The South Sudan men’s basketball team faces Team USA in Olympic ... However, for young African and African American kids who admire and listen to Gilbert, these comments can make you think ...

Team USA men's basketball returned to action Wednesday afternoon in the 2024 Paris Summer Games after a dominant start in Olympic pool play. The US delivered another strong showing, beating South ...

South Sudan men’s basketball standout Khaman Maluach entered ... The result sparked concern from some American critics, and an outpouring of pride from the losing side, whose country became ...

There would be no upset this time – or even the threat of one – for the United States Olympic men’s basketball ... when the American bench built an advantage South Sudan never could overcome.

Team USA overcame a 16-point deficit to beat South Sudan, the youngest nation playing international basketball, 101-100. "I did not do a great job preparing our team," American coach Steve Kerr ...

But South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, is "forging a new identity through basketball". The world's youngest sovereign state now exports "world-class players" to America's ...

and the U.S. men’s basketball team beat South Sudan, 103-86, on Wednesday in an Olympic group-stage game in Villeneuve-D’Ascq, France. The Americans improved to 2-0 in Group C with the win ...

Losing by one point to a team from South Sudan. Basketball was created in America. We have more elite athletes than any place in the world. We should not lose at all, but certainly not to a team ...

Joel Embiid, last year’s NBA MVP and the Americans’ starter at center for their first six games this summer, didn’t play at all in the team’s 103-86 blowout win over South Sudan at the ...

He brought a lot of energy off the American bench and carried ... the United States during the Team USA basketball showcase earlier this month. The South Sudan squad lost the game 101-100, as ...

LILLE, July 28 (Reuters) - South Sudan ... than basketball for us. The fact that they are here at the Olympics in this stadium is already the biggest thing," she said. Deng brought in American ...