The University of Witwatersrand were crowned the inaugural Varsity Basketball tournament champions after they defeated the University of Cape Town in the final match at the Old Mutual Sports Hall in Johannesburg.
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With the Basketball Varsity Tournament due to start only on Friday, the UP Tuks men's team have already set their sights on the semi-finals.
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Qualification for the 2016 Rio Paralympics proved one match too far for the Sasol-sponsored national women’s wheelchair basketball team on Saturday as they went down 60-47 to Algeria in the showpiece final of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s Africa Qualifiers, in Algiers, Algeria.
Cecil Dumond’s Sasol national senior wheelchair basketball team saw their hopes of a place at the 2016 Rio Paralympics dashed, as they went down 74-58 to Morocco in a semi-final fixture at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers in Algiers, Algeria on Friday.
The national women's wheelchair basketball team wrote their names into sports history as they beat Nigeria 38-25 in Algiers, Algeria on Friday to qualify for the final of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers.
The South African women’s wheelchair basketball team put in their best showing of the week, but will rue a host of missed scoring chances, as they went down 38-34 to Nigeria at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers in Algiers, Algeria, on Thursday.
The national men's wheelchair basketball team will face Morocco in semi-final action at the international Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers, after recording a 67-39 win over Nigeria in Algeria on Wednesday.
Veteran Gift Mooketsi led the way in scoring 28 points as the Sasol Amawheelaboys national wheelchair basketballers booked their semi-final place with a 65-60 win over Morocco at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers in Algiers, Algeria on Tuesday.
The national men's wheelchair basketball team overcame a tough challenge from a physical Eqypt side, to win their second match 80-64 at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s African Qualifiers, in Algiers, Algeria on Monday.