{"id":70562,"date":"2024-04-19T16:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:57:23","slug":"basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","title":{"rendered":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two NBA G-League players ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n

The Sahara Conference, where APR was placed, will take place from May 4-12 in Dakar, Senegal.<\/p>\n

In the conference, APR will be rubbing shoulders with clubs including US Monastir (Tunisia), Rivers Hoopers (Nigeria), and AS Douanes (Senegal).<\/p>\n

The new players that APR has added are Abdullah Ahmed, an Egyptian center who plays for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G-League, and Obadiah Noel, an American shooting guard who plays for the same team.<\/p>\n

Ahmed, 21, is a six foot eleven center who is expected to bolster APR\u2019s prowess in the paint, offensively and defensively.<\/p>\n

As for Noel, 24, he is a high scoring guard, who during his college basketball career with UMass Lowell River Hawks men’s basketball, became the second player to surpass 1,500 points during the Division 1 era.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two NBA G-League players ahead of the competition. The Sahara Conference, where APR was placed, will take place from May 4-12 in Dakar, Senegal. In the conference, APR will be rubbing shoulders with clubs including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":70561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,3502,758],"class_list":["post-70562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-bal","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nBasketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024 - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"743\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\"},\"wordCount\":174,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"BAL\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\",\"name\":\"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024 - Rwanda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":743,\"caption\":\"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/\",\"name\":\"Rwanda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024 - Rwanda","description":"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024","og_description":"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","og_site_name":"Rwanda","article_published_time":"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":743,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024","datePublished":"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024"},"wordCount":174,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Rwanda","BAL","Rwanda"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024","name":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024 - Rwanda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-19T16:08:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-19T16:57:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Rwanda\u2019s representatives in the 2024 edition of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), APR Basketball Club, have signed two ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/04\/sm_1713533198.382822.jpg","width":1000,"height":743,"caption":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/basketball-apr-signs-two-g-league-players-ahead-of-bal-2024#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Basketball: APR signs two G-League players ahead of BAL 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/","name":"Rwanda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}