Under rules announced Wednesday, domestic spectators are forbidden from cheering or waving towels, approaching athletes for autographs, or talking with other spectators, and will be asked to go straight home when the event is over.
It’s hard to say. In a Monday press conference ahead of Portugal’s Tuesday match with Hungary in the Euro 2020 tournament, the Portuguese striker sat down at the microphone and moved two bottles of Coca-Cola away from him and lifted a bottle of water.
“I want to thank my team, my box, my family, my coach,” Djokovic said after his win, acknowledging that while the game was “physically and mentally very difficult” he knew he was capable of the win.
The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship was postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic that brought many of the world’s activities to a halt.
Angola and Patriots will battle it out for third place before the main game Sunday.
Gerson Goncalves recorded 19 points (7-9 FG), 10 rebounds and 6 assists for Petro de Luanda, while Carlos Morais and Leonel Paulo each added 17 points in the victory.
Kenneth Gasana recorded a game-high 23 points for Patriots B.B.C. while Aristide Mugabe added 18 points and 4 rebounds in the victory.
League President Amadou Fall presided over the inaugural tip-off in which Rivers Hoopers took an early lead. The Patriots got on top with an emphatic dunk from Prince Ibeh, with nothing much that Precious Saliu could do about that.
Competition was to have begun last year but was put off in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, finally, Rwanda's Patriots will face off against Nigeria’s Rivers Hoopers at Kigali Arena, which will host all the games.
The league is a joint effort between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA). The Nigerian team includes three former NBA players, Chris Daniel, Ben Uzoh and Sullivan Valdis.
Basketball is not currently the continent’s favorite sport. That trophy goes to the mighty soccer, or football, as it’s more commonly known.
BAL was originally scheduled to debut on March 13, 2020, from Dakar, Senegal, but has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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