{"id":13942,"date":"2024-04-15T08:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igamingafrika.com\/?p=13942"},"modified":"2024-04-15T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T05:57:49","slug":"basketball-africa-league-withdraws-dynamo-club-over-visit-rwanda-logo-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igamingamerika.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/15\/basketball-africa-league-withdraws-dynamo-club-over-visit-rwanda-logo-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Africa League withdraws Dynamo club over &#8216;Visit Rwanda&#8217; logo dispute!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Burundi club Dynamo were withdrawn from the National Basketball Association (NBA)-affiliated Basketball Africa League (Bal)\u00a0after refusing to wear a jersey with a &#8220;Visit Rwanda&#8221; logo on it during Kalahari Conference games in Pretoria, South Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The border between neighbours Burundi and Rwanda was\u00a0closed\u00a0in January after the president Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, accused Paul Kagame&#8217;s government of backing the Red-Tabara rebel militia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/igamingafrika.com\/gaming-technology-regulation-is-key-to-fairness-safety-and-transparency-in-the-industry-caroline-kongwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaming Technology Regulation is Key to Fairness, Safety, and Transparency in the Industry: Caroline Kongwa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynamo taped over the logo in their opening game in Pretoria against Cape Town Tigers but forfeited matches against Moroccan side FUS Rabat on Sunday and Petro de Luanda on Tuesday after failing to display the logo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynamo\u2019s American guard Bryton Hobbs took to social media to reveal his frustration, saying the instruction to cover the logo had come from the Burundi government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Live on Instagram Hobbs said,<\/strong> <em>&#8220;The government told our (club) president (Joe Dassin) that we can&#8217;t play, so they told the Bal that we have to forfeit our game because we blocked out the &#8216;Visit Rwanda&#8217; thing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More About Basketball African League!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basketball_Africa_League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<strong>Basketball Africa League<\/strong>\u00a0(<\/a><strong>BAL<\/strong>) is the premier men&#8217;s\u00a0basketball\u00a0league in\u00a0Africa.\u00a0Founded in 2019, the organization was established by both the\u00a0National Basketball Association\u00a0(NBA) and\u00a0International Basketball Federation\u00a0(FIBA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi club Dynamo were withdrawn from the National Basketball Association (NBA)-affiliated Basketball Africa League (Bal)\u00a0after refusing to wear a jersey with a &#8220;Visit Rwanda&#8221; logo on it during Kalahari Conference games in Pretoria, South Africa. 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