{"id":66375,"date":"2024-04-10T18:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend"},"modified":"2024-04-11T07:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:23:04","slug":"basketball-action-continues-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Basketball action continues this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>With only four games played this season in both male and female divisions of the Khomas Basketball Federation (KBF), secretary general Loise Shinavene is satisfied with the quality of play on the court, but advocates for continuous improvements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased with how teams are competing this season. We recently welcomed six new teams, which has intensified the competition as they hope to prove themselves, making it quite interesting,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also emphasised their commitment to continuous improvement through strategic planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe initially started this league as a social league, but with the plan we have in place, we aim to transform it into a semi-professional league within the next two to three years. This transformation will increase the quality of competition, I would like to believe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, action will continue at the Unam gym hall, where both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams will battle for maximum points.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, in the men\u2019s category, Quality Basketball Club will face Afro Stars at 19h00, followed by Unam Rebels against Unam Wolves at 21h00.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Sunday, Afro Stars will clash with Nust Blues at 18h00.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday in the women\u2019s category, Atlantic Storm will cross paths with Nust Dodgers at 12h00, while Ongos Shooting Stars will challenge BAS Falcon at 14h00.<\/p>\n<p>Anton Kakishi, a fan who has been following the league since it started, said he is impressed by the hunger teams have shown in the league. He said with enough resources, the league could easily produce the best players in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support Unam Wolves, and I think they are a good team; they have the results, and they play good on the court. I believe if money is pumped into the league, it could be one of the best in southern Africa, which will also benefit the nation immensely,\u201d said Kakishi.<\/p>\n<p>Unam Rebels are the current defending champions in the men\u2019s premier division, while Unam Phoenix reigns as the champions in the women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. With only four games played this season in both male and female divisions of the Khomas Basketball Federation (KBF), secretary general Loise Shinavene is satisfied with the quality of play on the court, but advocates for continuous improvements. \u201cI am pleased with how teams are competing this season. We recently welcomed six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-66375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Basketball action continues this weekend - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With only four games played this season in both male and female divisions of the Khomas Basketball Federation (KBF), sec ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basketball action continues this weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With only four games played this season in both male and female divisions of the Khomas Basketball Federation (KBF), sec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-10T18:03:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-11T07:23:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/04\/sm_1712761110.289691.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"476\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Basketball action continues this weekend\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-10T18:03:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-11T07:23:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\"},\"wordCount\":354,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2024\/04\/sm_1712761110.289691.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/basketball-action-continues-this-weekend\",\"name\":\"Basketball action continues this weekend - 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