

The honour bestowed on the country by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) to host the event shouldn’t be taken for granted. The Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) and the government should pull out all the stops for a successful event.

The tournament — initially earmarked for Johannesburg — runs from November 28 to December 3 and will feature eight teams, with two finalists set to join 10 other teams that have already qualified for the 2025 BAL.

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The Moi International Sports Centre (MISC) and Nyayo National Stadium gymnasiums will host the championship that will no doubt put Kenya once again on international sporting limelight and take the local game to a whole new level. However, the two venues are not in the best state considering that they are under renovation. KBF and the government must, therefore, ensure that the venues are spruced up to the required standards.

The country has managed to deliver world-class sporting events before including the Safari Rally, World Athletics Under-20 and Under-18 Championships, Kip Keino Classic, a World Athletics Continental Gold Tour event, and Kenya Open Golf Championship, a European Tour event.

There should be no let-up in upholding such high standards.

We take this opportunity to wish Kenya’s representatives the best of luck in their quest to make history as the first team from the country to qualify for BAL, a competition established in 2019 by NBA Africa and FIBA.

Already, NBA and Nation Television (NTV) have extended their partnership to relay live NBA prime matches every weekend for another two years, a reflection of the confidence that NBA has on NTV in the promotion and development of the game in the region.

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